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| Subject: Absurd: OZschwitz Imam charged with solemnising underage marriage Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:03 pm | |
| Police have arrested and charged an imam accused of conducting the marriage of a 12-year-old girl in the Hunter Valley this year.
Detectives from the Child Abuse Squad arrested the 35-year-old Pakistan-born man outside Parramatta police station about 4.30pm on Monday afternoon, police said.
They charged him with solemnisation of a marriage by an unauthorised person.
Police will allege he agreed to conduct a ceremony after he was approached by a 26-year-old man, who was eager to marry the girl. Advertisement
The 26-year-old, a Lebanese man who is living in Australia on a student visa, has been charged with 25 counts of having sexual intercourse with an underage child.
He is in custody and is expected to make an application for bail before Burwood Local Court on Wednesday.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/imam-charged-with-solemnising-underage-marriage-20140211-32dqn.html#ixzz2sykm49n0
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