Koffels Solicitors & Barristers

Koffels are seeking former students from Ballarat & Queens who may have information about historical child sexual abuse incidents between 1988 and 1993

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Allegations have emerged regarding historical child sexual abuse at Carey Baptist Grammar School in Melbourne where multiple former students were victims of abuse and grooming by male teachers, from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s.

Christopher Saunders, who for nearly half a century was Bishop of Broome Diocese, faced allegations of sexual misconduct, which led to his voluntary resignation in 2020.

Seeking anyone who attended Katoomba High School between 1979 and 1982 and/or anyone who has information on the school’s former teacher and commanding officer of the cadet unit “David Wallace”.

To anyone who attended the Christian Brothers College, Kalgoorlie, in the mid to late 1970s, we are seeking information about Brother O’Loughlin.

Our client alleges that he was sexually assaulted by William Allen, a music teacher while residing as a boarder at Champagnat College in Wangaratta in the 1970s. Can you help?