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A former teacher convicted of sexually abusing his student four decades ago is suing his victim for the legal costs of a compensation that never made it to court.
Neville Betteridge, 70, was convicted of sexually abusing his 14-year-old student, Mark Wurth, when he was a geography teacher and house master the Blue Mountains Grammar School in the 1970s.
“I didn’t know what was going on I didn’t understand yeah the whole thing particularly with another male,” Mr Wurth told A Current Affair about the man he trusted who would take him back to his room at night.
At the time, the affluent school in Wentworth Falls was run by the Anglican Church and operated as a boarding school.
“He’s actually just a disgusting piece of filth,” said the former student, now in his 50s.
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