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Tara Cosoleto

Man abused young boys at Vic orphanage

An 81-year-old man has pleaded guilty to abusing five young boys at an orphanage in the 1970s. (AAP)

A man who was entrusted to care for young boys at a Victorian orphanage in the 1970s instead repeatedly molested them, a Melbourne court has been told.

William Parker Skelland, 81, indecently assaulted the children while he and his wife were working as "cottage parents" at the Burwood Boys' Home in 1973 and 1974.

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