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Former Catholic priest and paedophile Patrick Holmes jailed a second time for sexually abusing children
An elderly “defrocked” Catholic priest has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years’ jail for sexually abusing five children in Perth in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Key points:
- Patrick Holmes was jailed for three years in 2014 for abusing two young girls
- Holmes has been sent to jail again for abusing five other children at two Perth churches
- He will have to serve three and a half years behind bars before he is eligible for parole
It is not the first time 86-year-old Patrick Holmes has been sent to prison — in 2014 he was jailed for three years for abusing two young girls, also in the 1960s and the 1980s.
All the offences happened when he was the parish priest, firstly at the Holy Name Church in Carlisle and later at the Saint Aloysius Church…
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