AUSTRALIA
The Guardian
Helen Davidson
@heldavidson
Thursday 22 January 2015
The child sex abuse royal commission will publicly examine more than four decades of allegations and acts of child sexual abuse by teachers at prestigious Sydney private school Knox Grammar.
Commencing on 23 February, the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse will hold a public hearing into what actions were taken by the school and the Uniting Church when it was made aware of allegations of “inappropriate conduct” by employees between the years 1970 and 2012.
The hearing will examine:
• The sexual abuse of former students;
• The response of the school and the Uniting Church in Australia to concerns raised about the abuse, including investigations and subsequent and criminal proceedings;
• The systems, policies and procedures in place at the school regarding raising and responding to concerns;
• The regulatory system governing Knox’s response, as a non-government school in New South
“Any person or institution who believes that they have a direct and substantial interest in the scope and purpose of the public hearing is invited to lodge a written application for leave to appear at the public hearing by 9 February 2015,” said the commission.
In 2010 a former boarding master was jailed for sexually abusing four students aged 12 and 14 in the 1980s, and for possessing child pornography. The district court heard that Craig Treloar remained at the school for 20 years after he was allegedly reported for showing students porn videos, the ABC reported.
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