AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Nina Tietzel, Loukas Founten
The case of a paedophile school bus driver who abused dozens of intellectually disabled boys will be the focus of this week’s royal commission hearings in Adelaide.
Brian Perkins already had a criminal record for sexual abuse when he began working at St Ann’s Special School.
He sexually abused up to 30 boys in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Peter Mitchell’s intellectually disabled son.
Mr Mitchell says the abuse of his son has scarred the whole family and he has called on the Catholic Church to end a 12-year civil case for compensation.
“I’ve had a heart attack since the allegations came out. My wife is on heavy doses of anti-depressants, as well as myself,” Mr Mitchell told the ABC.
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