St Ignatius Riverview school braces for child sex abuse claims

By Dan Box
Australian
March 25, 2015

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/in-depth/st-ignatius-riverview-school-braces-for-child-sex-abuse-claims/story-fngburq5-1227277007170

The principal of one of Sydney’s most prestigious private schools says he is aware a number of ­former staff may be found to have been involved in child abuse after the school asked all its former students to report any such allegations from their time at the college.

It follows the revelation a former pupil of St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, on Sydney’s lower north shore, has alleged he was sexually abused by a teacher who worked at the school between 1979 and 82.

That teacher, who is still alive, is understood also to be the subject of similar allegations relating to his time at another Jesuit-run school in Adelaide during the early 1980s.

Riverview principal Paul Hine said he had contacted about 6500 former pupils of the school, asking them to come forward if they knew of any similar allegations.