AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Stephanie Anderson
Forty per cent of the members of the Brothers of St John of God had allegations of child sexual abuse made against them from 1950 until 2010, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has revealed.
So who are the Brothers of St John of God?
The Catholic order first came to Australia in 1947, establishing a special school for boys with learning difficulties at Lake Macquarie in New South Wales.
They then opened schools at Cheltenham and Greensborough in Victoria, as well as a training farm at Lilydale.
Despite the similar name, the organisation is not linked to the Sisters of St John of God.
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