Indecent Assaults Alleged at an Australian Boarding School

Broken Rites
February 17, 2012

http://brokenrites.alphalink.com.au/nletter/page272-monivae-college-hamilton.html

A former religious Brother, Edward Mamo (born 26 September 1944), appeared in court on 6 February 2012, charged with offences allegedly committed against boys at Monivae College, a Catholic secondary school, at Hamilton, 290 kilometres west of Melbourne.

Mamo, residing in Sydney, first appeared in Campbelltown Local Court in western Sydney. The charges were laid by detectives from the Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Unit in Warrnambool, Victoria, who had gone to Sydney to interview Mamo.

The charges comprised 12 incidents of indecent assault on males, allegedly committed against seven boys at Monivae College in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Mamo was allegedly working there as a religious Brother.

The Campbelltown Court granted bail to Mamo pending further court proceedings, to be held in Victoria.

On 14 February 2012, Mamo appeared in Warrnamboool Magistrates Court for a "file hearing". This was a procedural step, lasting a few minutes. The magistrate fixed a future date, where the Mamo matter will come up again in the Warrnambool Court for a further mention (this is the next step in the judicial process). Bail was extended pending Mamo's next court appearance.

Mamo's court charges were reported in the Hamilton Spectator newspaper on February 14 and 16, 2012.

Police investigations are continuing, by detectives at the Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Unit in Warrnambool, telephone 03 5560 1189.

Monivae College, Hamilton, was established by a religious order, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. This order is known by its Latin initials, MSC. Monivae College was originally for boys only, including boarders as well as day boys. It has since become co-educational. The MSC order has also conducted other Catholic schools in Australia, such as Chevalier College in Bowral, New South Wales.