Top Sydney Boys School Reports Abuse

Sky News
March 23, 2015

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2015/03/24/top-sydney-boys-school-reports-abuse.html

Another prestigious private boys school in Sydney has reported allegations of historic child sex abuse.

The principal of St Ignatius' College, Riverview, has sent a letter to its old boys informing them that a former student had made allegations of "child sexual abuse over 30 years ago".

Dr Paul Hine said the matter has been reported to the NSW police.

He said the allegation was passed on to him from the professional standards office of the Australian Province of the Society of Jesus.

Former students of the GPS school include Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce.

In the letter sent on Monday, Dr Hine wrote he would be telling the boys at the school about the allegations.

"I am also communicating with all the boys today, in an age-appropriate manner, so that they do not hear about this matter in a piecemeal way or in a situation where they have no reassurances," he wrote.

It comes after Knox Grammar was recently in the spotlight at the child abuse royal commission which heard evidence of sexual abuse at the school which happened in the 1970s and 80s.