AUSTRALIA
“Four Corners,” Australian Broadcast Corporation
March 2, 2020
By Louise Milligan
Child safety authorities have made numerous referrals to Victoria Police over allegations about teachers following a Four Corners investigation into Melbourne’s prestigious boys’ school, St Kevin’s College.
St Kevin’s new acting principal, John Crowley, Victoria’s Commissioner for Children and Young People (CCYP) and the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) have been given information containing potential concerns of conduct about several teachers which has then been passed on to police for investigation.
Four Corners understands that at least four referrals by the CCYP to Victoria Police relate to Peter Finnigan, who had been a very senior member of staff at St Kevin’s and other prominent Catholic boys’ schools around Australia.
St Kevin’s has been in the spotlight since a Four Corners investigation in mid-February revealed how the school did not support a student victim through a child sex offence trial.
Five teachers have left St Kevin’s College since the story aired including the headmaster and his deputy following criticism of the school’s handling of complaints.
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