AUSTRALIA
The Canberra Times

Megan Gorrey

Two former Marist College Canberra teachers have been committed to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court for allegedly sexually abusing boys at the school in the 1980s.

Ex-Marist brothers John William Chute, 84, and Gregory Joseph Sutton, 65, were among four men police charged with fresh offences as part of an ongoing investigation into historical child sexual abuse in ACT schools.

Chute, also known as Brother Kostka, is facing six charges of indecent assault and two acts of indecency for offences allegedly committed against two students over several years from 1980.

He taught at numerous Marist Brothers high schools and colleges before he moved to the Pearce college in 1976, according to a police statement of facts tendered in court.

The documents said the abuse against one of the alleged victims began when Chute touched the boy’s genitals from behind as the…