AUSTRALIA
The Age
February 9, 2015
Mark Russell
Court Reporter for The Age
A former Christian Brother who was part of a notorious paedophile ring involving the clergy should be returned to jail for a “significant” period of time, a court has heard.
Ted Dowlan found himself in a Melbourne courtroom this month, nearly 20 years since his first appearance in a dock, after more of his victims came forward during the state’s parliamentary inquiry into child sex abuse last year.
Dowlan, who changed his name by deed poll to Bales in 2011, has pleaded guilty to 33 counts of indecently assaulting boys under the age of 16 and one count of gross indecency between 1971 and 1986 involving 20 victims.
Crown prosecutor Brett Sonnet told the County Court on Monday that Dowlan’s offending had involved him gratifying his own lust at the expense of his students’ welfare and he deserved a “significant” jail sentence.
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