AUSTRALIA
Central Coast Gosford Express Advocate
December 17, 2017
THE Catholic bishop of Broken Bay has taken the unprecedented step of warning his parishioners of the impending release of a paedophile priest from jail.
Finian Egan is due to be released from Long Bay Prison on parole tomorrow after serving four years of an eight-year sentence for the rape and abuse of young girls over three decades on NSW Central Coast and in Sydney.
Egan was jailed after being found guilty of seven counts of indecent assault and one count of rape in relation to attacks on girls aged 10 to 17 in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. His crimes included the assault and rape a 17-year-old girl at a church owned house at the Entrance.
Prompted by last week’s Royal Commission report into institutional responses to child abuse, Bishop Comensoli, wrote to parishioners and also imposed further restrictions on Egan.
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