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An Australian ex-priest convicted of sexually abusing children has had another 12 months added to his 39-year prison sentence for molesting a 72nd victim MELBOURNE, Australia -- An Australian ex-priest convicted of sexually abusing children had another 12 months added to his 39-year prison sentence on Tuesday for molesting a 72nd victim. Gerald Ridsdale, 89, has been in prison since 1994 for a series of convictions for abusing children between 1961 and 1988 while he worked as a Roman Catholic priest in churches and schools across his home state of Victoria. He was sentenced in the Ballarat Magistrates Court to an additional year after he pleaded guilty in June to indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy while he worked at a Catholic school in Horsham in 1987. It was his 193rd conviction for child abuse. Ridsdale appeared in court via a video link from a hospital prison bed. He kept his eyes closed throughout the hearing. Magistrate Hugh Radford told Ridsdale he had been in a position o...

Nearly four years after 23 people were killed in a racist mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, the victims ' families are confronting the gunman in court. Nearly four years after 23 people were killed in a racist mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, the victims ' families are confronting the gunman in court. Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty in February to dozens of federal hate crimes and firearms charges in connection with the August 2019 mass shooting. During the ongoing sentencing hearing in the federal trial, family members of many of the victims have shared their grief and anger in the wake of the tragedy. MORE: El Paso Walmart gunman's federal hate crimes sentencing hearing begins Wednesday Francisco Javier Rodriguez, the father of 15-year-old Javier Amir Rodriguez, the youngest victim killed in the shooting , addressed Crusius directly while wearing a T-shirt featuring a photo of his son. "Look at me, you coward. Look at my son's...

Funerals will begin Friday in the wake of Monday's mass shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville. Mourners will gather on Friday for the first of six funerals in the wake of Monday's mass shooting at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. Friends and family of 9-year-old victim Evelyn Dieckhaus were asked to wear pink and green to her funeral service on Friday afternoon. "Our hearts are completely broken," the Dieckhaus family said in a statement. "We cannot believe this has happened. Evelyn was a shining light in this world." Evelyn Dieckhaus is seen in this undated photo. Courtesy The Dieckhaus Family MORE: Nashville school shooting updates: Slain head of school lauded for her forethought The service for 9-year-old victim Hallie Scruggs will be on Saturday. Hallie's funeral will be at Covenant Presbyterian Church -- the church connected to the school where she was killed and where her father, Chad Scru...