Royal Commission

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.

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

The Allambie Reception Centre, once a home for vulnerable children, became a site of mistreatment and abuse at the hands of Ronald Paul Harper and other staff members.

Major Colin Haggar, a former senior officer in the Salvation Army, has been accused of committing serious acts of child sexual abuse during his time working with vulnerable children.

Father Paul “Rex” Brown served as a Catholic priest within the Diocese of Lismore for decades, but his legacy has been overshadowed by multiple allegations of child sexual abuse.

The Riverview Home for Boys, run by The Salvation Army in Queensland, harboured abusers like Lawrence Wilson and Lieutenant Spratt, two of Australia’s most notorious paedophiles.

Reiby Juvenile Justice Centre, also known as Reiby Training School, has frequently been involved with institutional child sexual abuse allegations and charges.

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

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