AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Joanna Menagh
A Catholic priest in Perth has pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting two young girls in offences dating back decades.
Patrick Holmes, 79, indecently assaulted a girl aged about 12 in the Perth suburb of Shenton Park in 1980.
The offences occurred when the girl visited the presbytery at St Aloysius Church after school.
Holmes also assaulted a girl aged seven while working at the Catholic Holy Name Church in Carlisle in 1969.
Holmes pleaded guilty to six indecent dealing charges.
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