AUSTRALIA
ABC News
Allegations of sexual abuse against a former student of a Hobart private school were out of the headmaster’s jurisdiction, a royal commission has heard.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been investigating how the Hutchins School and the Anglican Church dealt with sexual abuse claims.
A former headmaster told the hearing that dealing with the claims of former students was up to the school’s board.
Bill Toppin, who was headmaster from 1996-2007, had kept himself at arm’s length from dealing with allegations made by the witness known as AOA.
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