Australian police said Monday they had charged four men in Sydney in relation to "satanic" child sex abuse material circulating online.

Detectives were probing an "international satanic child abuse material ring", when they identified the suspects in Sydney, New South Wales state police said.

They are accused of possessing, distributing, and facilitating child abuse material through a website that was administered internationally.

Police arrested the four men on Thursday, including a 26-year-old man accused of playing a leading role in the group, they said in a statement.

The man was charged with 14 offences including using a carriage service to make available and access child abuse material.

The other three men, aged 39, 42, and 46, were arrested in a block of flats and charged with

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