Sexual Abuse Solicitors

The Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle is appealing a landmark ruling that found it liable for the 1969 sexual abuse of a student by Father Ron Pickin.

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.

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

Laurence Leonard was found guilty of two counts of indecent assault against a 12-year-old student at St Ignatius Riverview in the mid-1970s.

Brother David Austin Christian was found guilty of sexually assaulting two boys aged 10 and 11 at Marist Brothers’ Newman College in Perth.

Brother Ross Francis Murrin, a Marist Brother, repeatedly abused students during his tenure at various Catholic schools, including St Augustine’s Marist Brothers’ College in Cairns

We are conducting a thorough investigation into allegations of abuse perpetrated by Nicholas Frampton, who was a music teacher at Kardinia International College in Bell Post Hill, Geelong, Victoria, during the mid-2000s.

Established in 1847, the Diocese of Maitland Newcastle – formerly known as the Diocese of Maitland – has caught itself in the epicentre of a Catholic Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Scandal in the heart of Australia.

Despite overwhelming evidence and five convictions against teachers under his watch, Dr Paterson denied any responsibility and walked away without repercussions.