Gerald Ridsdale, Australia’s most notorious paedophile priest, dies in jail
by Christopher Knaus and Australian Associated Press from on (#6VBH8)
The paedophile priest died in jail while serving time for the abuse of more than 70 children over three decades
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A paedophile priest, convicted of abusing more than 70 children over three decades, has died, but advocate groups for survivors of sex abuse says it doesn't erase the misery" and the immense suffering" he caused.
Gerald Ridsdale died on Tuesday morning in prison where he had been held since 1994. He was 90.
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