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	Elite School Names Sex Offender Teachers Herald Sun December 15, 2009 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/elite-school-names-sex-offender-teachers/story-e6frf7jx-1225810728552 KNOX Grammar School and the Uniting Church have apologised for the sexual abuse of students at the elite Sydney boys' school by teachers in the 1970s and 1980s. "The Uniting Church and Knox Grammar School are sincerely sorry and unreservedly apologise for the abuse of these students while they attended the school,'' they said today. "The church is most concerned for their welfare and admires their courage in confronting such an ordeal.'' Three former teachers - Craig Treloar, Damien Vance and Roger James - have pleaded guilty to offences committed against students in the 1970s and 1980s, the statement said. "Abuse of a student by a teacher is abhorrent to everything that Knox stands for,'' said John Weeks, headmaster of the private school on Sydney's north shore. He added that the school had worked "assiduously'' to assist police in their investigations and encourage witnesses to come forward. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar. "The school believes its current child protection procedures are of the highest standard,'' Mr Weeks said. "Nonetheless, in co-operation with the Uniting Church, Knox will continue to closely monitor these procedures to ensure that in the 21st century Knox provides the safest possible environment for its students.'' In a separate statement addressed to the Knox Grammar School community, Mr Weeks said the school had also offered a written apology to each of the former students targeted by Vance, Treloar and James. It went on to say Knox's current teaching staff had been subjected to mandatory employment checking processes, as well as additional checks exceeding the mandatory requirements. "The police are now concluding their investigations and have re-assured me that they are not investigating any current members of the Knox teaching or support staff in relation to any child abuse allegations,'' Mr Weeks said.
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