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An Adelaide Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to accessing and possessing child pornography.
Father Stanislaus Hogan, 69, of Sevenhill, appeared in the Adelaide magistrates court on Thursday.
He pleaded guilty to an aggravated count of possessing child pornography and to a count of using a carriage service to access child pornography at Athelstone between April 20 and June 10 2012.
Hogan will be arraigned in the District Court on April 7.
Saint Ignatius’ College in Adelaide later confirmed that Father Stan Hogan was a former member of its staff.
In a statement, it said neither charge was connected with anyone within the college, including past or present students.
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