A former Catholic priest facing trial on more than 130 sexual abuse charges has been bailed after being described as a "spent volcano" who may have only six months to live.
With a walking stick across his lap, a wheelchair-bound David Joseph Perrett, 82, faced the NSW Supreme Court via audio-visual link from Long Bay prison hospital after being charged with abusing 37 children over more than 20 years.
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