Michael Glennon (former priest)

Michael Glennon
Born
Michael Charles Glennon

(1944-05-13)13 May 1944
Preston, Victoria, Australia
Died1 January 2014(2014-01-01) (aged 69)
Hopkins Correctional Centre, Ararat, Australia
OccupationPriest
Known forAbuse of children
AllegianceCatholic Church
Criminal chargeChild molester
Penalty33 ½ years with a period without parole of 26 ½ years.

Michael Charles Glennon (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.[1]

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.[2] Glennon died in prison on 1 January 2014, aged 69.

  1. ^ "That's life for a radio survivor". The Fifth Estate: Media Analysis by RMIT Journalism. 15 June 2004. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. ^ Jewel Topsfield (10 October 2003). "Notorious pedophile guilty". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 21 May 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2015. Republished by the Poynter Institute.