MattB.
2020-05-15 19:20:44 UTC
Australian pedophile priest sentenced to more jail time
An Australian pedophile priest was sentenced to more jail time May 14
after admitting to crimes against another four boys in the 1970s.
In all, Gerald Ridsdale is known to have abused at least 69 children.
He has been behind bars since 1994 after he was sentenced to 34 years.
He had been eligible for parole in 2022. But Victorian County Court
Judge Gerard Mullaly on May 14 extended Ridsdale's non-parole period
by another two years, by which time Ridsdale will be 90 years old.
"You knew what you were doing was profoundly wrong and harmful, but
you kept doing these things to these children over and over," Mullaly
said. "It seems you knew no boundaries or had any sense of restraint."
Ridsdale's latest crimes involved two brothers who were abused when
the then-parish priest took them rabbit shooting.
"We trusted our beautiful, innocent children with this bastard without
question when we should have been more vigilant on their behalf," the
elderly parents of the brothers said.
They labelled the former priest as a "filthy, conniving, make-believe
priest and pedophile."
https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/australian-pedophile-priest-sentenced-more-jail-time
An Australian pedophile priest was sentenced to more jail time May 14
after admitting to crimes against another four boys in the 1970s.
In all, Gerald Ridsdale is known to have abused at least 69 children.
He has been behind bars since 1994 after he was sentenced to 34 years.
He had been eligible for parole in 2022. But Victorian County Court
Judge Gerard Mullaly on May 14 extended Ridsdale's non-parole period
by another two years, by which time Ridsdale will be 90 years old.
"You knew what you were doing was profoundly wrong and harmful, but
you kept doing these things to these children over and over," Mullaly
said. "It seems you knew no boundaries or had any sense of restraint."
Ridsdale's latest crimes involved two brothers who were abused when
the then-parish priest took them rabbit shooting.
"We trusted our beautiful, innocent children with this bastard without
question when we should have been more vigilant on their behalf," the
elderly parents of the brothers said.
They labelled the former priest as a "filthy, conniving, make-believe
priest and pedophile."
https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/australian-pedophile-priest-sentenced-more-jail-time