AUSTRALIA
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A Catholic priest who says he was interested in finding out “what makes young males tick” has been jailed for at least 10 months for possessing child pornography.
Fr Stanislaus Hogan, 70, had 1555 child pornography images, as well as magazines, videos and books, in his locked bedroom at the Jesuit St Ignatius College in Athelstone in Adelaide.
The former teacher pleaded guilty in the District Court to an aggravated count of possessing child pornography and to using a carriage service to access child pornography.
In jailing Hogan on Friday for two-and-a-half years with a non-parole period of 10 months, Judge Peter Brebner said the priest had assembled the child pornography collection over a long period.
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