AUSTRALIA
The Islander
By MELISSA CUNNINGHAM
Feb. 24, 2016
A RELIGIOUS superior has admitted to a woefully inadequate culture of protecting children and told an inquiry the Christian Brothers could have not comprehended the enormity of the trauma caused by their brutality and sexual abuse.
Superior of the Christian Brother’s Ballarat community and former headmaster of St Patrick’s College Brother Paul Nangle said the psychosexual formation of brothers was “defective” and while the rape of children could never be justified, he believed society was more relaxed about matters of sexuality during the sexual revolution in the 1970s.
“In my regret I profoundly wish I had of been better informed and had better knowledge of what was occurring,” Br Nangle said.
“I’m appalled at what happened and I’m deeply sorry for pain people have suffered as a result of that.”
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