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Adam Davies 20th Feb 2014
A SENIOR education officer at the Catholic Education Office in Toowoomba expressed reservations at how a principal was dealing with allegations of child sexual abuse at his school.
Principal Terence Michael Hayes was in charge at the Toowoomba primary school when allegations against veteran teacher Gerard Vincent Byrnes first surfaced.
Education Officer Christopher Fry outlined in a statement tendered to the Royal Commission into the Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on Thursday his recollections about a phone conversation in 2007.
The phone conversation between the two occurred after child victim KH claimed Byrnes had touched her inappropriately on her chest and placed his hands up her skirt.
Mr Fry said in his statement Mr Hayes’ version of events changed several times over a period of three days, shortly before a letter was sent to Byrnes outlining the allegations
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