Personal Injury

Robert John Brown was allowed to take a leadership position in Belair Baptist Church. This role placed him in contact with a then 11-year-old boy who would become his victim.

At Rupertswood College, a mansion owned by the Salesians and a boarding school for young boys, several vulnerable children were repeatedly abused by Father Jack Ayers.

Knox Grammar School’s elegant veneer conceals a sad history of sexual abuse and cover-ups. For decades, students at the top grammar school were terrified of predatory paedophile instructors. Any kids who attempted to talk openly were disciplined and silenced.

The Archdiocese of Melbourne actively covered up the numerous sexual abuse complaints filed by parishioners against Father Baker.

Despite overwhelming evidence and five convictions against teachers under his watch, Dr Paterson denied any responsibility and walked away without repercussions.

Father Roger Michael Bellemore was a teacher, carer and priest for the students at Marist College Burnie convicted of child sexual abuse

Brother Stephen Farrell abused children in his care. He was a member of the Christian Brothers, a Catholic religious order, and worked at schools across Australia.

Notorious convicted paedophile and former Christian Brother Ted Bales has been sentenced to a further seven and a half years in jail after pleading guilty to an additional 33 charges of indecent assault against another 19 students in the 1970s and 1980s.

If you assumed the ordeal for child sex abuse victims somehow ended with the McClelland Royal Commission into institutional Responses set up by Prime Minister Julia Gillard in 2013 then Andrew Coffey’s case is proof of how wrong that it is. Republished with the kind permission of Crikey Investigations Editor David Hardaker.