AUSTRALIA
Esperance Express
Daniel Burdon
5 Dec 2016
A former Catholic headmaster of a Queanbeyan primary school allegedly sexually assaulted a student in his care in the mid-1960s on “numerous occasions”, but died before the case against him was settled last month.
It is understood the allegations against the former headmaster of St Gregory’s Primary School, Marist Brother Charles Giuliani, have not previously been reported publicly.
Documents filed in the ACT Supreme Court on behalf of the plaintiff alleged Brother Giuliani “sexually assaulted the plaintiff on numerous occasions” while the plaintiff was a student in his care between 1962 and 1966.
Originally filed in November 2015, the case was settled last month, without any admission of guilt, between the plaintiff, the Estate of Charles Giuliani and the Trustees of the Marist Brothers.
A spokesman for the Marist Brothers Province of Australia said that where a settlement was reached, it was “not a finding of criminal conduct, however it is recognition that some trauma has been sustained by the claimant involved”.
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