Psychiatrist tells judge Denham, 77, "never to have access to children" if he survives jail sentence when he's close to 90

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated February 28 2019 - 6:55am, first published 5:00am
Guilty: The last photo taken of former Hunter Catholic priest John Sidney Denham, 77, before he was taken into custody for good in 2008 after he was charged with child sex offences.
Guilty: The last photo taken of former Hunter Catholic priest John Sidney Denham, 77, before he was taken into custody for good in 2008 after he was charged with child sex offences.

THE Catholic pedophile priest whose crimes were the catalyst for a royal commission will remain a danger to male children until the day he dies, a court was told as he faces an even lengthier jail sentence for crimes against a young boy.

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