AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
SALLY BROOKS THE ADVERTISER MARCH 21, 2014
THE sexual abuse of intellectually disabled students was “shocking and appalling” and the handling of the case in 1991 was “unacceptable”, says the former director of the Catholic Education Office.
Allan Dooley also apologised to victims of paedophile Brian Perkins, who worked at St Ann’s Special School in Marion more than two decades ago.
“For the former students and families affected, I am deeply sorry that the abuse at St Ann’s ever occurred,” he said.
“In everything I did I tried to engage and work in an open and transparent way with all the different people and organisations that were involved in the Church’s response.’’
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