A priest who abused 20 schoolboys, including several in Ballarat, in the 1970s and 1980s has been jailed for six years.
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Edward "Ted" Bales, who changed his name from Edward Vernon Dowlan to avoid publicity and has since been defrocked, pleaded guilty to 34 child sex abuse charges in the Victorian County Court in Melbourne on Friday.
In sentencing Bales, Judge Richard Smith said some of the victims were also abused by other offenders.
"All of your victims were genuinely scared of you," Judge Smith said.
"Your offending was brazen. You had the power to intimidate your victims."
Judge Smith set a non-parole period of three years.