Historical Child Sexual Abuse

The Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle has launched an appeal against a landmark ruling that found it directly and vicariously liable for the sexual abuse of…

Wesley Dalmar, formerly a home for neglected children, has faced allegations of abuse. Learn about its history and survivor accounts.

The Anglican Church in Australia has a complex history, with many institutions failing to protect those most vulnerable. Survivors of abuse deserve acknowledgment, justice, and the financial means to rebuild their lives.

The abuse at St Bernard’s College Essendon perpetrated by Brother Robert Charles Best and Father Daniel Dominic Hourigan continues to haunt survivors many decades later.

evin Lynch, a trusted school counsellor at Brisbane Grammar School and later St Paul’s School, was at the centre of a devastating abuse scandal that impacted countless young lives.

The High Court today has delivered a catastrophic blow to all victims of childhood sexual abuse by religious clergy, brethren, and volunteers such as Scouts Australia and Surf Lifesaving clubs.

The history of abuse at St Bernard’s College, Essendon, and the involvement of Brother Robert Charles Best and Father Daniel Dominic Hourigan.

In 2015, Brother Dowlan was sentenced for offences committed against 20 boys across several schools, Chanel College among them.

Father Anthony William Peter Caruana, who served as a dorm master, rugby coach, and bandmaster at Chevalier College eft a lasting impact on many students, but recent allegations of abuse have cast his role in a troubling new light.