AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
Timna Jacks
Geelong Grammar valued its reputation over the welfare of students, according to a blistering submission to the Royal Commission.
“There was a culture at Geelong Grammar which valued the reputation of the school over the welfare of the students,” said David Lloyd, counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in findings published on Wednesday.
Stephen Meek, principal of Geelong Grammar since 2004, told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexua Abuse that he was contacted about a sexual assault allegation on his first day in the job.
“The system did not protect and promote the interests of the students.”
The prestigious school has been accused of allowing Philippe Trutmann to work as a live-in boarding house assistant from 1985 and 1996, even though school authorities were told about allegations of improper conduct in 1985.
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