AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
Alcohol, beatings and sex predators: Inside Sunbury’s Salesian mansion of pure evil
Shannon Deery
JAMES was in year 9 when he was first called to the principal’s office.
It was the late 1980s and he was expecting “six of the best” — a favoured punishment of Father Julian Fox, whose weapon of choice was a pool cue.
Entering the office he saw an older priest sitting in an armchair, and felt a little safer. At least he wasn’t alone. But not even an audience could stop Fox.
He beat the boy then ordered him to drop his pants, sexually assaulting him.
As James left the office, he was stopped by the older priest who handed him a toy puzzle — a reward.
“Good boy,” he told him, patting him on the shoulder.
James is one of hundreds of boys abused by the very men who had been entrusted with his care.
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