Gerald Ridsdale

Gerald Francis Ridsdale (20 ga Mayu 1934 - 18 ga Fabrairu 2025) firist ne na Katolika na Australiya kuma mai yawan aikata laifukan jima'i .

An same shi da laifi tsakanin 1993 da 2017 kan yawan cin zarafin yara da kuma cin zarafin yara da aka yi wa yara ƙanana 'yan shekara huɗu. Yawancin laifukan sun faru ne daga shekarun 1960 zuwa 1980 yayin da Ridsdale ke aiki a matsayin limamin makaranta a Makarantar Firamare ta St Alipius, wata makarantar kwana ta maza a birnin Ballarat na yankin Victoria .

Hukumar Sarauta kan martanin Cibiyoyin da suka shafi Cin Zarafin Yara ta gano cewa manyan mutane a cocin, ciki har da Cardinal George Pell, sun san yawan cin zarafin yara da Ridsdale ke yi amma sun kare shi.  An nada Ridsdale a cocin St Patrick's Cathedral, Ballarat, a shekarar 1961. Cocin ya karɓi korafin farko game da halinsa ga yara a wannan shekarar.  Ridsdale ya gudanar da naɗe-naɗe 16 daban-daban a tsawon shekaru 29 a matsayin firist, tare da matsakaicin shekaru 1.8 a kowace naɗi.

 Aiki da kuma tuhumar laifuka 
An haifi Ridsdale a St Arnaud da ke tsakiyar Victoria kuma ya girma a Ballarat .  An yi zargin cewa Ridsdale ya ci zarafin yara maza ta hanyar lalata tun daga shekarar 1955, lokacin yana da shekaru 21.  Ya halarci makaranta a Kwalejin St Patrick, kuma a shekarar 2016 an cire sunansa daga hukumar girmamawa wadda ke girmama tsoffin ɗaliban da suka ɗauki nauyin ibada. 

 Shigar da kariya daga Diocese na Ballarat da ƙarar jama'a 
A ranar 13 ga Satumba, 2019, Diocese na Ballarat ta fitar da wata sanarwa da ta amince cewa manyan malaman cocin sun san da zarge-zargen cin zarafin mata da aka yi wa Ridsdale, sannan daga baya suka yi ƙoƙarin kare shi daga gurfanar da shi.  Wannan ikirari ya zo ne bayan wata ƙara da aka shigar a kan cocin da ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda Ridsdale ta shafa. 

 Steve Blacker 
Kotun ce kawai ta san Steve Blacker, wanda a da aka fi sani da suna 'JCB', Ridsdale ta yi masa fyade a lokacin da yake amsa laifin a Cocin St Colman, Mortlake, a shekarar 1982. Blacker yana da shekaru tara kuma Ridsdale ya shafe akalla shekaru 20 yana cin zarafin yara a Ballarat. 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1934
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