AUSTRALIA
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A Catholic priest who sexually abused 12 Victorian children over decades in a “shameful and protracted abuse of his authority” has been jailed for 18 years and four months – with a minimum of 13 years and four months.
Robert Patrick Claffey, 73, attacked in 1969 a seven-year-old girl who was preparing for her first communion in the first of “a truly appalling litany of offending” during which he exploited his position of trust.
Claffey went on to assault altar boys and children making preparations for religious ceremonies until 1992.
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