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Michael Charles Glennon (c. 13 May 1944 – 1 January 2014) was a convicted Australian child molester and former Roman Catholic priest, the subject of one of the most notorious clergy sex abuse cases in Australia. Glennon ran a youth camp in Lancefield, Victoria, where most of the abuse took place. Glennon was convicted of sexually abusing 15 children in court cases spanning 25 years and was serving a 33½ year prison term with a non-parole period of 26½ years.〔 Republished by the Poynter Institute.〕 ==Life== Glennon was born in Preston, a working-class suburb of Melbourne, one of 10 siblings. In 1971 he was ordained to the priesthood and was an assistant priest at St Monica's in Moonee Ponds, where he and his Labrador retriever were popular with "hundreds" of children.〔 He soon launched his youth camp, Karaglen, on 16 hectares of bushland outside of Lancefield. Over the years it would grow from tents to a few huts and a hall with a private bedroom for Glennon. Billed as the Peaceful Hand Youth Foundation, it centered on a mix of karate (Glennon claimed to have a black belt) and high-church Christian liturgy.〔 Glennon transferred in 1977 to St Gabriel's in Reservoir, Victoria, but left after a year. In 1979, the church withdrew his right to be an active priest, but had no control over his activities at the camp. In 1984, he was officially laicized by the church. The church claims that defamation law prevented them from acting to expose him. Glennon continued to preach, ministering to a congregation from his home in Thornbury. The families included poor whites and Aborigines.〔 Glennon's charisma and religious devotion endeared him to many parents, who allowed their children to go with Glennon on overnight trips or even sleep in his bed, many years after his first charges.〔 Children invited to these assignations suspected nothing and many long kept their silence. A victim testified in 1986 that Glennon said he had "lost count" of the children he had assaulted.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Glennon (former priest)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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