AUSTRALIA
ABC News

Prestigious Hobart boys school, The Hutchins School, has admitted that “more could have been done” to respond to concerns about the sexual abuse of students.

The school has formally responded to findings of abuse at the school, which were outlined in a report by the Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse.

The commission investigated reports of abuse by former headmaster David Lawrence and teacher Lyndon Hickman in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the Anglican Church’s response.

It noted that given the number of students who had complained about sexual abuse and the number of teachers implicated, the nature of the school environment “clearly placed students at risk”.