AUSTRALIA
The Australian
[with video]
GENEVIEVE GANNON, ANTHONY DOWSLEY From: Herald Sun May 30, 2013
ONE of Australia’s worst paedophile priests has been interviewed by police over new abuse claims.
Former Victorian Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale, who is eligible for parole next month after serving a jail sentence for abusing 30 boys between 1961 and 1987, was interviewed yesterday afternoon in prison.
The allegations relate to historical child sex abuse matters allegedly committed in the 1960s and ’70s, when he was working as a Catholic priest.
A magistrate allowed detectives to conduct the interview.
It comes after the Herald Sun revealed in March Ridsdale could be freed from jail next month.
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