Sexual abuse scandal in Canberra and Goulburn archdiocese
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The sexual abuse scandal in Canberra and Goulburn archdiocese is a significant chapter in the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Australia
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to 11 charges of indecently assaulting students of the college during the 1980s. Seven further charges against Chute relating to alleged offences committed before 1985 were dropped, due to a legal limitation that charges relating to sexual indecency had to be made within a year. In June 2008, Chute was sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court to six years in jail, with two years to be served in prison, one year to be served in weekend detention, and three years suspended.
in Canberra was also charged with numerous sexual assaults in 2000; however he committed suicide shortly after he was charged.
Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Australia
The Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Australia is part of the wider Catholic sexual abuse scandal which are a series of convictions, trials and ongoing investigations into allegations of sex crimes committed by Catholic priests and members of religious orders....
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Convictions recorded against clergy from Marist College, Canberra
In February 2008, a teacher at Marist College Canberra, Brother John William Chute (also known as Brother Kostka), pleaded guilty in the ACT Magistrates CourtMagistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory
The Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory is a court of summary jurisdiction in Canberra, Australia. The court deals with the majority of less serious criminal cases and the majority of small civil cases in that territory. The court is located on London Circuit, Canberra at Civic...
to 11 charges of indecently assaulting students of the college during the 1980s. Seven further charges against Chute relating to alleged offences committed before 1985 were dropped, due to a legal limitation that charges relating to sexual indecency had to be made within a year. In June 2008, Chute was sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court to six years in jail, with two years to be served in prison, one year to be served in weekend detention, and three years suspended.
Civil claim
In February 2008, a statement of civil claim was lodged against Marist College Canberra in the ACT Supreme Court by a number of former students. The claim alleged that students were sexually abused by five teachers over a thirty-year period, and sought damages from the school for negligence. In April 2009, the Marist Brothers denied a claim that a ring of pedophile abusers operated in the 1970s and 1980s.Accusations prompt suicide
A teacher at Daramalan CollegeDaramalan College
Daramalan College is an ACT senior high school in Canberra, Australia, located in the suburb of Dickson, near the Dickson Shopping Centre. It provides education from year 7 to year 12 , in a co-educational environment. Run by the Roman Catholic Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, it has an emblem of...
in Canberra was also charged with numerous sexual assaults in 2000; however he committed suicide shortly after he was charged.