Australia Queensland - Fury grows in school rapes scandal

**dirtydog** · 04-02-2009, 06:42 AM

Fury grows in school rapes scandal

PARENTS of children at a Toowoomba Catholic primary school, where a teacher was arrested and charged for the molestation and rape of 13 girls, are calling for the suspension of the principal and local Catholic Education head.

Their calls came after a police brief tendered to the Queensland Supreme Court for a bail application by the teacher revealed that a student had complained of abuse a year before many of the alleged offences took place.

The parents, who cannot be named because it would identify their children, demanded the principal, who also cannot be named, and Catholic Education director John Borserio stand down.

Mr Borserio was yesterday unavailable for comment.

Police statements filed in court reveal school staff were in the classroom as the children were allegedly being abused.

The statements allege that several of the schoolgirls claimed that three different staff members had walked in while they were being molested, as they stood beside the alleged offender's desk.

"(Staff member's name) has walked into the classroom, the defendant has stretched and removed his hand from under the defendant's skirt to make it look like he was having a stretch," a police brief alleged.

Police allege the teacher, who originally trained as a Christian brother but did not take vows, was brazen with his abuse.

"He has committed almost all these offences during class time at his desk, which is situated at the front of the class in view of all his students," police told the Supreme Court.

The Weekend Australian revealed on Saturday that a nine-year-old student of the teacher, who was also the school's "child protection officer", had complained of his "touching" to the principal in September 2007.

The school and Toowoomba Catholic diocese, which last week confirmed the meeting with the parents of the child, did not inform police of the complaint. The teacher stayed at the school for another 14 months until his arrest last November.

It is alleged that after the complaint, detailed in a police statement tendered to the Supreme Court, he brazenly raped and molested 12 other young girls at the school, often "in view of all of his students".

"The complainant child states about a week after telling her principal, the defendant started to touch her again for a week," police reported in a brief tendered to the court.

The teacher, 60, who cannot be named, was arrested on November 14 after another student made allegations of abuse directly to police.

Since the original complaint, other children have come forward with allegations and the teacher is facing 46 charges, involving 13 girls, including multiple counts of rape and indecent treatment of a child.

Police suspect more victims will come forward when his identity is revealed in court.

"It is unknown how many other complainant children there are in the community as the defendant has had a long ... teaching career," police said in a statement, tendered to the Supreme Court to oppose his unsuccessful bid for bail last month.

Fury grows in school rapes scandal | The Australian

**Panda** · 04-02-2009, 10:28 AM

Just carrying on the long Catholic tradition of child rape and sexual abuse.
He will be forgiven for his sins when he repents and still go to heaven though.

**Smithson** · 04-02-2009, 10:39 AM

It's not even midday and DD has managed to post 3 stories about Qld.

**The Gentleman Scamp** · 04-02-2009, 10:41 AM

Catholic

What do you expect for fuck's sake.

I would fiercely protect my kids from any kind of religion.

(If I had any of my own)

**Johnny Longprong** · 04-02-2009, 11:05 AM

Pass me a consecrated hammer please.

**Chairman Mao** · 04-02-2009, 11:17 AM

he brazenly raped and molested 12 other young girls at the school, often "in view of all of his students".

No doubt he has the normal catholic view of 'I've done nothing wrong, it was all done out of love'.

**Panda** · 04-02-2009, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

he brazenly raped and molested 12 other young girls at the school, often "in view of all of his students".

No doubt he has the normal catholic view of 'I've done nothing wrong, it was all done out of love'.

Absolutely. He "loved" putting his fingers where they shouldn't have been. Those dirty little girls were probably just asking for a bit of a touch up anyway.

Say 100 hail Marys and you are in the clear.

**Lily** · 04-02-2009, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by Panda

Absolutely. He "loved" putting his fingers where they shouldn't have been.

You know, that would hurt little girls. I mean it would be painful.

Originally Posted by Panda

Say 100 hail Marys and you are in the clear.

He probably directed them to pray for forgiveness because they had had a sexual encounter, no matter how unwelcome.

watterinja · 04-02-2009, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by Johnny Longprong

Pass me a consecrated hammer please.

Here's the blessed H2O...

**Panda** · 04-02-2009, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Lily

He probably directed them to pray for forgiveness because they had had a sexual encounter, no matter how unwelcome.

Only right as it was the devil in them which tempted him to do such things.
They should pray for divine forgiveness instead of going to the police.

**Panda** · 04-02-2009, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by watterinja

Originally Posted by Johnny Longprong

Pass me a consecrated hammer please.

Here's the blessed H2O...

I have heard it can be quite effective on roulette and pokies. So much so that major casinos have now banned it. Still could be useful at the local pubs for pulling roots and getting a little bonus in the drinks change.

**Chairman Mao** · 04-02-2009, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Lily

He probably directed them to pray for forgiveness because they had had a sexual encounter, no matter how unwelcome.

Still though, that's better than the Iranian punishment for being molested as a young girl.

**Lily** · 04-02-2009, 06:27 PM

^Iran isn't alone in that. Pakistan and some parts of India too.

**Lily** · 04-02-2009, 06:30 PM

It is also a bit of a worry that it was in Toowoomba. Toowoomba has lots of boarding schools that cater for the children of isolated far western Queensland cattle stations both white and aboriginal children.

**JoGeAr** · 04-02-2009, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by Smithson

It's not even midday and DD has managed to post 3 stories about Qld.

But this is news that I haven't seen, heard or read and I live in Brisbane !!

**Chairman Mao** · 04-02-2009, 06:45 PM

Kill all muslims and catholics.

The world be far more humane.

**Lily** · 04-02-2009, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

Kill all muslims and catholics. The world be far more humane.

And Welshmen!

**Panda** · 04-02-2009, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by Lily

It is also a bit of a worry that it was in Toowoomba. Toowoomba has lots of boarding schools that cater for the children of isolated far western Queensland cattle stations both white and aboriginal children.

Fertile ground.

**noelbino** · 04-02-2009, 07:13 PM

I really get tired oreading about these arsehole christians preaching their religious bullshit and then violating everything they have ranted about. I admit I haven't seen this anywhere in the Australian press so I have a slight doubt about it.
But I have no respect for posters who make light of the allegations. My belief is that anyone who molests or abuses any child does not deserve to live.
Christians are hypocrites.

**Chairman Mao** · 04-02-2009, 07:21 PM

I really get tired oreading about these arsehole christians preaching their religious bullshit and then violating everything they have ranted about.

Kinda like Thais and morals.

**Simon43** · 04-02-2009, 07:34 PM

From the story I can understand how this guy 'secretly' molested the girls in the classroom (hand up skirts etc). But raped them in full view of the class??? Did the class think it was some sort of 'hands-on' human biology lesson??

Simon

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