AUSTRALIA
Sky News
The national head of the Marist Brothers says the failings of its leadership are to blame for the crimes of two pedophile brothers across three decades.
In a public letter to all members of the Catholic order, provincial head in Australia, Jeffrey Crowe, has again apologised to child abuse victims.
Br Crowe says after listening to recent royal commission hearings into how the crimes of brothers John Kosta Chute and Gregory Sutton were dealt with in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, it is clear leadership inaction at the time was responsible.
Both men were jailed for abusing children in schools in NSW, Queensland and the ACT.
“On behalf of all Marist Brothers I acknowledge and apologise to their victims for the abuse and very real damage done to young people by their criminal actions,” he said on Friday.
He said it was clear some were victims of the men because of “ineffective responses” and “inaction” by leaders.
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