AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Gavin Coote
Australia’s oldest Catholic boys’ boarding school is set to apologise to students who were sexually abused by staff during their time there.
St Stanislaus College in Bathurst has been at the centre of child abuse investigations for almost a decade, and a number of priests, chaplains and teachers have been convicted.
Towering over the historic New South Wales city, ‘Stannies’ as it is commonly known, takes students from some of the most remote and far-flung parts of the state.
But retired journalist Terry Jones, who lives in Bathurst, said it was not such a grand past for dozens of students who went there.
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