Call for Witnesses

Koffels Solicitors and Barristers are seeking witnesses regarding Bruce Goudge, accused of historical child abuse while working as a primary school teacher and soccer coach. If you have information, please contact us for confidential assistance.

Haileybury College in Victoria has faced historical abuse allegations involving former teachers Peter Harris and Richard Ho. We urge anyone with information to come forward and help us seek recompence against a newly uncovered additional abuser.

We are currently investigating allegations of institutional child sexual abuse that took place at the Chidley Educational Centre in Mosman Park, Western Australia. If you or anyone you know has any information that could change someone’s life, please come forward.

St. Joseph’s Nudgee College established in 1891 by the Christian Brothers, holds a dark legacy.of terrible abuses by Stephen McLaughlin, Dennis Norman Douglas amd Brother John Regan.

Brian Spillane faced numerous charges related to sexual offences against children. He was convicted for sexually abusing seven students between 1974 and 1990 at St Stanislaus College in Bathurst.

Father David Rapson is a former Catholic priest who was convicted of multiple sexual offences against children. He was associated with the Salesians of Don Bosco, a religious order that operates schools in Australia. Rapson’s crimes took place at several Catholic schools in Victoria, Tasmania, and New South Wales.

The historical abuse at St Patrick’s College in Goulburn was notorious throughout the 1970s and 1980s, where several members of the Christian Brothers, the order managing the school, were implicated in disturbing cases of child sexual abuse, most notably Brother William John Obbens and Brother David Standen.

The abusive legacy of Father Daniel Lyne, a former member of the Passionist religious order, still casts a shadow, revealing a long history of child abuse within institutions trusted with the care of the young and vulnerable.

Koffels are seeking former students from Ballarat & Queens who may have information about historical child sexual abuse incidents between 1985 and 1995.