00:0071-year-old Keith Athelbates-Willie was found guilty in August of 14 charges, including aggravated sexual assault, rape, four counts of persistent sexual abuse of a child and eight of indecent assault.
00:16The court heard the abuse happened while he was a teacher at three separate Hobart schools between the late 1970s and early 2000s.
00:2516 men gave evidence during the trial about being groped, assaulted and fondled by Mr Bates.
00:32The court heard victim impact statements from 10 of the complainants today.
00:36One of the victims said even though it's been 30 years since the abuse started, he carries the weight of it every day.
00:43He says it took his self-esteem and he's been in a spiral of self-destruction ever since.
00:49Another told the court he's struggled with intimacy and maintaining relationships with his friends, family and son.
00:56He said for 20 years I couldn't be intimate without being drunk.
01:00I sabotaged relationships to prove to myself that I didn't deserve it.
01:05Another said he's constantly dealing with feelings of inadequacy and not feeling worthy, saying I was robbed, plain and simple, robbed of time, identity, opportunity, robbed of having a normal life.
01:18He robbed me.
01:19He stole my time.
01:21In his sentencing submissions, Crown Prosecutor Jack Shapiro said this case is one of the most serious examples of this offending in Tasmania.
01:29Mr Bates' lawyer will make her sentencing submissions in November.
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