AUSTRALIA
ABC
The lawyer for a Catholic priest convicted of sex offences has asked a judge in the Hobart Criminal Court not to impose a crushing sentence on his elderly client.
Roger Michael Bellemore, 70, was found guilty of maintaining a sexual relationship with four young boys.
Bellemore abused the boys while working as a priest and teacher at Burnie's Marist College in the late 1960s and early 1970s .
Bellemore's lawyer Greg Walsh said while his client's actions were a serious breach of trust, it was not the worst case of its kind to come before the court.