AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Nick Dole
A notorious paedophile from the New South Wales Hunter region who has already served a 14-year sentence could be sent back to prison.
Former priest Vincent Gerard Ryan has pleaded guilty to three charges, including an act of gross indecency and attempting sexual intercourse with a boy in 1984.
He was due to face trial on seven offences but the remaining charges were dropped following his guilty plea.
Bishop of the Maitland-Newcastle diocese, Bill Wright, described the guilty plea as a “small consolation”.
“I am grateful that Ryan’s victim and others were spared the ordeal of a trial,” he said in a statement.
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