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THE man accused of covering up child sexual abuse at Knox Grammar over three decades has admitted to ignoring a student’s claim he had been abused by a teacher and described his as “a drama boy” who was known to “exaggerate stories”.
Ian Paterson ran Knox Grammar school from 1969 to 1988, and is accused of failing to inform police about incidents of abuse.
He today confronted the claims amid new explosive accusations he engaged in abuse at the school himself, as he gives evidence at the Royal Commission into Institution Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
In giving evidence, Dr Paterson admitted a 15-year-old student had complained to him about a teacher, Damien Vance, touching him inappropriately in 1987, and the then headmaster told him to think about the allegations.
“The boy was a drama boy,” he told the Sydney hearing.
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