AUSTRALIA
Northern Star
Hamish Broome and Stephen Ryan of the Newcastle Herald | 25th Jul 2015
CHILD abuse victim advocacy group Bravehearts has called for a review of paedophile sentencing practices following the “far too lenient” nine-month jail sentence of former Trinity Catholic College Lismore principal Peter Pemble.
The former Marist Brothers senior educator, now 67, was sentenced on Thursday in the Newcastle District Court.
Brother Peter Pemble was not long out of teachers’ college when he was sent to Marist Brothers High School at Maitland in 1971, Judge Peter Berman said.
The following year, Pemble selected a boy to help him organise sporting activities before isolating him on at least two occasions and indecently assaulting him.
The victim, who attended Thursday’s sentencing hearing in Newcastle District Court, told of how he withdrew from sport completely after the attacks and went on to fail his school certificate before changing schools and completing his education.
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