Vic priest to be sentenced for sex abuse

AUSTRALIA
9 News

A Victorian priest is due to find out how long he will spend in jail after pleading guilty to molesting boys at Victoria’s notorious Rupertswood boarding school.

Frank Peter De Dood, 64, is scheduled to face the Victorian County Court for sentencing on Monday after pleading guilty in July to six counts of indecently assaulting five boys.

De Dood’s victims were aged 11 to 16 when they were abused between 1978 and 1983 at Rupertswood and at a theological residence at suburban Oakleigh.

One remembers wearing his altar boy robe when molested, while another woke to find the priest assaulting him.

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