AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
SHANNON DEERY HERALD SUN APRIL 01, 2015
A DISGRACED priest who plied young boys with cigarettes and alcohol before raping them deserves a sentencing discount because he is unwell, a court has heard.
David Edwin Rapson is one of the most notorious paedophiles in Victorian history with a string of victims from his offending that spanned three decades.
In 2013 he was jailed for 13 years for sickening crimes on kids, but was released on appeal after serving just 11 months of that sentence.
His convictions were quashed by the Court of Appeal after a concession by the Office of Public Prosecutions that Rapson should have faced several trials.
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