AUSTRALIA
Canberra Times
Christopher Knaus
A survivor of abuse at St Edmund’s College has urged others to come forward, saying the justice process helped him heal and live a full and happy life.
Anthony Kane, as a boy of 13, was invited back to the room of lay teacher Patrick O’Flaherty in the winter of 1968 after a football match.
Mr O’Flaherty was a new teacher at the school, and lived on the St Edmund’s campus, near the school’s monastery.
It was there that court documents allege Mr O’Flaherty began to abuse the 13-year-old in his room.
Mr Kane was saved by a knock on the door from his father, who had been frantically looking for his boy.
Complaints were made and Mr O’Flaherty was immediately removed from teaching and referred to police.
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