Father Stan Hogan

Father Stanislaus John Hogan was a former member of the Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits. He was born in 1945 and was ordained as a priest in 1976. Throughout his religious/teaching career, Father Hogan taught/served at the following schools:

• Xavier College - Kew, Victoria;

• St Aloysius College - Milsons Point, NSW; and

• St Ignatius College - Athelstone, South Australia.

In 2013, Father Hogan was arrested by South Australia Police after finding in his private quarters at St Ignatius College pornographic material which included over 1500 images, videos and books of children and teenagers aged between three and 16 years old. One book in particular described in graphic detail the rape of an underage boy. In 2015, Father Hogan pleaded guilty in the District Court to one count of using a carriage service to access child pornography and one aggravated count of possessing child pornography. He was originally sentenced to two-and-half years' jail with a non-parole period of 10 months. However, the South Australian Court of Criminal Appeal that same year overturned the sentencing and re-sentenced him to an 18-month good behaviour bond after suspending a jail term of one year, three months and three weeks. This also included a six month non-parole period, but it was suspended.

The Court of Criminal Appeal found that while the original sentence was not excessive, the District Court judge should have applied a full 30 per cent guilty plea discount and should have suspended the sentence.

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