An Orthodox Priest  of Lebanese background, who has been charged with sexual touching two women,  entered pleas of not guilty to the charges.

Father Mario “George” Fayjloun, 33, has been charged with sexually touching two women, including at least one incident at a  Greek church at Mangrove on the NSW Central Coast.

NSW Police said detectives began investigating in July after two women, aged 22 and 45, alleged they had been sexually touched on multiple occasions by a man known to them.

Police arrested the  33-year-old  priest at a home in Mays Hill on September 1 and he was charged with seven counts of aggravated sexually touching another person.

It’s alleged the incidents occurred at a home in Bankstown and a church at Mangrove on the NSW Central Coast while the man was undertaking duties as a priest between August 2019 and February 2020.

Fayjloun did not appear in person last Thursday at the  court hearing, but his lawyer Philip Sim of Crowther Sim Lawyers entered pleas of not guilty to the charges via email.

He will return to court in November.