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Herald Sun
Former Catholic priest James Jennings, 80, jailed for sustained sex attacks at Bendigo in the 1960s
SHANNON DEERY, PADRAIC MURPHY HERALD SUN FEBRUARY 24, 2014
A FORMER Catholic priest has been jailed for the sustained sexual abuse of teen boarders at a regional Victorian college.
James Jennings, 80, was today found guilty by a jury of five counts of assault for the attacks on three young boarders in the mid 1960s.
He was found not guilty of one count of assault.
The attacks, on the boys aged 12 and 13, started shortly after Jennings was appointed to teach at St Vincent’s College, Bendigo in 1963.
The students were all in Year 7 or 8 when they were abused in similar ways between 1964 and 1968.
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