THE EXTENT OF GERALD FRANCIS RIDSDALE'S OFFENDING AGAINST CHILDREN
* Australia's most prolific pedophile priest
* In jail since August 1994
* Has pleaded guilty to another 20 offences against 11 victims (10 boys and one girl)
* Previously convicted of 138 offences against 53 victims
* Many charges representative of ongoing offending rather than single criminal acts
* Total effective sentence of 28 years' jail
* Believed to have abused up to 1000 children, victims' group Broken Rites says
* First conviction dates from 1961 (ordained as Catholic priest July 25)
* But began offending while in seminary in 1950s
* Laicised in 1993 after first convictions
1993 COURT CASE
* Convicted of sexually assaulting eight children
* Pleaded guilty to 27 offences
* Sentenced to two years and three months, suspended after three months
1994 COURT CASE
* Convicted of sexually assaulting 21 victims (20 boys, one girl)
* Pleaded guilty to 46 offences committed between 1961 and 1982
* Included abusing a boy and girl after presiding over their father's funeral, indecently assaulting an altar boy during confession
* Jailed for 18 years, with 15-year minimum
2006 COURT CASE
* Convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys from 1970-1987
* Pleaded guilty to 35 offences
* Sentenced to 13 years' jail, with seven-year minimum
* Included sexual abuse in the confessional, in the sacristy, in the presbytery, in his car; following Mass, first holy communion, confirmation, weddings and funerals
2014 COURT CASE
* Convicted of sexually abusing 14 victims (11 boys, three girls)
* Pleads guilty to 30 offences committed between 1961 and 1980
* Victims included a girl aged four when offending began, three children in one family
* Sentenced to eight years' jail, with five-year minimum
ABUSE CLAIMS TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
* 78 people made claims about Ridsdale to church
* Cover abuse from 1961 to 1988
* Compensation totalling $2.42m (including treatment, legal and other costs) paid to 32 victims who pursued civil claims; average almost $76,000
* Total of $1.2m paid to 28 victims through redress process; average $43,000
* Based on claims received by Ballarat diocese from January 1980-February 2015.
