It would be terrible if a focus on the Catholic Church and other religious schools meant that the victim survivors in public schools were not given the opportunity to share their story publicly and, in doing so, encourage others to come forward.

Along with an estimated 60 million others around the world, I was an avid listener of The Australian’s Teacher’s Pet podcast. Released in 2018, the investigative-journalism-meets-true-crime serial led to the conviction of former rugby league player and high school teacher, Christopher Dawson, for the murder of his first wife, Lynette. The motive for the murder, the court found, was Mr Dawson’s desire to have unfettered access to his young lover, one of his students to whom the court gave the pseudonym AB. AB moved into the family home just two days after Lynette’s “disappearance” and married Mr Dawson shortly after.

Last week, Mr Dawson was convicted of carnal knowledge of…