AUSTRALIA
Sky News
After an abject apology to Knox Grammar sexual abuse victims, the former headmaster of the elite Sydney boys school has defended his decision not to report the assaults to authorities.
Ian Paterson, head of the Wahroonga based school from 1969 to 1998 faced intense questioning on Tuesday at a royal commission hearing into the school, where five former teachers have been convicted of indecent assault on boys and three others stand accused.
The crimes all happened during Dr Paterson’s tenure and they were never reported to police.
‘I am deeply and profoundly sorry,’ Dr Paterson told the child abuse inquiry in Sydney.
‘I should have known and I should have stopped the events that led to the abuse and its tragic consequences for these boys in my care and their families.’
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