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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Priest told he will ‘probably die in custody’ as jail term for sex crimes extended to 40 years

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A former Australian priest convicted of peodophilia had another 12 months added to his 39-year prison sentence for abusing his 72nd victim.

Gerald Ridsdale, 89, was sentenced to prison in 1994 for a series of convictions for abusing children between 1961 and 1988 while he worked as a Roman Catholic priest in churches and schools across Victoria.

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