Marist Brothers

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.

Our client alleges that he was sexually assaulted by William Allen, a music teacher while residing as a boarder at Champagnat College in Wangaratta in the 1970s. Can you help?

Contrary to the tone of the ABC 4-Corners piece on the Permanent Stay tactic, Koffels reminds survivors of institutional child sexual abuse that the tactic has only been deployed in a handful of cases, is only applicable in particular circumstances and that we have recently succeeded in resisting one made by the Marist Brothers.

Brother “Christopher” Wade and the history and cover-ups of Institutional child sexual abuse at Marist College Kogarah.

In the coming months, victims & survivors who settled historical abuse claims in NSW pre-2016 will be able to have their agreements reviewed by Courts to assess whether they were unfairly small.

Koffels Solicitors and Barristers are looking to speak to anyone with information about abuses by Father Patrick Casey and Brother Dominic aka Darcy O’Sullivan.