{"id":2001694,"date":"2023-08-15T18:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T22:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-ex-priest-sentenced-to-extra-year-for-molesting-72nd-child-victim\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T18:43:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T22:43:48","slug":"australian-ex-priest-sentenced-to-extra-year-for-molesting-72nd-child-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-ex-priest-sentenced-to-extra-year-for-molesting-72nd-child-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian ex-priest gets additional year for molesting 72nd child."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustralian-ex-priest-sentenced-to-extra-year-for-molesting-72nd-child-victim%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001694&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Australia Clergy Abuse In this \u200bphoto made \u2062from video \u200con May 27, 2015, Gerald Ridsdale gives\u2063 evidence during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-ex-priest-sentenced-to-extra-year-for-molesting-72nd-child-victim\/\" title=\"Australian ex-priest gets additional year for molesting 72nd child.\">child sex abuse royal commission<\/a>. Ridsdale, an Australian \u200cex-priest convicted of sexually abusing children, had another \u200c12 months added \u200cto his 39-year prison sentence on\u2064 Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, for molesting a\u2064 72nd victim. \u2062(Royal Commission\/AAP Image via\u2063 AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>3:40 PM \u2013 Tuesday, August 15, 2023<\/p>\n<p>A former priest from Melbourne, Australia,\u2063 was sentenced to an extra year \u200din prison \u2064after pleading guilty to molesting a \u200d72<sup>nd<\/sup> victim.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, 89-year-old Gerald Ridsdale, had another year added to his 39-year \u2062sentence after admitting to abusing\u2062 another 13-year-old boy in 1987. This sentence was his 193<sup>rd<\/sup> conviction for child\u2062 abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Risdale has been in prison since 1994 for abusing more than 70\u200d children in schools and churches when he was working\u2062 as \u2062a\u200c priest \u200bbetween the years of 1961 and 1988.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic priest appeared in court via a video link from his\u2064 hospital bed and closed his eyes during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate Hugh Radford\u2063 told \u200dthe felon \u200dthat he was\u2063 in \u200da position where the victims were supposed to be provided guidance by him \u200binstead of abuse. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYou will probably die in custody,\u201d Radford said. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to \u2062a \u2062federal investigation,\u200d Ridsdale changed 16 church positions over the\u2063 course of his 29 years as a priest. His \u200bfrequent moves were discovered to \u200bbe proof that the church\u2064 was covering up his crime.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the former priest\u2019s medical conditions are \u2062not \u2062detailed, it is reported that he has not been able to walk \u200dsince 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He must serve \u2063at least 33 years and six months of his 40-year \u200dsentence before he is eligible for \u2064parole\u200b making his earliest\u2062 release date \u200cApril of 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u2063informed! \u200bReceive breaking news blasts \u2062directly to your \u200cinbox for free. \u200cSubscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Director of investigations for Judicial Watch Chris Farrell tells One America News that Republican lawmakers already have sufficient evidence to move forward with impeaching\u200c President Biden<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Donald Trump gives his sympathies to the people of Hawaii following the deadliest wildfires the Aloha State has faced.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Congressman Scott Perry tells One America News that the Department of Justice has obstructed justice by blocking the\u200c Oversight\u200d Committee\u2019s investigation of president\u2063 Biden and \u200bhis\u2062 family.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The First Amendment is put under the spotlight after local \u201cKansas\u201d police raid \u200cthe office of a small newspaper.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter\u200d WASHINGTON \u2062(Reuters) \u2013 Nebraska \u200bRepublican Congressman\u2064 Don Bacon said\u200b late on Monday the FBI had warned\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By VarunVyas Hebbalalu\u2062 and Riddhima \u200bTalwani POCHAMPALLI, TAMIL NADU (Reuters) -Ola Electric, India\u2019s largest \u200dmaker\u200d of electric scooters, launched its most affordable\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) \u2013 Only a few months after beginning her career as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dollar-firm-yuan-slides-after-china-unexpectedly-cuts-rates\/\" title=\"China's surprise rate cut causes yuan to decline, while dollar remains strong.\">livestream sales host<\/a>\u200d in January, Zhang\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Yuvraj Malik \u200c(Reuters)\u200d -Technology firm Sea Ltd signaled on Tuesday it \u200cwill boost investments in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erie-county-in-ny-denies-more-migrants-after-2-sexual-assaults-occur-in-buffalo-hotels\/\" title=\"Erie County in NY refuses more migrants due to 2 sexual assaults in Buffalo hotels.\">core\u2062 e-commerce business<\/a>\u200d which may\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gerald Ridsdale, an Australian ex-priest convicted of child sex abuse, received an additional 12 months in prison for molesting his 72nd victim. This comes after his testimony during a child sex abuse royal commission in May 2015. Ridsdale&#8217;s sentence now totals 40 years. 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