Royal Commission

The Bayswater Boys Home, operated by The Salvation Army in Victoria was a known hunting ground for notorious child abuser Captain Arthur Clee in the 1970s.

Brother John Joseph Donnellan, known in his religious capacity as Brother ‘Bede’ Donnellan, faced credible claims from male victims from 1954 to 1992, occurring in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland

Abuse within CEBS and the roles of Louis Daniels, Garth Hawkins, Robert Brandenburg, Simon Jacobs, and John Elliot, detailing their abuses and the inadequate responses from the Anglican Dioceses.

The response of the church’s leadership to abuse allegations against Frank Houston, Jonathan Baldwin & Kenneth Sandilands, was scrutinized for handling the abuse allegations internally and not immediately reporting them to the police.

When the abuse was revealed, the survivor reported being asked to attend meetings with Mr Neill and two other elders from the Jehovah’s Witnesses, who did not take her allegations seriously.

The first allegations at St Mary’s Agricultural School emerged in the late 1920s, with the Christian Brothers’ Provincial Council becoming aware of abuse issues as early as 1919. Critical management failures were particularly evident from 1947 to 1968.

The Catholic Diocese of Wollongong has been marred by serious allegations of historical institutional child sexual abuse involving key figures such as John Gerard Nestor, Father Peter Lewis Comensoli, and Brother Michael Evans.

Rabbi David Kramer and David Cyprys both pleaded guilty to multiple charges of institutional child abuse against young boys at Yeshiva College in St Kilda, Victoria.

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.