AUSTRALIA
ABC News
Brother Bernard Hartman, who has pleaded guilty to abusing children while teaching at a Melbourne school, was a brazen offender who grossly abused the trust of his victims, the Victorian County Court has heard.
Brother Hartman, an American who taught at St Paul’s College in Altona North more than 30 years ago, is now 75 years old.
He was extradited to Australia to face trial over the sexual assault of two girls in their homes and the molestation of a male student at the all boy’s college.
Hartman pleaded guilty to four charges relating to the two female victims, and three charges relating to the male victim, including indecent assault, acts of gross indecency and assault dating back to the 1970s and 1980s.
The court heard one of his victims was five years old.
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