AUSTRALIA
Gazette Herald
Pedophile priest Gerald Francis Ridsdale will resume giving proof for a second day earlier than the kid intercourse abuse royal fee’s Ballarat inquiry.
On Wednesday, he revealed how he had a longtime sample of discovering victims, befriending their households and establishing drop-in centres to lure weak younger boys.
However, victims have been disillusioned that his testimony revealed only a few particulars about who within the church knew of his offending and moved him from parish to parish.
Instead Ridsdale testified that he couldn’t even recall sharing a presbytery with Cardinal George Pell in 1970s.
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