A further 11 years added to paedophile priest Ridsdale's sentence

Gabrielle Short, an abuse victim of Gerald Ridsdale, outside the Royal Commission into Child Abuse in Sydney in February

Gabrielle Short, an abuse victim of Gerald Ridsdale, outside the Royal Commission into Child Abuse in Sydney in February Source: AAP

Australia's most notorious paedophile priest has been handed another 11 years' jail for sexually abusing 12 children across three decades.


But part of the sentence will be incorporated into his current jail time, meaning he'll only serve an extra three years before being eligible for parole.

 






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