It was just after Easter 1988 that Father
Gerald Ridsdale knew the game was up. Not for the first time, the
Catholic Church had tried to hide its worst sexual abuser in rural
Victoria, this time in the small, biscuit-flat western city of Horsham.
Ridsdale,
knowing police were on his trail, turned to his priestly colleague and
friend, Frank Madden, and declared he was leaving town. “I have to move
on,” Ridsdale said. “My past has caught up with me.” He added that he
had been offending against children. “I’ll go to jail over this.’’http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/catholic-church-allowed-evil-to-prey-on-western-victorias-young/news-story/332130d7393c4e2c8497a5631b8a03b0