Catholic brother charged with assault

An 82-year-old Catholic brother has been charged with indecently assaulting a boy at a school in NSW's northeast in the late 1960s.

Police allege the brother, who was a teacher at the Lismore school at the time, indecently assaulted a boy who was in Year Six.

The matter was reported to police in February 2014, sparking an investigation.

Police on Wednesday morning arrested an 82-year-old man in Sydney and charged him with one count of indecent assault.

He was granted conditional bail to appear at Lismore Local Court on April 22.