AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Guy Stayner
Two former principals of Geelong Grammar have told the child abuse Royal Commission they regret their handling of abuse complaints at the school.
The headmaster of Sydney’s prestigious Cranbrook School, Nicholas Sampson, and John Lewis, who went on to be headmaster at the world-renowned Eton College in England, on Thursday fronted the commission over their time as principals at the school in Geelong.
Mr Sampson was headmaster at Geelong for three years from 2001 and authorised the payment of a year’s salary to teacher, Jonathan Harvey, after sex abuse allegations were made against him.
“I personally regret some of the things I did and I certainly wouldn’t do them again,” Mr Sampson told the Commission.
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