December 09, 2005

Molesting priest breached trust

AUSTRALIA
ABC

A Melbourne court has been told a priest who molested 10 school students committed the most profound breach of trust imaginable.

Catholic priest Frank Klepp, 62, has pleaded guilty to 13 counts of indecent assault.

The Victorian County Court heard he molested 10 students on numerous occasions at Sunbury's Salesian College, north-west of Melbourne, in the 1970s.

The court heard all the boys were sick and confined to the boarding school's infirmary at the time.

Klepp's lawyer has told the court her client is remorseful but conceded that it is hard to imagine a more profound breach of trust.

Posted by kshaw at December 9, 2005 08:12 AM