AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Fidelis Rego and Belinda Sanders
The head of Catholic Education for the Toowoomba diocese on Queensland’s Darling Downs says a failure to follow procedure was to blame for sex abuse at a local school.
Last month, the royal commission into child sexual abuse examined the Catholic Church’s handling of allegations 13 girls were molested at a Toowoomba school in 2007 and 2008.
Teacher Gerard Vincent Byrnes is serving a 10-year prison term, while the principal and two senior education officials were sacked over the incidents.
Catholic Education director John Borserio has defended its child protection policies.
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