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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Christopher Knaus and Australian Associated Press

Gerald Ridsdale, Australia’s most notorious paedophile priest, dies in jail

Gerald Ridsdale
Gerald Ridsdale, who was convicted of abusing more than 70 children, died in prison on Tuesday. Photograph: Supplied

A paedophile priest, convicted of abusing more than 70 children over three decades, has died, but advocate groups for survivors of sex abuse says it “doesn’t erase the misery” and the “immense suffering” he caused.

Gerald Ridsdale died on Tuesday morning in prison where he had been held since 1994. He was 90.

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