No mercy for 'predatory' Salvos paedophile, just 18½ years of 'stern punishment'

By Jane Lee
Updated October 28 2016 - 6:18pm, first published 5:37pm
Many of Robert Burnett's victims were vulnerable boys he met through his work as a carer at Salvation Army homes. Photo: Jim Rice
Many of Robert Burnett's victims were vulnerable boys he met through his work as a carer at Salvation Army homes. Photo: Jim Rice

A Salvation Army worker will likely die in jail after being sentenced to 18½ years in prison for sexually abusing children in his care over almost 30 years.

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