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Megan NeilAAP
A religious superior threatened to “get” a teacher who complained about a pedophile Christian Brother, an inquiry has heard.
A lay teacher was shocked when another pedophile Brother, Br Edward Dowlan, joined Geelong’s St Mary’s College, soon after another had left, the child abuse royal commission heard.
“Dowlan’s inappropriate behaviour with the students was worse than (redacted) and I couldn’t believe what was happening,” Robert Thompson told police.
“Within a short period of time I was beginning to receive complaints from students about Br Dowlan and that he was sexually interfering with them.”
Mr Thompson said he was “frozen out” at the college after approaching the Christian Brothers community leader Br John O’Halloran in 1987 or 1988.
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