AUSTRALIA
ABC – PM
NICK GRIMM: A warning now – this next story from the royal commission into child sexual abuse contains disturbing details.
The headmaster of an Anglican school in Perth says the conviction of a former teacher has been etched into the minds of the school community.
The primary school teacher is now in jail for molesting five of his students, but he was able to “groom” the boys for years before he was arrested.
A public hearing has been told that the concept of grooming behaviour is still absent from the school’s child protection policy, even after the man went to trial twice.
Thomas Oriti reports.
THOMAS ORITI: The 12th case study of the royal commission told a harrowing story. It’s a story spanning more than a decade where a primary school teacher, known as “YJ”, lured boys inside his classroom and sexually abused them.
When one victim turned 18, he went to the police. He told the hearing the abuse changed his life forever.
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