Catholic Church Abuse

Koffels Solicitors and Barristers are urgently seeking former students of St John Fisher’s College, Townsville who recall school camps during the years 1977-1979.

The two most notorious schools in the Archdiocese of Ballarat were St Alipius Primary School and St Patrick’s College and the 4 worst child abusers who worked under their auspices were Ridsdale, Best, Dowlan and Ryan

Explore the ongoing journey to justice for survivors of Brother Gerard Rush’s abuse at Assumption College Kilmore and St. Patrick’s College in Sale. Learn how legal support can help survivors find healing and compensation.

St Pius X College in Chatswood, a prominent Sydney educational institution, has been linked to serious allegations of historical institutional child abuse involving two specific individuals: Brother Christopher Rafferty and Father Roger Michael Bellemore.

Laurence Leonard was found guilty of two counts of indecent assault against a 12-year-old student at St Ignatius Riverview in the mid-1970s.

St Mary’s Cathedral College has faced significant scrutiny due to multiple allegations of institutional child sexual abuse by perpetrators such as William Peter Standen, Brian Mills and Brother Richards,

The Christian Brothers opperated St. Brendan’s College in Yeppoon child abuse offenders included Brother Darcy Fidelis Murphy, Brother Ronald Lasik & Brother Damian O’Dempsey

the Catholic Diocese of Western Australia’s recent apology for historical institutional child sexual abuse, and the institutions involved, including schools and churches.

Gerald Ridsdale, now 90 years old, pleaded guilty in August 2024 to eight new charges involving the abuse of children between 1973 and 1981