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	Former Local Priest Jailed Star June 16, 2009 http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/75903 FORMER Kilmore priest Desmond Gannon has been jailed for 25 months for molesting an 11-year-old boy, during his time in the local parish. Gannon, now 79, had previously pleaded guilty to five counts of assault against the altar boy on three separate occasions during August and September 1968. Prosecutor Ray Gibson told the County Court last month that during an interview with police following his arrest, Gannon told police that he had taken the victim "for a bit of a drive" to talk to him about "growing up and development" and while he admitted to touching the boy's genitals, said it was his intention to explain the "differences in anatomy". Now 51, the victim made a statement to the court that after the abuses he had felt "broken, old, clumsy, dirty, ugly, guilty, confused, rejected, worthless and scared." The court heard that this incident had been one of a string of abuses by Gannon, who had previously been convicted of molesting young boys at a number of parishes between 1958 and 1976. In sentencing last week, Judge Frank Gucciardo slammed Gannon's apparent lack of remorse for what he had done. Gannon was jailed for 25 months with a minimum term of 14 months.
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