AUSTRALIA
Daily Advertiser
Katie Burgess
28 Feb 2017
A FORMER Tumut Catholic priest who was investigated for inappropriately touching children in the town was housed next to two Canberra primary schools because there was nowhere else to put him, the Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn has revealed.
Father Brian Hassett has been living at Lanigan House in Garran, on the ground of Sts Peter and Paul Primary School, for about two years, Fairfax Media has learnt.
He was moved into the home for retired clergy, which also sits close to the Malkara School, after complaints about inappropriate behaviour towards children were made against him.
The claims related to his 30-year tenure in Tumut.
A spokesman for the church said one complaint related to a boundary violation and one to inappropriate touching.
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