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'A spent volcano': 'old, ill' former priest bailed on 131 charges [View all]
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/a-spent-volcano-old-ill-former-priest-bailed-on-131-charges-20190409-p51cip.html(Australia)
A former Catholic priest facing trial on more than 130 sexual abuse charges has been bailed after being described as a "spent volcano" who may have only six months to live.
With a walking stick across his lap, a wheelchair-bound David Joseph Perrett, 82, faced the NSW Supreme Court via audio-visual link from Long Bay prison hospital after being charged with abusing 37 children over more than 20 years.
...He was originally granted bail before his freedom was automatically revoked after 30 fresh charges were laid in August 2018, including for the alleged rape of two girls, aged five and eight.
Since then more charges have been laid, with the count now standing at 131.
With a walking stick across his lap, a wheelchair-bound David Joseph Perrett, 82, faced the NSW Supreme Court via audio-visual link from Long Bay prison hospital after being charged with abusing 37 children over more than 20 years.
...He was originally granted bail before his freedom was automatically revoked after 30 fresh charges were laid in August 2018, including for the alleged rape of two girls, aged five and eight.
Since then more charges have been laid, with the count now standing at 131.
Protected by his church and now justice will never be served.
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