AUSTRALIA
The Guardian (UK)
Australian Associated Press
theguardian.com, Thursday 12 June 2014
The assistant principal at a Catholic school thought it was strange that a Marist brother used to keep his classroom blinds closed.
The teacher, former Brother Gregory Sutton, has since been convicted and jailed for numerous child sex offences.
Sutton started work at St Carthage’s School at Lismore in 1985 after stints at schools throughout NSW, the ACT and Queensland.
Soon after Sutton’s arrival at St Carthage’s school at Lismore, northern NSW in 1985, assistant principal Jan O’Grady began noticing odd practices, including that even on sunny days he would keep the classroom blinds closed.
He isolated himself from other staff and used to hang around with the same small group of students.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.