AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
Shannon Deery, Herald Sun
August 23, 2016
AUSTRALIA’S most notorious Catholic diocese for paedophile priests has added another serial child abuser to its number.
Former Ballarat priest Leslie John Sheahan was today found guilty by a magistrate of two charges of indecently assaulting a young girl from his time as a young priest in the 1960s.
The girl is his fourth known victim after Sheahan last year admitted molesting another three victims from the Ballarat and Horsham areas.
Sheahan was ordained alongside former Ballarat Bishop Ronald Mulkearns in 1956, and like so many priests under his watch, was left to work alongside kids after allegations of misconduct surfaced.
Sheahan, 85, denied the most recent allegations, refused to be interviewed by police and declined the opportunity to give evidence at today’s hearing at the Ballarat Magistrates Court.
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