Royal Commission

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.

Father Brian Davis, having served in various capacities, including teaching at Dominican Friars schools and as a parish priest, faced 17 charges related to the institutional child sexual abuse of seven boys during his tenure at Dominican Friars schools in the late 1970s.

From its establishment in 1956 to its closure in 1993, Winlaton Youth Training Centre became a site of profound suffering for many young girls and women who were subjected to sexual, physical, and emotional abuse within its walls

The judicial system ultimately held Brother Bernard McGrath accountable, convicting him of 64 offences and sentencing him to 33 years in prison for crimes that spanned multiple locations, impacting dozens of children under his care.

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

Edmund Rice College in Wollongong has a storied history, first established as Christian Brothers’ College in 1926. Unfortunately, this legacy is also marked by grave allegations of child sexual abuse.

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.

In cases where the perpetrator of child abuse is dead, the path to legal redress is fraught with challenges and requires a nuanced approach – but the path does exist.

On Wednesday 22nd November 2023, the NSW State government provided a response to the High Court decision in GLJ. The Government welcomed the decision and…