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A former Christian Brother will spend his first night behind bars for indecently assaulting four boys at NSW schools more than 30 years ago.
Desmond Eric Richards had his bail revoked at the Downing Centre District Court on Friday ahead of his sentencing on November 27.
The 75-year-old has pleaded guilty to abusing four boys between 1972 and 1982 in Albury, Wagga Wagga and Strathfield in Sydney’s inner west.
Although the court was told that Richards claimed to have no memory of the incidents, the former brother had said he was “very concerned” about the impact his behaviour has had.
In arguing against a jail sentence, his lawyer Greg Walsh said his client had admitted his wrongdoing as far back as 1997.
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