Gerald Ridsdale, who abused at least 72 children ... Church could not use a legal loophole in a lawsuit launched by the father of an alleged victim of abuse. Ms Courtin said although civil ...

Ballarat Diocese Vicar General father Marcello Colasante said the diocese “recognises that the news of the death of Gerald Ridsdale is likely to renew the distress of those who have suffered ...

Paedophile Gerald Ridsdale, who died last week, was convicted of abusing 70 children. But those who enabled his sick crimes ...

Gerald Ridsdale was born in 1934 in the Wimmera region ... could not use a legal loophole in a lawsuit launched by the father of an alleged victim of abuse. Ms Courtin said although civil ...