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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 ...

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 ...

Gerald Ridsdale, a convicted paedophile priest who abused over 70 children across three decades, has died at 90 in prison, where he had been held since 1994. His crimes began in 1961 when he was ...