AUSTRALIA
The Guardian
Australian Associated Press
Wednesday 2 September 2015
Geelong Grammar should repay the school fees of abuse victims because the elite school failed children and parents, a former student has told the royal commission.
The student, referred to as BKM, told the child abuse royal commission, which is hearing evidence about five decades of child abuse at the school, his final year was ruined when a teacher indecently assaulted him.
“They made my father pay an exceptional amount of money in school fees for me to attend the school and yet they failed me and him,” BKM said.
“I was sexually abused and repeatedly and seemingly uncaringly re-exposed to the situation that allowed the abuse.”
BKM, who described Geelong Grammar as one of the best schools in the world, said the schools and institutions involved in abuse cases should pay back the fees paid by parents as compensation.
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