Marist Brothers appointed known child abuser as principal of Melbourne school in 1980, court told
by Christopher Knaus from World news | The Guardian on (#5Z7B2)
In lawsuit brought by victims, Catholic order disputes extent of its knowledge of Gregory Vincent Coffey prior to his appointment
A Catholic order made the unthinkable" decision to appoint a known child abuser as the principal of one of its Melbourne schools, allowing him to molest boys in his office unchecked on a regular basis", a court has heard.
The Marist Brothers are being sued over the abuse of a series of boys at the Immaculate Heart College in Preston in the 1980s by Gregory Vincent Coffey, the school's first lay principal and a former Catholic brother.
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