UNITED KINGDOM/AUSTRALIA
BBC News
A former child migrant, sent from Wales to an Australian orphanage, has told a child abuse inquiry how it was a “feast of kids” for paedophiles working there.
Giving evidence, the anonymous 72-year-old said Brother Lawrence Murphy took him in to his bedroom twice, forcing him to perform sex acts.
If I had told anyone, I would have been belted or got the strap, he said.
Castledare orphanage near Perth, run by the Christian Brothers order, was like “a legal paedophile ring”, he said.
The witness told the inquiry: “If someone did it in the public eye, he’d go to court, he’d get sentenced and he’d serve time.
“If he’d got a habit on, if you’re a Christian Brother then it seemed to be a free-for-all.
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