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	Church Sacks Principal Superiors over Sex Scandal By Lacey Burley Brisbane Times December 11, 2009 http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/church-sacks-principal-superiors-over-sex-scandal-20091211-kmsr.html AUSTRALIA -- Parents of children at the centre of a Toowoomba Catholic primary school sex abuse scandal yesterday cried in happiness after the principal and his two superiors were sacked. Bishop William Morris said the principal and senior education officers Christopher Fry and Ian Hunter sat "stunned and surprised" in his office after he terminated their employment. The principal had earlier been charged and acquitted of failing to report allegations of the rape and molestation of students by a school teacher to police. Bishop Morris said the principal's admissions during the November court case that he suspected sexual abuse came as a "great shock". "While the principal reported the information to the senior education officers (Christopher Fry and Ian Hunter), I do not consider, in light of his suspicion of sexual abuse, that he fulfilled his duty. "His actions show a clear lack of understanding of the expected level of behaviour of a principal in whom I reposed a high level of trust. Despite his suspicion of sexual abuse, the principal did not remove the teacher from his position as one of the school's two Student Protection contacts."
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