AUSTRALIA
The Australian
PIA AKERMAN From: The Australian June 21, 2013
A FORMER Catholic priest has been charged with 72 child sex abuse charges relating to alleged historical offences.
Gerald Francis Ridsdale, 79, is due to face the Melbourne Magistrates Court this morning for a filing hearing regarding the charges, which include buggery, carnal knowledge and indecent assault.
A police spokeswoman said detectives from Taskforce Sano, established to investigate offences revealed by the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, had been investigating the man and laid the charges.
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