Brother charged over sex assaults on boys

A Christian brother has been charged over sexual assaults against eight boys at a NSW school more than 30 years ago.

The 65-year-old was arrested at Sydney Airport just after 7am on Tuesday, police said.

The alleged sexual assaults of the 12-year-old boys occurred between 1978 and 1980, when the man was a teacher at a private school in Goulburn, in southern NSW.

He has been charged with 11 counts of indecent assault and refused bail to appear before Waverley Local Court on Tuesday.