Priest Pleads Guilty To Molestation Charges

Australia: Another priest has been convicted of abusing a boy at St Stanislaus' College in Bathurst.

Father Kevin Phillips has pleaded guilty in the District Court to four counts of gross indecency with a child under the age of 18. Several other charges against the priest were dropped.

Father Brian Spillane, the school chaplain at the time Phillips committed the crimes, was convicted earlier this week on nine counts of sexual assaulting young women and next year faces trial on 135 charges involving boys at the school.

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Operation Belle, the NSW Police investigation into allegations of abuse at the school since the 1970s, has seen two priests convicted - Phillips and Rick McPhillamy. Another was declared too old and infirm to stand trial, two were acquitted and four are yet to stand trial.