Paedophile Gerald Ridsdale, who died last week, was convicted of abusing 70 children. But those who enabled his sick crimes are just as culpable, Louise Milligan tells Fitz.

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The 90-year-old disgraced Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale had been in prison since 1994 for sexually abusing more than 70 children.

For decades Gerald Ridsdale, draped in flowing white vestments, stood before countless Catholic congregations preaching about good and evil, the innocence of children, and a merciful god.

Gerald Ridsdale, who abused at least 72 children while serving as a Catholic priest, has died aged 90. Ridsdale's offending was central to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to ...

Gerald Ridsdale, who was convicted of abusing more than 70 children over three decades as a parish priest in Victoria’s west, died shortly before 10am on Tuesday. The 90-year-old was at the ...

One of Australia's worst paedophiles, former Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale, has died aged 90. Ridsdale, convicted of abusing more than 70 children over three decades, died on Tuesday morning ...

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Ridsdale had been in prison since 1994 for the abuse of more than 70 children in central and south-western Victoria and was sentenced for the eighth time in 2023. A further 62 new charges were ...

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A victim of notorious south-west paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale says he's glad the disgraced and now-dead figure "can't hurt any more kids".