AUSTRALIA
ABC News
Lawyers are preparing to launch a class action against the Catholic Church on behalf of the victims of paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale.
Ridsdale was sentenced to eight years in jail on Tuesday for abusing 14 children over three decades.
The 80-year-old pleaded guilty to the charges, which included raping and abusing children as young as four.
The sentence adds three years to the jail term he is already serving for offences committed against dozens of girls and boys in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
Lawyer Vivian Waller will represent at least 20 people in a claim against the Diocese of Ballarat.
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