AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Melissa Brown and Helen Vines
A father took his daughter to a notorious paedophile priest to be abused, including one time when she was assaulted on the altar of a Ballarat church, a Victorian court has heard.
Gerald Ridsdale is back in court after pleading guilty to more historical sex offences, including rape and indecent assault.
The 83-year-old has been in jail since 1994 for abusing numerous children, but has now admitted to raping and indecently assaulting 12 more victims between 1961 and 1988 in western Victoria.
The County Court heard his youngest victim was six years old, several victims endured excruciating pain during the abuse and many of the offences happened in Ridsdale’s car, including when he was driving.
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