AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Emma Younger
Former Catholic priest Gerard Ridsdale has faced court via video link from prison charged with numerous historical sexual abuse offences against 11 alleged victims.
The 82-year-old is facing 36 charges including rape, buggery, indecent assault and assault.
Police allege he committed the crimes against girls and boys between 1961 and 1988 in numerous locations across western Victoria.
They include Ballarat, a location between Ocean Grove and Wendouree West, Merbein, Edenhope, Riverside, a location between Apsley and Edenhope, Mortlake and Quantong.
Ridsdale faced court from a correctional facility where he is serving a sentence for separate offending.
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