AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
March 26, 2015
Joanne McCarthy
Andrew Michael Nash was 13 when he died in his bedroom.
Other family members were in the Newcastle home, watching television and doing homework, at the time.
His death, in 1974, came after an apparently uneventful day at school where his class teacher was also a serial child sex offender.
More than 40 years later, his mother Audrey Nash, 89, wants that teacher, former Marist Brother Romuald to answer a devastating and heartbreaking question.
“I want him to tell me if he sexually abused my son,” said Mrs Nash, who still lives in the home where her son died.
“I’m 89 years of age. There’s no other reason why it happened, and I thought his conscience might be getting to him now.
“I believe Andrew was abused. I believe he committed suicide. I want him [Romuald] to tell me if he abused [Andrew]. That could put my mind at rest before I die.”
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