Sexual Abuse Lawyer

Wesley Dalmar, formerly a home for neglected children, has faced allegations of abuse. Learn about its history and survivor accounts.

The Anglican Church in Australia has a complex history, with many institutions failing to protect those most vulnerable. Survivors of abuse deserve acknowledgment, justice, and the financial means to rebuild their lives.

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.

The history of abuse at St Bernard’s College, Essendon, and the involvement of Brother Robert Charles Best and Father Daniel Dominic Hourigan.

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

Father Anthony William Peter Caruana, who served as a dorm master, rugby coach, and bandmaster at Chevalier College eft a lasting impact on many students, but recent allegations of abuse have cast his role in a troubling new light.

Brother Romuald (Francis Edward Cable) and Brother Patrick (Thomas Butler) both left a trail of trauma and emotional damage at Marist Brothers Hamilton that, for those who survived if, continues to have significant impacts on their daily lives.

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.

St Carthage’s Primary School in Lismore, under the leadership of the Marist Brothers, has faced allegations and serious charges of child sexual abuse. Survivors who suffered at the hands of Brother Gregory Sutton and Brother John “Kostka” Chute have endured years of trauma.