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DAVID MARK: A former principal of Geelong Grammar School has told the Royal Commission he didn’t remove a teacher accused of child sexual abuse from the school.
John Lewis gave evidence that the parent who made the abuse complaint didn’t want his son embarrassed, so he followed his wishes.
Mr Lewis was the principal of Geelong Grammar from 1980 to 1994 and went on to be Prince William’s headmaster at Eton College near London.
Samantha Donovan is following the royal commission hearings in Melbourne and she joins me now.
So Sam who was this teacher and what was he accused of doing?
SAMANTHA DONOVAN: Well the teacher, David, was Jonathan Harvey, and he’s given evidence to the royal commission this week. He was convicted and jailed in 2007 for 10 months for the sexual abuse of a Geelong Grammar student in the 1970s.
But, the commission’s heard that the school never reported to the police any concerns about Harvey that came from parents over the years, and there were quite a few. And he taught at the school or was house master at Geelong Grammar for the best part of three decades.
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