Former Christian Brother Ted Bales has pleaded guilty to 33 charges of indecent assault.
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Bales, 71, who was formerly known as Edward Dowlan, entered pleas of guilty at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Friday.
He will appear at the County Court in Melbourne in January for the plea hearing.
Bales was a teacher and dormitory supervisor at schools in Melbourne, Ballarat, Geelong and Warrnambool in the 1970s and 1980s.
He is a convicted paedophile.
He taught at a Ballarat school with other paedophile brothers including Gerald Ridsdale.
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