AUSTRALIA
Chronicle
Chris Calcino 6th Mar 2014
THE child sex abuse scandal at a Toowoomba Catholic school may have claimed another scalp.
It is believed former student protection officer Catherine Long has been stood down on full pay pending the results of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Ms Long, who is still employed by the school at the centre of the 2007 scandal, made headlines when she admitted she had no idea what “grooming” was.
Her ignorance came despite the fact she was the school’s child protection contact.
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