A senior Catholic priest from western Sydney, Father Richard Cattell,
committed sexual crimes against boys in the 1970s and 1980s. Later, in
the early 1990s, the Catholic Church promoted this priest to become the
Vicar-General of his diocese, supervising 48 parishes in western Sydney
on behalf of the bishop. In 1994, Cattell was jailed regarding one of
his victims (from the 1970s). In 2015 he was jailed again regarding
another victim (from the 1980s). In 2016, police charged Cattell
regarding another 1970s victim (case number 2016/00101011), for which
Cattell is awaiting sentence. Meanwhile, in 2017, yet another Cattell
case (number 2017/00073102) has begun its preliminary procedures, with
another brief mention due in Penrith Local Court on 27 October 2017.
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