Qld: Parents sue Catholic church after alleged sexual abuse

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2009
Qld: Parents sue Catholic church after alleged sexual abuse

The parents of two children allegedly sexually abused at a southeast Queensland school
.. will sue the Catholic church for failing to act on complaints.

The parents will seek unspecified damages from the Corporation of the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Toowoomba .. the entity responsible for the school .. and a third claim is
also expected this week.

Lawyer DAMIAN SCATTINI from Slater and Gordon says the families concerned were devastated
when a court last week cleared the school's principal of failing to report the alleged
abuse to police.

The court found someone at the school or Catholic Education .. its governing body ..

had committed an offence by not reporting the suspected sexual abuse to police.

A student and her father had complained of abuse by the teacher in September 2007 ..

and after they were ignored .. the teacher allegedly went on to abuse 12 other students
aged nine and 10.

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KEYWORD: SCHOOL (BRISBANE)

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