Former Christian Brother jailed for abusing 20 boys at six schools over 14 years
A former Christian Brother who was part of a notorious paedophile
ring involving the clergy in Ballarat has been jailed for a minimum of
three years for abusing 20 young boys. County Court judge Richard
Smith said on Friday that Ted Dowlan, who changed his name by deed poll
to Bales in 2011, had preyed on vulnerable boys as young as eight years
old over a 14-year period at six different schools from the first year
he became a Christian Brother in 1971.
