A police officer has made a brief appearance in the Perth Magistrates Court accused of molesting four boys while he was teacher at a Catholic school in the 1980s.

Eamon Dominic Heary, 56, is alleged to have indecently dealt with four boys, aged eight, sometime between 1984 and 1985.

He was not required to plead to the four charges against him and was released on bail until he appears in court again in May.

Heary is currently a police sergeant in the Central Metropolitan District, but has been stood down from operational duties.