AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
March 18, 2014
Joel Cresswell
One of Australia’s worst pedophile priests groomed a four-year-old victim by calling her “God’s little angel” and described his abuse as “the Lord’s work”.
Former Catholic priest Gerald Francis Ridsdale, 79, has admitted his guilt in assaulting 45 children in abuse that spanned 26 years.
Among his victims were the four-year-old girl, siblings he took on holiday and an altar boy.
Ridsdale hid behind the Catholic Church as he abused, said a victim who was under the care of the Catholic diocese when she was indecently assaulted during holiday drives.
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