Marist Brothers

The Marist Fathers, a Catholic religious order, have faced allegations of child abuse globally. This article looks at the 5 most notorious abusers in Tasmania, where survivors seek justice and compensation.

Marist Brothers Penshurst, like many other Marist Brothers schools, has a frightening history of child sexual abuse. Some of the perpetrators associated with Marist Brothers Penshurst include: Brother Kostka, Brother Norman Keyes, Greg Hammond, Bill “Jedda” Allen and the infamous Robert “Dolly” Dunn.

Among the accused at Marists ‘La Valla’ Juniorate in Bowral was Brother “Denis” Martin, also known as Raymond Martin, who was reported to have regularly sexually assaulted boys at the Juniorate between 1956 to 1958.

From the late 20th century through recent years, over 150 Marist Brothers have been accused of child sexual abuse, encompassing a broad range of illicit conduct.

The allegations at Marist Regional College in Burnie, Tasmania encompass a range of inappropriate behaviours, from indecent assault to severe sexual abuse.

At the heart of Parramatta Marist High School’s dark history lay the horrific abuses of Brother Geoffrey “Coman” Sykes.

Red Bend Catholic College, an esteemed independent co-educational Catholic school in Forbes, New South Wales, is embroiled in allegations of child sexual abuse involving members of the Marist Brothers, notably Brother Kevin Callixtus Hogan and Brother Malcolm Hall.

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse cast a revealing light on a series of troubling incidents at Marist College Ashgrove, a notable private school in Brisbane, Queensland.

Over 50 years ago, a Sydney court convicted and sentenced Brother John Patrick O’Brien for his crimes against boys at St Joseph’s College.