AUSTRALIA
ABC – AM
Thomas Oriti reported this story on Monday, May 19, 2014
CHRIS UHLMANN: The royal commission into child sexual abuse is preparing to hear evidence that a teacher at a Perth school molested students in his classroom.
The man abused primary school students for a decade, despite repeated warnings from other teachers. Concerns were raised as recently as 2009. And because the victims are still young, there are strict rules on what can be said in the public hearing.
Thomas Oriti reports.
THOMAS ORITI: The royal commission has already examined child sexual abuse at Christian Brothers homes in Western Australia, dating back to the 1940s. But this next hearing involves some victims who are still in their teenage years.
JANETTE DINES: The case study looks at offending by a male teacher over a period of 10 years.
THOMAS ORITI: Janette Dines is the royal commission’s CEO.
JANETTE DINES: The facts involve concerns being raised by teachers and a parent about the level and type of conduct that the teacher was having with year four students.
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