Priest Ridsdale in Vic Court over Abuse

SBS
January 20, 2017

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/01/20/priest-ridsdale-vic-court-over-abuse

Former Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale has faced a Victorian court over dozens of historical sexual abuse offences.

Former Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale has faced a Victorian court charged with dozens of sex offences that allegedly took place between the 1960s and 1980s.

The 82-year-old appeared in Melbourne Magistrates' Court via video link on Friday charged with rape, buggery, indecent assault, and assault offences against nine boys and two girls.

The 36 charges related to offences that allegedly took place in Ballarat, Ocean Grove, Merbein, Edenhope, Quantong, Mortlake and Riverside, according to charge sheets.