Catholic Church authorities knew that Father Michael Aulsebrook was a
child-sex offender in the 1980s and 1990s but they retained him in the
priesthood and even promoted him, according to statements made in an
Australian court. Aulsebrook was a member of the Australia-wide order of
Salesian priests and brothers, which has operated Catholic schools in
several Australian states. In the Melbourne County Court in 2011,
Aulsebrook was jailed for child-sex crimes committed in the 1980s at a
Catholic boarding school in Victoria.
This prompted more of his victims to speak to Victoria Police detectives, and therefore he was jailed again in the same court on 21 June 2016. Despite knowing about Aulsebrook's life of crime in Victoria, the Salesian leaders promoted him in the 1990s to be in charge of another Catholic school — in South Australia. The Salesian order is notorious for having tolerated multiple child-abusers in its ranks, and several of these Salesians have been brought to justice by the Victoria Police.
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This prompted more of his victims to speak to Victoria Police detectives, and therefore he was jailed again in the same court on 21 June 2016. Despite knowing about Aulsebrook's life of crime in Victoria, the Salesian leaders promoted him in the 1990s to be in charge of another Catholic school — in South Australia. The Salesian order is notorious for having tolerated multiple child-abusers in its ranks, and several of these Salesians have been brought to justice by the Victoria Police.
http://brokenrites.org.au/drupal/node/204
