AUSTRALIA
Western Advocate
Louise Thrower
@ThrowerLouise
June 17, 2016
INDECENT assault victims of Brother William Standen are seeking compensation from the Christian Brothers Oceania in the wake of his conviction and sentencing.
A Canberra law firm has also revealed it acted in past civil matters for other victims of Brother Standen, who were “beaten like a dog.”
The 67-year-old Standen, known as Brother Dave, was sentenced to nine years two months’ jail with a non-parole period of four years, seven months in Sydney District Court last Friday.
He had pleaded guilty to 17 charges of indecent assault on boys aged 12 to 14, and one act of indecency on a boy, while he was a teacher and dormitory master at St Patrick’s College, Goulburn between 1978 and 1981.
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