In March 2015, Victorian Catholic priest Father Leslie Sheahan (aged 84)
was jailed for three months for indecently assaulting a nine-year-old
girl in one of his parishes forty years ago. After the media reported
this case, more victims contacted the Victoria Police. In July 2015,
immediately after leaving jail, Sheahan was charged in court again with
indecently assaulting two more girls from another of his early parishes,
and the court convicted him again.
In both court cases, the charges were laid in the Ballarat Magistrates Court by detectives from the Sano Taskforce in the Victoria Police sex crimes squad in Melbourne. Father Leslie John Sheahan belongs to the Ballarat diocese, which covers the whole of western Victoria, extending to Mildura in the state's far-north, to Horsham in the far-west and to Portland on the south-western coast. The city of Ballarat is where the bishop is based.
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In both court cases, the charges were laid in the Ballarat Magistrates Court by detectives from the Sano Taskforce in the Victoria Police sex crimes squad in Melbourne. Father Leslie John Sheahan belongs to the Ballarat diocese, which covers the whole of western Victoria, extending to Mildura in the state's far-north, to Horsham in the far-west and to Portland on the south-western coast. The city of Ballarat is where the bishop is based.
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