Child abusers in Melbourne archdiocese
MELBOURNE PEDOPHILE PRIESTS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
CONVICTED FOR SEX ABUSE
* FR DESMOND LAURENCE GANNON: Offended 1956-1979; Convicted five times - 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003 and 2009 (some suspended); Resigned "for health reasons" 1993; Church petitioned Rome in 2011 to have him laicised
* FR WILFRED JAMES BAKER: Died 2014 awaiting trial for 1966-1979 offences against six male victims; Four-year jail term 1999 for abusing eight boys 1960-1979; Court told Baker transferred when church authorities confronted with allegations in 1978; Suspended from priesthood 1997
* FR VICTOR GABRIEL RUBEO: Two-year undertaking 1996 for indecently assaulting two brothers; Died 2011 on day to appear in court on 30 new charges of abusing same two boys in 1960s
* FR DAVID DANIEL - Six-year jail term July 2000 for abusing four boys, 10-year-old girl and 25-year-old man between 1978 and 1994
* FR PAUL PAVLOU - Suspended 18-month jail term in 2009 for indecent act with 14-year-old boy in 2006
OTHER ACCUSED (ALL DEAD)
* FR RONALD PICKERING (fled to England 1993)
* FR THOMAS O'KEEFFE
* FR PETER SEARSON
* FR NAZARENO FASCIALE
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