AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald
Joanne McCarthy
5 Jul 2017
A FORMER Hamilton Marist Brother whose contact details appeared on the Marist Schools Australia website, despite him being a convicted child sex offender, has pleaded guilty to child pornography offences.
Brother Terry Gilsenan, 61, was charged with five counts of making child abuse material in March, 2016, nine months after a complaint from Hunter victims’ advocacy group, Clergy Abuse Network, and questions from the Newcastle Herald about his prominent position on the website.
He will be sentenced in November.
Gilsenan was jailed in 2001 for sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old boy in the 1980s, but was the Marist Schools Australia contact person for school resources including the “Champagnat Comic Book”, cards, posters and publications for an unknown period after his release.
He was identified on the website only as “Brother Terry”, and his email address, land line and mobile phone numbers were listed. He remained the contact person until the Hunter complaint.
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