School didn't believe girls' abuse stories

Sky News
October 14, 2014

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/local/sydney/2014/10/14/school-didn-t-believe-girls--abuse-stories.html

The pastor who oversaw a Pentecostal primary school has denied he failed to fire an abusive teacher because he was protecting the school's reputation.

Pastor Keith Ingram was assigned to deal with complaints against teacher Kenneth Sandilands, after students at the Northside Christian College came forward about abuse.

But Pastor Ingram apparently didn't believe the students and took it on himself to give the girls a "firm lecture" about the dangers of making allegations.

Sandilands worked at the school from 1983 to 1992 and is now serving a second jail term for child sexual abuse.