AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
April 15, 2016
Louise Hall
Court Reporter
Victims of a paedophile Catholic brother who went on to become principal of a prestigious Sydney school have told of the broken relationships, drug and alcohol abuse, self-harm and thwarted careers that have dogged their lives in the 30 years since.
William Peter Standen, who also goes by the name Brother David or Brother Dave, was the principal at Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral College for a decade before he retired in 2010.
He cared for thousands of boys during his 37-year teaching career, during which time he spent six years as the deputy principal at St Dominic’s College, Penrith.
Standen has pleaded guilty to 18 counts of indecent assault or acts of indecency committed during his years as a teacher at a Catholic boarding school in regional NSW between 1977 and 1981.
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