AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop
A “wickedly manipulative” serial paedophile priest has had his jail sentence extended until at least 2026 for the sexual abuse of boys at St Stanislaus College in Bathurst in the state’s central west.
Brian Spillane, 74, was found guilty last year of sexually abusing seven students between 1974 and 1990, in what a Sydney court heard was likely to be the last in a series of child abuse cases against him relating to more than 30 children.
District Court judge Robyn Tupman today sentenced him to at least nine years in jail and a maximum of 13 years for 16 offences including buggery against boys as young as 12.
Judge Tupman said Spillane abused his position of trust as a teacher and chaplain and “used religious rituals to increase his power over his victims”.
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