AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Charlotte King
Ballarat Grammar says it has assisted a number of former students to report allegations of historical sex abuse at the school to the police and the child abuse royal commission.
The Anglican school’s headmaster Adam Heath said the school wrote to former students late last year asking them to come forward if they had experienced abuse in the past.
“The school decided to be as proactive as possible,” he said.
“That was really a measure by the school to do everything possible to offer support to any former students who had been subjected to abuse.”
Mr Heath said a number of students had since approached the school, to report instances of abuse relating to the 1970s and early 80s.
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