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Sydney private school Knox will reportedly rename its business and ethics centre that bears the name of former headmaster Ian Paterson, following revelations of child sex abuse carried out by teachers during his tenure.
Headmaster John Weeks said the Paterson Centre for Ethics and Business studies would be renamed following a proposal from the school’s abuse survivors, Fairfax Media reported.
Dr Paterson headed the school for 30 years, and revelations during the royal commission into child sex abuse in institutions have showed he failed to respond to numerous allegations of sexual assault levelled against teachers by students.
“We sadly cannot allow that name to stay on that building,” Mr Weeks said today.
An online petition was also launched on Wednesday by a group of Knox old boys to rename the centre.
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