AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Emily Laurence
Former Marist Brother Francis Cable has been sentenced to at least eight years’ prison for sex offences against 19 students at schools in Sydney and New South Wales’ Hunter region in the 1960s and 1970s.
The 83-year-old, also known as Brother Romuald, was given a maximum sentence of 16 years.
He had pleaded guilty to crimes against 17 boys in March, after a jury earlier found him guilty of 13 offences against two other boys.
More than 30 abuse survivors and supporters clapped and cheered as Judge Peter Whitford handed down the sentence in Sydney’s District Court.
Judge Whitford said Cable’s “abhorrent” and “cruel” offences over 15 years were motivated by sexual gratification.
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