AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
BY PETER TRUTE
July 1, 2014
A pedophile former Marist Brother has directly contradicted evidence given by his one-time superior at the child abuse royal commission.
Convicted pedophile and former Marist Brother Gregory Joseph Sutton appeared before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse on Tuesday, marking the first time an offender – accused or convicted – has faced the inquiry.
Sutton testified that in 1989, after admitting to abusing a schoolboy, he was sent to Canada for treatment by the then-head of the Marist order, Brother Alexis Turton.
He remained in the United States and, when an Australian court issued a warrant for his arrest in 1992, Sutton said he was phoned by Br Turton who told him of the warrant and advised him to stay overseas.
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