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Former high-profile priest Paul McLachlan charged with groping a boy 40 years ago
By Tom Snowdon, David Murray A FORMER high-profile priest fondled and groped a boy who was staying the night at his Brisbane home almost 40 years ago, police allege. These are the latest in a string of indecent dealing allegations facing Paul McLachlan, 82, who was once a public face of the Catholic Church in Queensland during the 1970s and 1980s. The alleged victim came forward to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, triggering an investigation. It comes as two schools at the centre of royal commission hearings in Brisbane deal with dozens more abuse cases involving former counsellor Kevin Lynch. The Courier-Mail can reveal that up until about a month ago, 42 former students of Anglican St Paul’s School at Bald Hills had come forward about being sexually abused by Lynch and former music teacher Gregory Robert Knight. However, with the publicity of the royal commission that figure has now jumped to a total of 68 cases. The vast majority of the cases relate to abuse by Lynch.
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