Royal Commission

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.

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