Former Mildura and Swan Hill priest Gerald Ridsdale has admitted to more historical child sexual abuse.
The Bendigo Magistrates Court heard the crimes were committed in regional centres including Ballarat and Mortlake between 1973 and 1981.
The 90-year-old faced a Bendigo court via video link from Port Phillip Prison. Appearing in Bendigo Magistrates Court via video link from Port Phillip Prison, as he lay in his prison bed and propped up by three pillows, the frail 90-year-old pleaded guilty to eight additional sexual assault charges against children.
He was facing 62 child sexual assault charges but 56 were withdrawn.
If he serves out his current maximum sentence, Ridsdale will be at least 100 years old.
He’ll face court again in the new year.
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