AUSTRALIA
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There was collusion between pedophile priest John Sidney Denham and a principal who allowed sexual and sadistic abuse at a NSW school, a court has heard.
When one of the boys abused at St Pius X College in the Hunter region between 1975 and 1979 complained to principal Father Tom Brennan, he was yelled at and caned.
Judge Helen Syme told the Sydney District Court, where Denham faced a hearing on Thursday, this assisted the former Catholic priest in his abuse.
Denham, 71, was jailed for a maximum of almost 20 years in 2010 for his “sadistic” indecent and sexual assault of boys as young as five.
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