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Knox Grammar general duties manager ‘put his job on the line’ to investigate ‘protected’ paedophile teacher
JANET FIFE-YEOMANS THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MARCH 02, 2015
THE former headmaster of Knox Grammer, Dr Ian Paterson, has been accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in a startling development at the child sex abuse royal commission.
His police report, tendered to the commission, reveals that in 2009, a student from the exclusive girls’ school Roseville College claimed he had assaulted her while she was backstage after a performance at Knox Grammar.
The former student, Lucy Perry, told police that it was 1989 when she was 15.
According to the police statement, she said that she did not want to proceed with charges but had come forward to back up reports made by former Knox students which were being investigated by Strike Force Arika and led to five former Knox teachers being charged with sexual abuse.
“Perry stated that Paterson patted her on the bottom a few times and slid his hand underneath and toucher her in the genital area,” the police report stated.
“Perry said that it only lasted a few seconds and that she stepped forward to remove his hand.
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