Father James Robinson spoke only to confirm his name and date-of-birth during a two-minute hearing at Birmingham Magistrates' Court.
The clergyman, who was not asked to enter a plea, is alleged to have abused young boys in Walsall, Birmingham, Coventry and Wales between 1959 and 1983.
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