As a married man, I taught, including religion, at Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne from 1975-82 before admitting I had struck a grade 10 student on which I was sacked.

Our keeping or allowing in our associating together in uncertainty of our belief the inseparability and qualitative equality of our ensuring our procreation role gift and our insuring our need of union of our identity requires in our exercise of an absolute power of our simultaneous authorisations of our applications of our procreation gift role and of our insuring our need of union in our identities the advantageous combining of all the activities in education in sexuality and true love of all the understandably disparate helper of the family role groups: e.g. orthodox, traditional, progressive, other religions even atheist, on each of us in our role-identity as family members of consecrated marriages, either male female vowed to God or celibate vowed to man in Christ, exercising this absolute power.

This is what happened on 10 June 2021 in Pope Francis' exercise of his absolute power of his simultaneous authorisations of his applications as a consecrated celibate married by vows to man in Christ of his:

(a) ensuring his procreation role gift in the case of Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine other Vatican state citizens/employees' alleged embezzlement of his procreation role gifts as a helper of the family within the family, presently on authorisation by Pope Francis of criminal indictments been heard in his Vatican state court,

(b) insuring his identity in need of union in the case of an unacceptable risk of fraud on this need of Pope Francis by the Italian state Parliament "Zan" anti-homophobia bill, defeated in early November 2021 following a protest note against this bill authorised by Pope Francis from his Vatican state Secretariat of State to the Italian government.

Let us have Pope Francis as our reference point, as he has Mary mother of Jesus as reported at Luke 1:29-45 for his reference point as "she who [in uncertainty] believed", for our keeping or allowing in uncertainty of belief this inseparability and qualitative equality; that is, keeping or allowing covenant, non-presumed reciprocity, of this ensuring of our procreation gift by us and this insuring of our union need by us (cf. Pope St Paul V1's Encyclical Letter, "Of Human Life", Humanae Vitae, 1968, 12: marriage has: "Two inseparable aspects: union and procreation", completed by Pope Francis on 10 June 2021 adding 'qualitatively equal" with "inseparable".
from Oliver Clark

I forget which year (think 1976) but I was on my way to the sick bay during class hours when I saw Phillip Wallbridge (quite literally) violently assault a border who was half his size ... don't know what the border did but he certainly got flogged by a bully who loved his power over other weaker individuals.

thanks Anonymous,
its utterly extraordinary how an abusive man like Malcolm Joseph can survive and prosper in the catholic education system.
But not surprising.........
The accommodation of evil has been a trademark since forever...

Today I decided to Google Mr Joseph, Kostka Hall and I came across all the unsurprising disgusting comments about this man. My experience was within the same realm as the other comments. On one occasion I had been away sick from school for a few weeks with hepatitis. I was anxious on my return given the stigma attached with this illness. My first class was with Mr Joseph.; Mr Joseph immediately called me up to his desk and asked me in front of the class "how on earth did you get this dirty disease?" The whole class laughed and I just said I don't know sir. It was incredibly humiliating and I have never forgotten the humiliation. I have no doubt in the world that the other stories I have read are totally factual as this was his way, his personality and his ego. I just hope that he at least reads what we have written.

Hi Kim,
Thanks for your information.
Could you email or call me to fill out some of it because it might help some current compensation claims.
markp@sundowngolf.net
tel: 0448 841 016

My family had Phil Wallbridge, Mac Larkin,Father Brennan, Brother Reynolds regularly around for dinner. My 5 brothers went through Kostka and Xavier - some of them are really screwed up.. My father was a doctor who with my mother -entertained these men and then medically cared for the child victims of their and other Catholic priest’s abuse. Sodomised so brutally resulting in perforated bowels. Pregnant girls given abortions without informing their parents. Of course he refuses to discuss any of these facts and names that I have presented him with. Sadly I know of 2 victims who have committed suicide. Most of the others are alcoholics and live on antidepressants.

Hi again John,
If you contact me via the contact form or call 0448 841 016,
I can explain a bit more, some information has to be confidential to protect the survivor.

Thanks for your comment John.
I will update where I can.
The basis of someone being named as an alleged offender is a credible accusation and /or that the Society of Jesus has made a compensation payment in regard to the person

I see you have Bill Marum listed but without any details. Either get specific or remove his name until you have something. Then, by all means, get the details out for all to see. But Bill not only taught me, he also taught three brothers and none of us had or saw any problems with him. And at every reunion I have asked what people have heard and there is zero, nothing but praise. I was taught or ran into half of the Jesuits on this list and didn't like any of them except Bill James who was overtly gay but again no one I've spoken to had any personal bad experience with him. There are one or two guys missing, priests, but I need to recall names because I've managed to wipe them from my mind. Not that they got to me, but to some others I am sure. Anyway, either details on Bill or clear his name from the list.

Good to hear that anon.
Often a big part of making a compensation claim is not any money you might get
but about recovering some of the power that was stolen from you.

Living with a fear of the person, persons, institution is insidious and debilitating and often not noticed
until triggered by something.

There is the Xavier Abuse Survivors network facebook private group if you
feel like getting some support or talking to other survivors.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/165717114107958

All the best and keep in touch.
mark p

Thanks Mark P,

I understand the statute of limitations has now been lifted. I am consulting a lawyer. My interest is in seeing this person brought to account given the emotional damage that affects me to this day. the nightmares continue and on reflection explains my insecurity and lack of confidence.

I maintain that its because of Joseph's abuse, I was reduced to a vulnerable teenager who was then subsequently a victim of sexual abuse by the next door neighbour. It was such a confusing time for me, I had lost my identity and became accustomed to abuse as "normal".

I hate this man and he needs to be brought to account for the monster he was.

Hello anon,
Thanks for your story and courage to tell it.
That's three accounts now of Malcolm Joseph's physical and emotional abuse of students at Kostka Hall.
How he was able to stay at Kostka for about 20 years is not surprising because of the Jesuit's
willingness to accomodate violent and perverted abusers of children.

The effects of physical and emotional abuse are seriously bad on a young person.

"in interviews with men allegedly sexually, physically and emotionally abused by caregivers while in Christian Brothers boarding schools in Western Australia.
Children may recover from physical pain and injuries, but may never recover from the terror, degradation, humiliation
or breach of trust involved in sexual abuse" (Briggs 1995; Briggs & Hawkins 1996).
https://aifs.gov.au/resources/policy-and-practice-papers/emotional-abuse-hidden-form-maltreatment

We don't know how or why he finally left Kostka but we can assume he got a good reference
and then got the job at St Francis Xavier College Berwick Campus.
It is normal for the school to give a good reference to a teacher accused of sexual abuse when dismissing him,
as long as there are no criminal charges.

A person can make a civil compensation claim for personal injury for physical and emotional abuse.
I don't know the law about reporting it as a crime.

After your post I received an email from another person saying:
"Let me know if you need any support in bringing Malcolm Joseph to the court's attention.
......... ... Still, this prick needs to be called out and held accountable."

By telling your story you can help others and help to find more information about him.
Thanks again.
mark p

I was a student at Kostka Hall, Brighton from Grade 5 until my parents finally pulled me out mid way through Grade 8. If only they had acted earlier.
My first encounter with the sadistic, abusive beast, Malcolm Joseph, began in Grade 7 in 1978. From the outset, he very carefully selected his victims, including me. And once selected, you couldn't escape his daily abuse and public humiliations.
He took great pleasure in destroying you in front of your classmates. The psychological impact stays with me until this day. The hatred I feel for him can sometimes be so overwhelming. His impact was swift and decisive. My confidence was so low that by Grade 8, I had the pleasure of returning a report card to my parents where I scored a total of "4/100" for Maths.
I recall one day he stood me up in front of the whole class and said, "What do you want to be when you finish school?" I answered, "a pilot". He scoffed and said "You'll never amount to anything in your life!"
This man should have been removed, but the Jesuits seemed to enjoy this kind of sickening behavior and in their world, maybe this kind of abuse was redeeming for those who received it. Who knows. The very fact that teachers were allowed to walk around with thick leather straps (as a threat maybe, but always used) is a pretty sick concept.
I moved schools in 1979 where I found my confidence with the focussed support of the teachers and mentors there. My story ends well because I ended up aceing HSC maths, have since graduated with two undergraduate degrees and a Masters; and guess what Malcolm, you sick, sadistic, monster......I am a pilot too!
God will judge you prick!

He also abused n campus. Evil man.

thanks Michael, that's very true.
Simon is the point man, McCoy has gone missing in action recently, withdrawing and leaving it all to Davies.
Simon was a Federal Police officer and was a student at Xavier College.
He is very good at his job for sure.
Because of his position he knows an awful lot of the history of sex abuse,
none of which he has to disclose to you and me

All jesuits and teachers at the schools have sold their souls to a larger or lesser degree.
Protecting reputation and keeping the truth a secret is paramount..
And they have been very successful too.
Only the courage of survivors coming forward has partially opened the can of worms.

Its a long game we have to play, slowly chipping away at the walls of Troy.

A number of references in here to Simon Davies as a Jesuit pen pusher - lets be clear about his job (in my opinion)... he is carrying on the time honoured Jesuit tradition of covering up the truth. He has had to adjust how they play the game and the front they put on to the public, but the underlying intent is unchanged. I think I read somewhere he was previously a police officer (not confirmed)... I hope they are paying him well, because he has sold his soul.

thanks for your story Kim.
Unfortunately there is nothing surprising in anything anyone reports to us.
Thrown out onto the street alone as a 15yo is cruel and heartless - and typical of their psycho pathology.
if you don't mind i'll follow that up with Simon Davies, see if i can get a response.
McCoy says he listens to survivors but he doesn't even meet with the men who get complaints settled.
He does not want to know or listen.
The thing is you DESERVE an apology. How hard is it to apologize to someone?
thanks again, good to hear from you.
Mark Prytz markp@sundowngolf.net

I was expelled from Xavier in 1960. At the time, I had been a boarder since 1953. My home was in Singapore. I was expelled mid-term and god knows how the rector, Paul 'Schnoz' Keenan expected me to get home. Fr.Hawkins, who was new at Xavier, having gathered a poor reputation at St. Louis in Perth, seemed to have it in for me. The only explanation I can think of is that I was a flash kid, with tailored suits and too much sophistication. They purloined my diary and found that I was a compulsive, if guilty, masturbator. That was enough for the sexually overheated Js. Forgiveness? Spiritual guidance? I wrote to the school a few years ago, asking for an apology. They didn't reply but forwarded the letter to Simon Davies, a Jesuit bureaucrat, who offered to forward it to the top dog in Australia. Never heard back from them after that. I was 15 and traumatised.

Thanks Matthew, every little bit of support helps.....

Keep up the good work rooting out these bastards and their supporters/enablers who parade as pillars of our society.

Any former Santa Maria Girls College students out. there who might know something?

I just found this page. I don't know many Jesuits, those I do are mostly in India, where they have worked for many years. I am glad to see physical abuse in your masthead. It, and emotional abuse, are often overlooked. These abuses were endemic in Catholic schools I attended in the 50's and 60's. I think younger people may not know how things were when ALL the teachers were religious and, in parochial schools, how widespread poverty was, pre-state aid. I think now that the teachers, nuns, priests and brothers were also abused in their religious life, especially nuns maybe. I have been told that nuns in those days were often deprived of even very basic comforts. I recall one Sister of Mercy, a young woman, trying to teach two classes in one room; there were 90-odd kids. So, the system was rife with abuse..and the folk at the bottom, kids and teachers bore the brunt. I think this explains physical and emotional abuse, somewhat and I can forgive more readily. Forgiveness of sexual abuse is harder, but still important. It helps me to remain aware that abuse was rampant, throughout the Church, even in august Jesuit establishments. The seeming fixation of Jesuits on education of more privileged people (mostly) has contributed to an anti-Ignatian prejudice I struggle with!

Hello John,
Your experience is common. Perhaps 80% of boys, dayboys especially, had no knowledge of what was going on.
Or perhaps only heard whispers like "stay away from Kovac, he's a perv'.
The abuse that took place is undeniable, yet the Society of Jesus and the school continues to deny and cover up the full story.
Current Rector Chris Middleton SJ thinks a rock solves everything.
Also "man up and move on" is not so easy as any psychologist will tell you when you suffer from depression, anxiety, drug abuse, relationship dysfunction, thoughts of self harm etc. etc. AND the person who abused you is still living and has never been called to account.

The dishonesty and lies coming from the SoJ and the school only add to the suffering of the survivors.
Is it too much to ask for the truth to be told?

I have now read through the rest of your comments.....The issues you raise are like our indigenous folk .....
OK!!!!
Just get over it It's past...It's history....learn fom it.......Man up and take control of your lives to move forward.... Time will not solve your issues... Only you will solve them.... Let go and Go On

I cannot believe a lot of this.... I only ever found great people who taught me right from wrong,,, (sometimes with the strap which I probably deserverd) at the time.... They taught me humanities , science, maths physics , how to be a gentleman and how to play footy and cricket and athletics. I never had any knoweledge of any sexual abuse at Xavier from 10960 to 1964

John Goulding

Hi Richard, thanks for that info.
We didn't know he was at Aloysius and you're right about it being immoral to re-employ him.
Anything more you find out would be good, I'll look into it.
Not surprised though, even in 1999 Xavier re-employed Glen Walls who they had sacked in 1997 for sex abuse complaints.

Warren left strong recommendations that Brian McCoy has completely ignored. More unethical immoral and lying behaviour.

Sidenote: i am told the Society of Jesus is making it very difficult for the police to interview a few accused Jesuits.
The cover-up and blocking goes on and on and on...........

I believe that Kovac taught at Aloysius in the early 1970s. I will be able to confirm this with my older brother who was in the Senior School at the time.But I remember my older brother mentioning at the time that Kovac had been in the Olympics. I was in the Junior School in 1970 to 1973. I recall him being the PE teacher in the latter part of that time.I remember being grabbed and caught by his hand on the genitals (which he did to every boy)after vaulting over the horse in gym, which I thought was strange at the time. As he had been sacked by the Melbourne Jesuit school in 1967 it is outrageous that the Jesuits re-employed him at their school in Sydney, especially given the fact that he was gaoled for indecent assault in 1970. They employed a known and convicted paedophile. Criminal negligence? This is something that Warren should be asked to investigate.

from: Anonymous Friday 22nd of May 2020 09:11:01 AM number 7
Laurence Leonard has allegations from Riverview under current investigation by NSW Police.
Contact Iain ADCOCK
Detective Senior Constable
Strike Force MCCLEERY
Ryde Police Station
E: adcoc1iai@police.nsw.gov.au P: (02) 9808 7457 E: 20421
For reasons unknown Leonard has not been charged yet the investigation has been ongoing for at least 2 years.
Leonard was a shower voyeur and his tactile interactions were overtly sexualised.
If you were indecently sexually assaulted or “groomed” by “Goose” please contact Det. Adcock. Laurence Leonard was a pederast. He caused great harm to many young adolescent and pre-pubescent boys whom he targeted, groomed, sexually objectified and indecently assaulted. He is well qualified to consult on same sex attraction as he has lived with it all his adult life. Homosexuality is a naturally occurring behaviour of our species; it is not a crime nor a sin to be gay. Pederastry and paedophilia however, are sexual deviancies, and acting on these ugres is criminal behaviour.

Hi Anon,

Have you given a statement to the police or do you know anyone who has? Unless there are several allegations or corroborating evidence, the police will not lay charges.

Thanks for your comments Anon.
The amount of time the law and the police take is very frustrating I know.
let's hope Leonard and others will be charged soon.
Its too late to change the domain name now, it is easily findable with specific search words.
It started as specific to Xavier College but has expanded a lot over time.
You can contact me directly via the Contact page or by phone if you want to.
Thanks again, markp

Change the Domain name so it easier to find for victims, their families and friends and those concerned about the SofJ's response and legal tactics in Defending.
Domain name too obscure. Not easy to find.

Laurence Leonard has allegations from Riverview under current investigation by NSW Police.
Contact Iain ADCOCK
Detective Senior Constable
Strike Force MCCLEERY
Ryde Police Station
E: adcoc1iai@police.nsw.gov.au P: (02) 9808 7457 E: 20421
For reasons unknown Leonard has not been charged yet the investigation has been ongoing for at least 2 years.
Leonard was a shower voyeur and his tactile interactions were overtly sexualised.
If you were indecently sexually assaulted or “groomed” by “Goose” please contact Det. Adcock. Laurence Leonard was a pederast. He caused great harm to many young adolescent and pre-pubescent boys whom he targeted, groomed, sexually objectified and indecently assaulted. He is well qualified to consult on same sex attraction as he has lived with it all his adult life. Homosexuality is a naturally occurring behaviour of our species; it is not a crime nor a sin to be gay. Pederastry and paedophilia however, are sexual deviancies, and acting on these ugres is criminal behaviour.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6026962/

Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Clergy
Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons, M.D. and Dale O'Leary, Mrs.

Thanks for your story Anon,
The Wallbridge story keeps expanding.
The former students hold the key to truth and justice.
Thanks for the Geddes info too.
I should make an extra list of physical and emotional abusers.
Hope you are well.
markp

P Wallbridge was one very very nasty piece of work, he would watch the 'tough guys' bully weaker kids and laugh and taunt them later. I note someone mention French classes, not only did he man handle students he would ask a question if you got it wrong you would get the strap but if you got it right sometimes you could leave early. He would also loom at kids during all times of the day to intimidate them. He said and did some horrible things. He was great mates with the 'tough kids' his little army so to speak. BTW you haven't mention a lay teacher named Geddes at Kostka he was a complete torturous a hole. He was there as a favour to his rich family because of his misbehaviour with someone else. While there he was a mate of Wallbridge I seem to remember. Geddes destroyed kids in horrible ways he should not be forgotten.

Hello Paul,
Thanks for sharing your story.
There must be many more like you who were damaged at Burke hall and Xavier who have never spoken of it.
if the Society of Jesus and the schools would come clean and admit the true history it would help survivors quite a lot, but they won't.
The more information we get the stronger the push for genuine transparency will become.

Glad to hear you managed to get yourself out of the downward spiral the abuse caused.
There is the Xavier Abuse Survivors Network on facebook group if you might want to talk to others.
Thanks again,
all the best to you.
markp

Stiffy fucking Sneddon What an absolute mongrel who enjoyed nothing more than to touch your butt as you stood at the front of class. Regular as clockwork he would hang out in the change roomsafter sport. Smelt of alcohol, I can smell him as I write this. Had no hesitation in strapping his favourites, of which I was one. One day a classmate pretty sure it was Tom was sitting in front of me and we were mucking around, as one does. Sneddon completely lost his shit and the rage that came over him and the look on his face scared the crap out of me. With a clear intention of doing harm he stormed down the aisle toward us and when arriving with great force smacked Tom fair in the face. He looked at me and I expected the same, but I always had a fuck you face, and got 4 of the best instead. It was my first experience of a man out of control.

He regularly had discussions in class on the topic of wet dreams, and one on one discussions about your masturbation habits, how large your penis was, did you have pubic hair and when you masturbated how it made you feel. Very creepy, he was one seriously sick bastard. I had thoughts of killing him and Byrne. I actually kept a knife in my school bag. How messed up is that. One of the worst parts of this whole experience is my father did not believe me when I shared this with him when it was happening, and that resulted in us being estranged and rarely ever seeing one another. Burke Hall and my time at Xavier was the the worst years of my life, and simply destroyed my scholastic time. I did all I could to rebel against the system and my latter teen and early 20's were consumed with alcohol and drugs. Thankfully I got a grip and thereafter had a pretty normal life and didn't suffer to the degree others possibly did, such as Nick. This period of time in my life haunts me and has always made me feel somewhat emasculated. I have always had to overcompensate and that drains you. Finally some 50 years on I can unburden myself a bit by sharing some of my story.

This bloke was a sadistic prick. I had to front him regularly in his little ground floor office where he doled out his punishment, a regular two, or four cuts. On one of my last interactions he advised I needed to drop my shorts as I was going to be strapped on my buttocks. That was not going to happen and stood my ground, 6 on the hands was dosed out along with several sessions of detention.

Hi Mark,

It was 1974.

Hello Paul,
Thanks for your story. It re-affirms one his perverted behaviours.
Can you recall the year?
As said below, if you feel up to it, reporting to the police helps all survivors.
You will definitely not be the first. The stronger the police case the better.
Thanks again. markp

In the Junior School at Riverview Br Leonard made everyone have showers after sport. Leonard would have boys line up in the nude and then stand in the shower area “supervising”. One time I saw a group of boys standing beside each other getting dressed. Leonard told them to take off their towels. After looking at them front on he then walked behind them and then put his fingers on each boys butt and moved his hand up the middle. This was supposedly to check whether each boy had dried himself properly.

Hello Nick,
Thanks for your words.
All survivors would thank you too.
It takes a lot of courage and strength just to write it down.
As you describe it can bring back the traumatic emotions so readily.

If there is anything the survivors group can do to help you please ask.

I will include your story in the Sneddon page if that's ok.
All the information we get from survivors helps so much to fill out the story
and it will become so horrifically criminal in the end the Society of Jesus
will be exposed publicly for what they enabled and allowed.

Stiffy Sneddon was violent drunk who terrified probably thousands of young boys. He almost always perved (or leered) on the boys changing at the Bourke Hall change rooms after footy on the Studley House side near the top oval (just near where the the Prefect Of Studies, Fr Byrne, preyed on some of us in his evil little room at the end of the drive). It was a really uncomfortable situation. As young boys, we had absolutely no idea of the magnitude of our magnetism to the pedophiles 'supporting our growth'. Stiffy sneddon was more than a perve, I was to find out later. For the four and a bit years at Burke Hall (I might coma back to the 'a bit' a little later) my hands and wrists were pounded with his strap, I was punched in the guts on several occasions and pushed and bumped out of his way. The more he smelt like alcohol, the angrier he seemed to become. During class on two occasions I can recall during form 1, he ordered me up to the front of the class to read from a book to the class. I am currently feeling sick remembering how disgusting the pig made me feel. He would drag me over to stand really close to where he was sitting, and while I was reading, he would pretend to tuck my shirt in. I should say, due to previous experiences, my shirt was always tucked in as a protective device to keep his hands out of my shorts. The dirty old bastard with his fat hands would make like he was tucking my shirt in, I remember attempting to move away but he would drug me back, roughly, by my shorts and delve his hand into my underpants sliding his finger down my crack and resting the end of his finger on my arsehole. Throughout my life, I have been robbed, mugged, raped, beaten, ripped off, married and divorced, had cancer, survived a heart condition, been beset by anxiety, depression and have mobility issues, but nothing in my memory was as terrifying as being in a class room with stiffy when he had his finger resting on my ring. More to follow, I'll tell you how I got arrested when I tried to complain many many years later. More also about Kevin "dumb and violent" Casey and Fr Byrne.

For Pell High Court Appeal docs to be heard on 11 March 2020 see: hcourt.gov.au/cases/case_m112-2019

Hi John,
yep, my mail is markp@sundowngolf.net
you can also use the contact page.
mark prytz (Xavier 1966-69)
tel: 0448 841 016

Hi there - is there an email address I can send info to?

Leonard at Kostka 1990 - 1993
He was quite old at time...had trouble breathing.
He did the one-on-ones and confession etc.
Remember this was out in the open at a table in chapel at this time....whole class there.
Teachers there at the time were pretty good in this regard... as a student I recall I was rarely alone with one other adult.

I was at Xavier in the 80's, Bourke Hall was more violent, Roger Hampson and Mr Burnes liked to hit boys. But I've always thought that was the culture back then, that was how they were raised, and part of their own experience as boys. Wallbridge was a sadist, I know, and by all accounts a bit perverted, but I am sure he'd suffered trauma as a boy also. You don't turn out theynway he did by having a benign childhood.

Xavver please see my comments about Leonard in the “alleged offenders comments “section

Father Brennan was headmaster in 1982. Philip Wallbridge took my class for religious education. I never forget how he used to tell the boys that they should produce a teaspoon of semen with each masturbation session. Strange !

Xavver, Are you there? Hopefully you can speak to the former boarders and have him held accountable and brought out into the open like Higgs was.

Have to agree with you Xavver.
I had serious doubts about her independance and how far she would go.
But she did a very good job and touched on the wider problems.
She really said Okay its up to you guys, the Jesuits, to investigate the rest.
She threw out a challenge to them.

They haven't responded to that and they won't.

Higgs is probably in the Ararat jail for sex offenders,
making friends with Willi Kovac and others.

And congrats on going through counseling, it is very hard, i hope you have support.

I read Warren CJ's report on Brother Victor Higgs and his movements after being found guilty of child sex offences in Adelaide in the late 1960s. It's a magnificent work. Beyond question for probity, procedural fairness, analysis, everything. The conclusion that yes, the Australian Jesuits are responsible for transferring Higgs to NSW. I wrote some harsh comments about the report earlier, I apologise, but I've been doing trauma counselling and throwing up maybe 50 or 60 times in the past 6 months as a result. School eh? Where do you start? Sorry anyway.
As for Higgs, his status as a Jesuit and the change in jurisdiction put him in the boarding house of Riverview in Sydney for 10 years. Today he is doing 8.5 years without parole. If the general prison population ever catch him, he is in immense danger. Fathers in prison are hyperprotective of their kids because of their powerlessness, plus they are usually victims as well. The general prisoners will continue to try.

"A top Catholic boys' school is facing accusations of a culture of cover-up, after revelations its principal and dean of sport gave references for a now-convicted child sex offender but gave no support for the student during the court process." ABC News report.

This doesn't surprise me. The only surprising thing is it was as recently as 2015.
The Catholic education network Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) said in a statement: "Stephen Russell (the Headmaster) enjoys the confidence of EREA as the leader of St Kevin's College."
In other words they are saying this behaviour is completely acceptable.

Hi Xavver, I was sexually abused by Leonard at Riverview. It would be good if you could encourage the boarders who Leonard abused to report it to the police, and if they have suffered any trauma as a result to contact the Jesuits and report it and seek compensation. It seems that many boys were abused by him and if enough contact the police and make statements then hopefully he will be charged like Higgs was.

Ajania that was a disgusting act. I'm going through trauma counselling at the moment, and things like that come up, or certainly become clearer. So don't blame yourself at all for it. I forgot a groping incident with a geriatric priest for 20 years. My parents backed my decision not to be altar boy again. I was 13, and at that age I think I wrote off the incident as a random weird act of filth, like witnessing a poo jogger or similar.

Hello Ajarnia,
Thanks for your comment, yes it must be a big shock to you.
Your mum has an amazing memory for her age.
But shocking things like that are usually remembered unless you are the victim (sometimes).
I don't have 1982 staff list, do you recall who was Rector and Head Master?

Memory is a very tricky thing, it is often exploited by defence lawyers as we saw in the Pell case and many others.
There is still a lot of debate about "recalled memory" but the Australian Psychological Association does regard it as true.
Jennifer Freyd's Betrayal Trauma Theory explains why people are forced to "forget".

Once your mom told you, did you then remember it?

Good on your dad, and its worth investigating what the school didn't do.
keep in touch if you want to talk more, all the best
mark prytz tel: 0448 841 016

when I was in year 10 1982 father walbridge said to me - AJANI DO YOU LIKE SUCKING PE.....SES

I told my mother and father when I returned home that day

my father in particular was distraught (the late TED AJANI) and challenged the school at the highest level that evening, i nearly changed schools

my mother now 82 years old told me about this today

I was so shocked, i have no recollection of this at all....its amazing what your mind will blank out, and why it must be so hard for abuse victims to give evidence from the distant past.....

my mind/memory was trying to protect me over all those years .........

The full report is now out and there will be lots to analyze and decipher.

McMahon propositioned me in 1988. I was a boarder in Year 11. McMahon was sniffing around the junior boarders, so I warned a few to avoid him. He was majorly gay - quite effeminate with lustrous long blonde hair which clearly received a lot of attention. One day a year 10 boarder told me McMahon wanted to see me. I ignored it. The same year 10 boarder came back a few days later and said McMahon absolutely demanded to see me. I have no idea why McMahon couldn't ask me himself. Apparently he wanted to investigate claims that I was performing Satanic rites in the attic above the study hall. It used to be a shower block for boarders. Needless to say I was not performing Satanic rites, I just liked exploring all of the school buildings. So one evening I went over to the Jesuit accommodation block. It was very quiet. I found McMahon in a large study. He said he wanted to talk to me about Satanic rites. I said the claims were utter bullshit, and it was odd that an adult would even begin to take them seriously. He tilted his head and asked me in a very soft, seductive voice for me to come close to him. I was standing in the doorway at the time. I paused and thought, what's going on here? Then McMahon came out from behind a desk and gestured for me to stand next to him. It was a proposition, pure and simple. You know when someone is hitting on you, and McMahon was hitting on me. I just said 'No thanks', didn't wait for a reply and left. He never bothered me again. He was frequently pestering other boarders though. I don't think he had any official role in the boarding house at all. I suspect that he heard rumours of me getting up to no good in the attic and he might have thought, ah ha, he's sneaking up there to engage in sexual activity. Just a guess.

Thanks Xavver, its good to get the details of the particular behaviour.
Appalling isn't it that his job is to advise families and gay members on how not to do gay things.
perhaps he advises them "I've caressed a lot of buttocks and its not all its cracked up to be".

Leonard was an assistant boarding master for Xavier's junior boarding school in 1987, when I started at Xavier as a Year 10 boarder. Having spent three years at another Catholic boarding school by then, I was fairly well versed in watching out for paedofiles. Leonard was an overweight old queen - quite friendly (unlike his stony cold fellow assistant boarding master Br Victor Higgs). I heard firsthand accounts from fellow Year 10 boarders that Leonard would take them into a room with no-one else present to deliver the strap. Once the boy had his pants and underwear down, Leonard would take the opportunity to caress their buttocks with his fingers. It was clearly not intended to be part of the punishment. Creepy.

Thanks Xavver, good to know I wasn't the only one trying to get Ms. Warren to expand her inquiry.
And your request was right at the beginning.
As I predicted its a "Yes, Minister" inquiry.
With all the "Yes, Minister" responses "profoundly shocked" says Paul Hine
(crocodile shock and crocodile tears) , deep "contrition" from Brian etc.

The question is will they ultimately succeed in the covering up of the many (56) sex abuser moves?.
There is one big thing working in their favour, that is The Sounds of Silence,
There has not been one whistle blower because I believe they are all in some way complicit.
They all know something and can't face the question "why didn't you do something about it?".

The whole cover up is an enormous moral failure from those who teach and espouse the highest standards and educate the students to be "men for others".

Unfortunately there is no legal provision that applies to historical events.
But changes to the law show that these cover ups are now considered unlawful.

e.g. Crimes Act 1958 - Section 326 Concealing offences for benefit
Section 49O Failure by a person in authority to protect a child from a sexual offence
Section 49A. Facilitating sexual offences against children
Section 327 Failure to disclose sexual offence committed against child under the age of 16 years
Division 1—Abettors, accessories and concealers of offences
Children and Young Persons Act 1989 - Section 261. Offence to fail to protect child from harm
Children and Young Persons (Further Amendment) Act 1993 - Mandatory reporting
Children Youth and Families Act 2005 - Section 184. Mandatory reporting

It was and is a criminal conspiracy to protect sex abusers and to further enable them to continue their abuse of children.
You have to get your head around this,
they were ALLOWING, ENABLING and PROTECTING child sex abusers.

I emailed Fr Brian McCoy on 17 Dec 2018 to ask if Marilyn Warren CJ's investigation into Brother Victor Higgs would look into how and why he was at Xavier in the late 1980s. I started at Xavier as a boarder in 1987 in year 10. Higgs was an assistant boarding master in the junior boarding house (years 9 and 10) in '87. He was an obese, petulant, emotionally cold or dead man. After molesting his way around Riverview's boarding house in the 1970s and then disappearing overseas to some retreat/safe house from 81 to 86 or so, it seemed relevant to ask why the hell he was patrolling past my bed after dark a couple of nights a week. I heard he went to the US in the early 80s, in Arizona or New Mexico I think.
Anyway so Simon Davies, Director of Professional Standards at Australian Jesuits called me back the same day as I emailed Fr McCoy. He explained (correctly) that Warren CJ could widen the investigation into that question
I asked if my email could be forwarded to Warren CJ, he said it would be.
Now I find out Warren's report only looked at His arrival at Riverview in about 1971, after being found guilty of child sex offences in Adelaide. The report has not been released even in redacted form. So the bullshit and the refusal to look too closely at anything where a decision-maker might still be alive continues. Ffs.

Thanks for that anonymous, will definitely look into Schneider.
Could you contact me privately please?

Wallbridge was a nasty person....loved his puny power over kids and was always pretending to be someone you could trust.....never liked him. I always used to laugh to myself seeing these Holy men in their big gowns during Mass when you knew how nuts they were.

My recollections of Wallbridge are thankfully not anything he did to me personally but of him inflicting real physical pain on students in his classes. He was a very cruel man, seemingly taking pleasure in hurting kids. In French class, he would ask a question of a student. If you hesitated, he would pretend to handball a football high in the air and walk towards you. As you panicked and tried to answer, he would go behind you, grip the area above your shoulder blades near your neck and squeeze. Kids would end up writhing on the ground in agony. A nasty piece of work.

I can tell you Celso was also at St Aloysius in Sydney for a period in the early 80s. I’m not aware of anything untoward. We just saw he as this big camp emotional priest with watery eyes. Of more interest should be the late Father Geoff Schneider who was at Aloysius and made the Guinness Book of Records. As he lived to well over a 100 the school made a fortune out of various celebrations in his honour, but he sexually abused someone I knew in the 1970s (they have since taken their life). Then there is the thoroughly dour and humourless Fatger Robert Bruce who was a Headmaster at St Aloysius (Sydney) for many years. He was a very odd man, often observed tucking boy’s shirts in. Creepier still, he was known to personally treat the muscle injuries of his favourite rugby players and athletes in his office. As they say, where there’s smoke there is fire.

Celso was a complete sadist he should be defrocked and sent to Russia

This is going to be interesting the complainant has a very strong case.