AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
March 5, 2015
Rachel Browne
Social Affairs Reporter
A former Knox Grammar School student witnessed the school’s then headmaster Ian Paterson allegedly grope a 15-year-old girl during rehearsals for a musical, a royal commission heard.
The former student, known as AUE, backed up evidence from former Roseville College student Lucy Perry.
Ms Perry told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that Dr Paterson touched her on the bottom and genitals during rehearsals for the musical Guys and Dolls in 1989.
The student came forward to the commission after hearing evidence from Ms Perry, now the chief executive of a global women’s health charity.
AUE said he clearly remembered seeing the incident while he was seated on the floor, facing the stage.
“Lucy had to almost jump out of his grasp and she turned – and she gave a small scream of surprise,” he said. “Then I noticed that Dr Paterson had a grin on his face.”
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