‘I have not been able to have a long-term loving relationship’: Victims of paedophile priest tell heartbreaking stories about how his sexual abuse has affected them as adults

AUSTRALIA
Daily Mail (UK)

By Anton Nilsson For Daily Mail Australia

Brian Joseph Spillane, 73, abused dozens of children while working at a Catholic school

Victims of a paedophile priest have told a court about the lifelong pain they have suffered after being abused as children.

Brian Joseph Spillane, 73, who is serving jail time for dozens of offences against children, is being sentenced on 18 additional counts in a Sydney court.

The court heard testimonies on Friday from several men who were abused by Spillane as students at St Stanislaus College boarding school in Bathurst NSW, between 1976 and 1988, the ABC reported.

One man, identified only as ‘O,’ told the court he struggled to hold down a jobs and foster relationships with other people due to the abuse.

‘I have not been able to have a long-term loving relationship,’ the man said.

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