xavier College kew Abuse sex offenders timeline

Cover Up Timeline

Moving priests around is not unusual of course. The length of tenure at one place can be a clue to some bad behaviour. Scholastics for example usually spend all 3 years at one school.
Jesuits as teachers tend to stay for years in one school.
A very short tenure raises a question. e.g. R. Galbraith, P. Beer, P. Wallbridge, Willi Kovac.
But many priests at schools stayed there for many years and were protected by the school and the Society of Jesus. e.g. P.J. Stephenson, Noel Bradford, Joseph Craig.

A Jesuit is always moved by the Provincial. If a lay teacher is moved or dismissed by the school Principal/Rector the Provincial will be informed about it.
So there would be a lot of information about all these moves in the Society of Jesus files.
All the names in blue the graphic here are known sex and/or physical abusers.
The question remains, who knew what and when did they know it?

There is not one known instance of the Society of Jesus or a school Master reporting an offender to the police or relevant Authority at the time.

(Note: Dates are as accurate as possible, often they are hard to find, there might some small errors.

Where other Jesuits were:

Jim Hawkins s.j.

St. Louis school, Perth '50-59

XC '60-73 Rector '68-73

Burke Hall Headmaster

St Aloysius Nth. Sydney

2004

Paul Keenan s.j.

XC '38-40

XC '46-67 / Rector '62-'67

Seminaries 20 years

1992

Brendan Ellis

Allegedly Failed to report Brian O'Reilly, Glen Walls and Boarder Master A to proper authorities as required by law, 1997.

Deputy Headmaster

Xavier1992-97 Head of School

Xavier1998 - 2008 Head of Senior Campus

Graphic presentation of Provincials' moves:

Note: When its a Lay Person being employed/moved/dismissed its impossible to know if the Provincial knew of it.
Jesuits Australia moving sex offenders 1997-2002

Jesuits Australia moving sex offenders 1997-2002

Jesuits Australia moving sex offenders 1991 - 1996

Jesuits Australia moving sex offenders 1985 - 1990

Jesuits Australia moving sex offenders 1979-1984

Jesuits Australia moving sex offenders 1973 - 1978

Jesuits Australia moving sex offenders 1967 - 72

Jesuits Australia moving sex offenders 1961-66

Cover Up Timeline - These are sex offence related events the school authorities and/or the Society of Jesus would know or probably did know about

(this is a work in progress, its a bit scatty and very unfinished...)

Date	Name / Event	Who Knew	Action by School / Society of Jesus/ Other Persons
1962 - 1965	Willi Kovac at Kostka and Burke Hall abusing boys.	Kostka Rector. - Fr. Joseph Craig - Boys	None
1965	Lucien Leech-Larkin's parents complain to St. Ignatius, Riverview about Colin Fearon.	St. Ignatius, Riverview Rector	Complaint dismissed
1962 - 1965	Fr. Joseph Craig s.j. at Kostka known by many boys as a sex assaulter.	Kostka Rector? - Willi Kovac - Boys	None
1966	Willi Kovac arrives from Burke Hall to Xavier	Burke Hall Rector - Paul Keenan s.j. Xavier Rector	unknown
1966 - 1968	Boy rejects assault by Fr. P.J. Stephenson s.j. in his room and is reported to Rector. Another boy rejects assault by Fr. P.J. Stephenson in sports change room showers and is reported to Rector.	Jim Hawkins s.j. Rector	Boy Threatened with being reported to police for assault
1967	Willi Kovac sacked from Xavier. Repeatedly indecently assaulted one boy while teaching at Xavier. who was aged between 12 and 13, before sexually abusing him on a number of occasions. A boy reports Kovac to Rector	Jim Hawkins , Rector	Dismissed from Xavier with good references.
1968	Willi Kovac With job reference from Xavier gets a job at Marcellin College [1]. Raped a student on a school camp..	The school	Reported to police. By whom unknown.
1969?	Kostka Hall plan a memorial stained glass window for Fr. Joseph Craig s.j. is stopped by a former student threatening to blow the whistle on him	Kostka Rector	Naming cancelled. Sex offending kept quiet.
1969	Peter Beer s.j. [2] Removed from Xavier	Jim Hawkins s.j. Rector - Peter Kelly s.j. Jesuit Principal	Removed from Xavier sent to USA. Why?
1970	Willi Kovac - Convicted and gaoled for indecent assault at Marcellin College.	Public knowledge	unknown
1970	Victor Higgs s.j. [8]. St Ignatius College in Athelstone, Adelaide (1968 to 1970). After a complaint by a parent in Adelaide, the Jesuits transferred Brother Higgs to St Ignatius Riverview (where he sexually assaulted more boys) , Sydney, where he spent ten years. The Jesuits kept him as a member of the Jesuit religious order until he retired in Sydney in 2001.	Peter Kelly s.j. Jesuit Principal The school	Moved to St. Ignatius, Riverview
1974	Bede Lowery s.j. Headmaster at Burke Hall seriously physically assaults a student with a cricket bat putting the boy in hospital	Michael Head s.j. and others. Patrick O'Sullivan s.j. Jesuit Provincial	Lowery was quickly removed from Burke Hall. 2019 Michael Head s.j. says he can't remember it.
1975 - 1979	Noel Bradford s.j. moved from Xavier to Riverview , Sydney.	Fr. Xavier Rector Patrick O'Sullivan s.j. Jesuit Provincial	Moved to hide him
1980	Noel Bradford s.j. moved from Riverview to Seven Hills retreat centre, Adelaide.	Fr. Xavier Rector Paul Duffy s.j. Jesuit Provincial	Moved to hide him
1980's	David Rankin s.j. "Information about David Rankin was reported to Hobart Archbishop Guilford Young but apparently this was swept under the carpet as David Rankin remained on staff and continued in his role as chaplain."	Archbishop Guilford Young	Report Ignored
1989	Philip Wallbridge s.j. Moved from St. Aloysius, Sydney where he abused boys.	Peter Steel Jesuit Provincial - St. Aloysius Rector/Principal?,	Moved to Provincial's office, Hawthorn, Vic.
1992	Philip Wallbridge s.j. Moved to Xavier College as Rector	Bill Uren s.j. Jesuit Provincial	Bill Uren emphatically denies knowledge of Wallbridge's previous offending.
1995	Bishop O’Kelly SJ headmaster of Adelaide's St Ignatius College dismissed complaint Michael, a former student, told the clergyman he had been abused by teacher Stephen Hamra three years earlier when he was just 14.		O’Kelly conceded to Michael in a letter sent almost two decades after their meeting. "A boy was being hurt and I didn’t believe his version of the ordeal,", "It is with sorrow that I admit that now." 2012 Michael receives compensation from Society of Jesus. ♦ Full story...
1996	Noel Bradford s.j. removed as Rector from Riverview, Sydney. Moved to Seven Hills retreat centre, SA. Two allegations about Bradford were made to the then provincial Bill Uren. These were admitted and in writing.	Bill Uren s.j. Jesuit Principal	Moved to Seven Hill retreat centre, SA. where he became assistant retreat master
1997	Brian O'Reilly at Xavier College inappropriate behaviour with students for at least 5 years	Finally reported to another student, he reported to Paul Henderson, he reported it to Brendan Ellis, Head of School	Immediately dismissed by Brendan Ellis. But gained employment on other schools soon after. Previous report of misconduct with a student Ignored. . Not reported to police or Government Department as required by law.
1997	Glen Terence Walls at Xavier College sexual assault on student, not his first offence	Brendan Ellis, Head of School. Fr. Michael Stoney s.j. - Principal	Asked to leave by Brendan Ellis. Not reported to police or Government Department as required by law. Action on first offence unknown
1997	Senior Boarder Master at Xavier College having sexual relationship with a Year 12 student.	Brendan Ellis, Head of School. Fr. Michael Stoney s.j. - Principal	Parent complains to Brendan Ellis, Head of School. No action - The school shut it down. Not reported to police or Government Department as required by law.
1999	Glen Terence Walls re-hired at Xavier College.	Mr. Chris McCabe Principal. Mr. Brendan Ellis - Head of Campus	The action was re-hiring an alleged sex offender and putting students in danger.
2000 approx.	Leo Flynn s.j.	Jesuit Principal	Complaint ignored by Jesuit Provincial Daven Day. Broken Rites forced the issue with Melb. Archdiocese. Flynn died while investigation going on.
2003	Noel Bradford s.j.defrocked	Mark Raper Jesuit Principal	No one told. Jesuits taking care of him at Campion House, Kew.
2003, 29 May Melbourne Magistrates Court	Glen Terence Walls pleaded not guilty to charges of possessing and making child pornography after police raided his home in March 2001. Walls, 39, was also charged with two counts of indecently assaulting a student while he was a teacher at Xavier, one of Melbourne’s leading Catholic boys’ schools." Indecent assault charges withdrawn (don't know why) and fined $750 without conviction for Knowingly possess child pornography.	unknown if Walls was still at Xavier in 2003	unknown
2005	Willi Kovac In Melbourne County Court in December 2005, Willi Kovac (then aged 73) was jailed for a maximum of nine and half years' jail, with a non-parole period of 5½ years, after pleading guilty to indecently assaulting three boys (aged between nine and fourteen) in the 1960s and 1970s.	Public knowledge	unknown
2016	March 23 - Stephenson Sports Centre name removed . Stephenson's name remains in less obvious places at the Sports Centre. Jesuits admit complaints from 4 boys.	Jesuit Provincial Brian McCoy s.j.	Complaints considered "not proven"
2016	Victor Higgs 29 January 2016, Higgs (aged 78) was sentenced in the Adelaide District Court for indecent assault of two boys at St Ignatius Adelaide	Public knowledge
2017	7 Dec 2017 Willi Kovac pleaded guilty to indecent assault but did not admit a charge of buggery	Public knowledge	unknown
2017	Victor Higgs In a Sydney court on 31 January 2017, Victor Higgs was charged with indecently assaulting children during his time at St Ignatius College, Riverview.	Public knowledge	unknown
2018	Peter Beer s.j. denies Improper behaviour and sexual assault.	Brian McCoy Jesuit Provincial Simon Davies (Society of Jesus) Martin Scroope (Canisius College, Sydney)	Blames researcher for upsetting staff at Canisius House
2018. November 24	Victor Higgs s.j. Sentenced to minimum seven-and-a-half-years gaol.	Public knowledge	St. Ignatius (Riverview) apologises. Brian McCoy says "the records that are available have been reviewed."
2018 December	Justice Marilyn Warren appointed to investigate Victor Higgs' Adelaide to Sydney move cover up.	Appointed by Brian McCoy	Expecting a small admission then all put to bed.
2020 October	Theo Overberg SJ and Lawrence Leonard SJ charged with Indecent assault		first mention Hornsby court, NSW, Nov. 11 2020 .

Notes:

1. Marcellin College is a Catholic secondary boys' college situated in Bulleen, Victoria, Australia. The school was founded in 1950 by the Marist Brothers originally in Canterbury Road, Camberwell, Victoria.
More than 20 per cent of the members of some Catholic religious orders — including Marist Brothers and Christian Brothers — were allegedly involved in child sexual abuse. (Royal Commission report)
A perfect place for Kovac, an even more abusive culture.

2. Peter Beer s.j. Story here...

4. Philip Wallbridge s.j. Story here...

8. Victor Higgs Story here

9. Lucien Leech-Larkin and Mark Raper s.j. (Jesuit Pronvincial) 2003 Story here...

Jesuit locations
1
ST IGNATIUS’ CHURCH, RESIDENCE AND CENTRE OF IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY
Manresa Residence,
137 William Street,
Norwood SA 5067;
T: (08) 8332 0600;
F: (08) 8364 3750;
E: nparish@senet.com.au;
https://norwoodcatholicparish.weebly.com/
Loyola Centre of Ignatian Spirituality:
T: (08) 8364 3834;
E; loyola@cis.jesuit.org.au;
www.cis.jesuit.org.au/loyola-sa

IA
CATHEDRAL PRESBYTERY
28 Norman Street,
Port Pirie SA 5540;
T: (08) 8632 0550;
F: (08) 8632 0599.
Office: Diocese of Port Pirie,
PO Box 1206,
Port Pirie SA 5540.

2
SAINT IGNATIUS’ COLLEGE
Manresa Court,
Athelstone SA 5076;
College web: www.ignatius.sa.edu.au
Community:
T; (08) 8337 5254;
F: (08) 8334 9371.
2A HONEYPOT ROAD,
Noarlunga Downs SA 5168;
T: (08) 8382 1717.

3
ST ALOYSIUS’CHURCH,
RESIDENCE, CENTRE OF IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY AND CELLARS
Sadler House
Box 13, Sevenhill SA 5453;
T; (08) 8843 4172.
Sevenhill and
Riverton/Manoora Parishes:
Tel/F: (08) 8843 5930;
E: sevenhillparish@bigpond.com
Sevenhill Cellars:
T: (08) 8843 4222;
F: (08) 8843 4382;
www.sevenhillcellars.com.au

Sevenhill Centre of Ignatian Spirituality:
T: (08) 8843 5935;
E: sevenhill@cis.jesuit.org.au;
www.sevenhillretreat.com.au

4
PROVINCIAL OFFICE, GUEST HOUSE AND SOCIAL MINISTRY
130 Power Street,
(PO Box 6071),
Hawthorn VIC 3122;
Provincial Office: T: (03) 9810 7300;
F: (03) 9810 7388;
E: provinceoffice@sjasl.org.au;
www.jesuit.org.au
Jesuit Mission (Victoria Office)
130 Power Street, Hawthorn Vic 3122;
(PO Box 6071, Hawthorn Vic 3122)
T: (03) 9810 7341;
E: assistant@jesuitmission.org.au;
www.jesuitmission.org.au

5
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH
345 Burwood Road,
Hawthorn VIC 3122.
Community:
T: (03) 9818 1935.
Parish:
T: (03) 8862 4000;
F: (03) 9819 9560;
E: hawthornparishsec@gmail.com;
www.immaculateconceptionaust.com

5A OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY CHURCH
61 Edmund Street, (PO Box 595)
Caloundra QLD 4551;
T: (07) 5491 2011.

6
CAMPION HOUSE (INCL
AGED CARE), CENTRE OF IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY
99 Studley Park Road,
Kew VIC 3101.
Community:
T: (03) 9853 8641;
F: (03) 9853 3966.
Campion Centre of
Ignatian Spirituality
T: (03) 9854 8110;
F: (03) 9854 8100;
E: campion@cis.jesuit.org.au;
www.cis.jesuit.org.au/campion-vic

6A
NAZARETH HOUSE
16 Cornell Street,
Camberwell VIC 3123;
T: (03) 9830 I486.

7
XAVIER COLLEGE
Barkers Road,
Kew VIC 3101;
College web: www.xavier.vic.edu.au
Community:
12 Stanley Street,
Kew VIC 3101;
T: (03) 9854 5433;
F: (03) 9854 5447.

8
MELBOURNE HOUSE OF FORMATION AND SCHOLARSHIP,
COLLEGE OF SPIRITUALITY
175 Royal Parade,
Parkville VIC 3052.
Faber House
Jesuit College of Spirituality:
T: (03) 9448 8276;
www.jcs.edu.au
Jesuit Theological College:
T: (03) 9341 5800;
E: jtc@jtc.edu.au

8A
CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE
180 Drummond Street,
Carlton VIC 3053;
T: (03) 9657 0230.
8B 30 KENSINGTON TERRACE
Toowong QLD 4066.

8C
DARWIN RESIDENCE
1/22 Tipperary Court,
Stuart Park NT 0820;
(GPO Box 476 Darwin NT 0801);
F: (08) 8942 6060.

9
PARK DRIVE COMMUNITY
140 Park Drive,
Parkville VIC 3052;
F: (03) 9347 0147.

10
NEWMAN COLLEGE
887 Swanston Street,
Parkville VIC 3052;
T: (03) 9347 5577;
F: (03) 9349 2592;
www.newman.unimelb.edu.au

11
ST IGNATIUS’ PARISH, COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIAL MINISTRY
St Ignatius Church & Residence
326 Church Street,
Richmond VIC 3121;
T: (03) 8420 6789;
F: (03) 9429 3346;
E: parish@ignatius.org.au;
www.ignatius.org.au

Jesuit Communications
20 The Vaucluse, (PO Box 553),
Richmond VIC 3121;
T: (03) 9421 9666;
F: (03) 9421 9600;
E: communications@jesuit.org.au;
www.jesuitcommunications.com.au
Jesuit Social Services
326 Church Street,
(PO Box 271),
Richmond, VIC, 3121;
T: (03) 9421 7600;
F: (03) 9421 7699;
E: jss@jesuit.org.au;
www.jss.org.au

12
ST ANDREW BOBOLA POLISH CENTRE
23 Clifton Street,
Richmond VIC 3121;
T: (03) 9428 1200;
F: (03) 9427 7884.

13
XAVIER HOUSE
122 Empire Circuit,
Yarralumla ACT 2600;
T: (02) 6174 2596.

I3A
SACRED HEART PARISH
36 Queen Street,
(PO Box 23) Moruya NSW 2537.
New South Wales

14
ST CANICE’S CHURCH AND SOCIAL MINISTRY
St Canice’s Presbytery,
28 Roslyn Street,
Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011;
T: (02) 9358 5229;
F: (02) 9358 3170;
E: parish@stcanice.com.au;
www.stcanice.com.au

Jesuit Refugee Service
24 Roslyn Street, (PO Box 522),
Kings Cross NSW 1340;
T: (02) 9356 3888;
F: (02) 9356 3021;
E: jrsinfo@jrs.org.au;
www.jrs.org.au

15 SAINT IGNATIUS’ COLLEGE RIVERVIEW
Tambourine Bay Road,
Lane Cove NSW 2066;
College: www.riverview.nsw.edu.au
Community:
T: (02) 9882 8229;
F: (02) 9882 8206.

I5A
THE BRIDGE COMMUNITY
14 Brilliant Street,
(PO Box 9), Bathurst NSW 2795.

16
ST ALOYSIUS’COLLEGE
47 Upper Pitt Street,
Milsons Point NSW 2061;
College: www.staloysius.nsw.edu.au
Community:
Gonzaga, 36 Jeffreys Street,
Kirribilli NSW 2061;
T: (02) 9957 3278;
F: (02) 9957 2581.
I6ABELLARMINE HOUSE
202 Broadway,
Chippendale NSW 2008;
(Mail to Jesuit House, PO Box 1001
Broadway NSW 2007);
T: (02) 7902 0850;
E: director@thecardonerproject.org

17
LOYOLA HOUSE,
LOYOLA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL,
HOLY FAMILY PARISH AND NOVITIATE
Loyola House:
18-20 Dudley Street,
Mount Druitt NSW 2770;
Tel/F: (02) 9832 1640.
Loyola Senior High School:
91 North Parade,
(PO Box 145),
Mount Druitt NSW 2770;
College: www.loyolashs.nsw.edu.au

I7A
HOLY FAMILY PARISH
254 Luxford Road,
Emerton NSW 2770;
(PO Box 86,
Mount Druitt NSW 2770);
T: (02) 9628 7272;
F: (02) 9628 6139.

I7B
NOVITIATE
19 Bach Avenue and
24 Emert Parade,
Emerton NSW 2770;
(PO Box 86, Mount Druitt
NSW 2770);
Bach Ave T: (02) 8605 2818;
Emert Parade T: (02) 9628 8340.

I7C
OUR LADY OF CONSOLATION HOUSE
St Helen’s Section,
32 Evans Road,
Rooty Hill NSW 2766;
T: (02) 9675 4177.

I7D
ST JOSEPH CONFERENCE CENTRE
30 Tyson Road,
Bringelly NSW 2556;
(Mail to:
93 The River Road,
Revesby NSW 2212).

18
OUR LADY OF THE WAY PARISHES AND SOCIAL MINISTRY
Sacred Heart Residence and St Francis Xavier’s Church
20 MacKenzie Street,
Lavender Bay NSW 2060;
(PO Box 189
North Sydney NSW 2059);
T: (02) 8038 6355;
F: (02) 8918 4125;
E: olw@sjparishnsw.org.au;
www.northsydneycatholics.com
Parish Administration
Ron Dyer Centre,
42 Ridge Street
(PO Box 1409),
North Sydney, NSW, 2059;
T: (02) 8918 4101;
F: (02) 8918 4125;
E: olw@sjparishnsw.org.au
Jesuit Mission
(National Office)
Ron Dyer Centre,
42 Ridge Street,
(PO Box 193),
North Sydney, NSW 2059;
T: (02) 8918 4109;
E: admin@jesuitmission.org.au;
www.jesuitmission.org.au

19
PYMBLE RESIDENCE (INCL AGED CARE), IGNATIAN FORMATION AND CENTRE OF IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY
102 Mona Vale Road,
Pymble NSW 2073;
Arrupe House
T: (02) 9488 4500;
F: (02) 9488 4519.
Peter Canisius House
T: (02) 9488 4524;
F: (02) 9488 4586;
www.petercanisiushouse.com.au
Canisius Centre
of Ignatian Spirituality:
T: (02) 9488 4524;
E: canisius@cis.jesuit.org.au;
www.canisiusspirituality.org.au
Ministry of the
First Spiritual Exercises:
T: (02) 9488 4500;
E: home@fsecloud.life

I9A
ST JOHN’S AGED CARE
11 Exmouth Street,
Toowong QLD 4066.

I9B
OUR LADY OF DOLOURS CATHOLIC CHURCH
94 Archer Street,
(PO Box 1446);
Chatswood NSW 2067.

I9C
MERCY PLACE MONT CLARE
9 Dean Street,
Claremont WA 6010;
T: (08) 9383 0000 (reception).
I9DST PETER’S GREEN
3 Felton Avenue,
Lane Cove North NSW 2066;
T: (02) 8413 4000.
International

20
CURIA GENERALIZIA
Borgo S. Spirito 4,
00193 Roma, Italy;
T: +39 06 69868 306 (D Holdcroft);
T: +39 06 69868 461 (T Overberg);
T: +39 06 69868 605 (M Smith).

21
JESUIT COMMUNITY
Georgetown University,
Washington DC 20057-1200,
USA;
T: +1 202 687 5195.

22
WALTER CISZEK HOUSE
190a Foster Street,
Brighton, MA 02135 USA.

23
ST FRANCIS XAVIER HOUSE
Faber Jesuit Community,
I90B Foster Street,
Brighton, MA 02135 USA;
T:+1-617 779-4226.

24
ST ISAAC JOGUES HOUSE
St Peter Faber Community,
I96A Foster Street,
Brighton, MA 02135 USA.

25
FRANCIS XAVIER HOUSE
I90B Foster Street,
Brighton, MA 02135 USA.

26
BL. MIGUEL PRO HOUSE
I92B Foster Street,
Brighton, MA 02135 USA.

27
CHABANEL HOUSE
I96B Foster Street,
Brighton, MA 02135 USA.

28
LOYOLA HALL
28 Warris Road,
Lahore 54500 Pakistan;
Mail to: PO Box 536,
Lahore 54500 Pakistan;
(in letters omit ‘Rev’ and ‘SJ’);
T: +92 321 400 3201
(Xavier House).

29
XAVIER JESUIT SCHOOL SVEY SISOPHON
PO Box 0133,
Sereisophon Banteay Meanchey,
Cambodia;
T: +85 595 816 342.

30
XAVIER HALL
43 Phahonyothin Road,
Victory Monument, Bangkok
10400, Thailand.

31
ST PETER CANISIUS HOUSE
17-A Thalawaddy Road,
Mayangone, Yangon 11061,
Myanmar.

32
PFLEGEHEIM MARIA FRIEDEN
EbersteinburgerstraBe 8a,
76530 Baden-Baden, Germany;
T: +49 7221 302399 392.

33
COPLESTON HOUSE
221-223 Goldhurst Terrace,
London NW6 3EP,
United Kingdom.