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[td]Other cases, documented in the report, included those related to Brother Chute who, in 2008, was convicted of 19 child sex offences against six of his former students during the period 1985 to 1989. 48 claims had been made of abuse that occurred from 1959 to 1990 at 6 different schools, while 40 students at Marist College Canberra laid complaints during the period 1976 to 1990. The Marist Brothers did not report any allegations of child sexual abuse to the police in the period 1962 to 1993.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url = https://www.childabuseroyalcommissi...dy 13 - Findings Report - Marist Brothers.pdf | work = Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse | title = FINAL REPORT - REPORT OF CASE STUDY NO. 13 The response of the Marist Brothers to allegations of child sexual abuse against Brothers Kostka Chute and Gregory Sutton}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Separately, in August 1996, [[Gregory Sutton|Brother Gregory Sutton]] pleaded guilty to a total of 67 child sex offences in relation to 15 students at schools in New South Wales. He had taught at 6 Marist schools between 1970 and 1986 and there were complaints about the abuse of 27 children made against him during this period.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Sutton faced the courts again in the ACT in 2017, when he was given a suspended sentence after sexually assaulting two boys in Canberra in the 1980's. <ref>https://koffels.com.au/institutional-child-abuse-at-st-carthages-primary-lismore/</ref>[/td]
[td]Separately, in August 1996, [[Gregory Sutton|Brother Gregory Sutton]] pleaded guilty to a total of 67 child sex offences in relation to 15 students at schools in [[New South Wales]]. Sutton had taught at 6 Marist schools between 1970 and 1986 and there were complaints about the abuse of 27 children made against him during this period.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Sutton faced the courts again in the ACT in 2017, when he was given a suspended sentence after sexually assaulting two boys in Canberra in the 1980's. <ref>https://koffels.com.au/institutional-child-abuse-at-st-carthages-primary-lismore/</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In March 2025, Sutton recieved a further 15 months suspended sentence for sexually abusing a boy at a school in Innisfail, North Queensland, between 1973 and 1975. <ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/former-marist-brother-gregory-sutton-sentenced/105093232</ref>[/td]
[td]In March 2025, Sutton recieved a further 15 months suspended sentence for sexually abusing a boy at a school in [[Innisfail, Queensland|Innisfail]], [[North Queensland]], between 1973 and 1975. <ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/former-marist-brother-gregory-sutton-sentenced/105093232</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In September 2018, Australian Marist Brother Gerard McNamara, 80, was sentenced to nine months in prison for molesting five boys at St Paul's Catholic College, where he served as principal between 1970 and 1975.<ref name=maristbrotherconviction /> He had molested one of these boy 30 times.<ref name="maristbrotherconviction">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ys-sentenced-to-nine-months-jail|title=Marist brother who sexually assaulted five boys sentenced to nine months' jail|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=3 September 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> In May 2020, McNamara began serving a second stint in prison after pleading guilty to indecent assault of more than 15 male students between 1970 and 1975.<ref name="mcnaamaraagain">{{Cite web|date=2020-05-15|title=Marist brother 'The Rat' jailed for sex abuse of four schoolboys|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05...0-09-30|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref> This time, he received a sentence of 35 months in prison, with 28 months suspended.<ref name=mcnaamaraagain /> Since his first sex abuse conviction in June 2006, which resulted in a suspended prison sentence, McNamara received three additional convictions and sentences on sex abuse charges, but was able to once again receive a suspended prison sentence following another conviction in December 2016.<ref name=mcnaamaraagain />[/td]
[td]In September 2018, Australian Marist Brother Gerard McNamara, 80, was sentenced to nine months in prison for molesting five boys at [[St Pauls Catholic College|St Paul's Catholic College]], where he served as principal between 1970 and 1975.<ref name=maristbrotherconviction /> He had molested one of these boy 30 times.<ref name="maristbrotherconviction">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ys-sentenced-to-nine-months-jail|title=Marist brother who sexually assaulted five boys sentenced to nine months' jail|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=3 September 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> In May 2020, McNamara began serving a second stint in prison after pleading guilty to indecent assault of more than 15 male students between 1970 and 1975.<ref name="mcnaamaraagain">{{Cite web|date=2020-05-15|title=Marist brother 'The Rat' jailed for sex abuse of four schoolboys|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05...0-09-30|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref> This time, he received a sentence of 35 months in prison, with 28 months suspended.<ref name=mcnaamaraagain /> Since his first sex abuse conviction in June 2006, which resulted in a suspended prison sentence, McNamara received three additional convictions and sentences on sex abuse charges, but was able to once again receive a suspended prison sentence following another conviction in December 2016.<ref name=mcnaamaraagain />[/td] [td][/td]
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[td]Other cases, documented in the report, included those related to Brother Chute who, in 2008, was convicted of 19 child sex offences against six of his former students during the period 1985 to 1989. 48 claims had been made of abuse that occurred from 1959 to 1990 at 6 different schools, while 40 students at Marist College Canberra laid complaints during the period 1976 to 1990. The Marist Brothers did not report any allegations of child sexual abuse to the police in the period 1962 to 1993.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url = https://www.childabuseroyalcommissi...dy 13 - Findings Report - Marist Brothers.pdf | work = Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse | title = FINAL REPORT - REPORT OF CASE STUDY NO. 13 The response of the Marist Brothers to allegations of child sexual abuse against Brothers Kostka Chute and Gregory Sutton}}</ref>[/td]Revision as of 07:26, 4 September 2025
[/td][td]Other cases, documented in the report, included those related to Brother Chute who, in 2008, was convicted of 19 child sex offences against six of his former students during the period 1985 to 1989. 48 claims had been made of abuse that occurred from 1959 to 1990 at 6 different schools, while 40 students at Marist College Canberra laid complaints during the period 1976 to 1990. The Marist Brothers did not report any allegations of child sexual abuse to the police in the period 1962 to 1993.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url = https://www.childabuseroyalcommissi...dy 13 - Findings Report - Marist Brothers.pdf | work = Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse | title = FINAL REPORT - REPORT OF CASE STUDY NO. 13 The response of the Marist Brothers to allegations of child sexual abuse against Brothers Kostka Chute and Gregory Sutton}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Separately, in August 1996, [[Gregory Sutton|Brother Gregory Sutton]] pleaded guilty to a total of 67 child sex offences in relation to 15 students at schools in New South Wales. He had taught at 6 Marist schools between 1970 and 1986 and there were complaints about the abuse of 27 children made against him during this period.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Sutton faced the courts again in the ACT in 2017, when he was given a suspended sentence after sexually assaulting two boys in Canberra in the 1980's. <ref>https://koffels.com.au/institutional-child-abuse-at-st-carthages-primary-lismore/</ref>[/td]
[td]Separately, in August 1996, [[Gregory Sutton|Brother Gregory Sutton]] pleaded guilty to a total of 67 child sex offences in relation to 15 students at schools in [[New South Wales]]. Sutton had taught at 6 Marist schools between 1970 and 1986 and there were complaints about the abuse of 27 children made against him during this period.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Sutton faced the courts again in the ACT in 2017, when he was given a suspended sentence after sexually assaulting two boys in Canberra in the 1980's. <ref>https://koffels.com.au/institutional-child-abuse-at-st-carthages-primary-lismore/</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In March 2025, Sutton recieved a further 15 months suspended sentence for sexually abusing a boy at a school in Innisfail, North Queensland, between 1973 and 1975. <ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/former-marist-brother-gregory-sutton-sentenced/105093232</ref>[/td]
[td]In March 2025, Sutton recieved a further 15 months suspended sentence for sexually abusing a boy at a school in [[Innisfail, Queensland|Innisfail]], [[North Queensland]], between 1973 and 1975. <ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/former-marist-brother-gregory-sutton-sentenced/105093232</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In September 2018, Australian Marist Brother Gerard McNamara, 80, was sentenced to nine months in prison for molesting five boys at St Paul's Catholic College, where he served as principal between 1970 and 1975.<ref name=maristbrotherconviction /> He had molested one of these boy 30 times.<ref name="maristbrotherconviction">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ys-sentenced-to-nine-months-jail|title=Marist brother who sexually assaulted five boys sentenced to nine months' jail|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=3 September 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> In May 2020, McNamara began serving a second stint in prison after pleading guilty to indecent assault of more than 15 male students between 1970 and 1975.<ref name="mcnaamaraagain">{{Cite web|date=2020-05-15|title=Marist brother 'The Rat' jailed for sex abuse of four schoolboys|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05...0-09-30|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref> This time, he received a sentence of 35 months in prison, with 28 months suspended.<ref name=mcnaamaraagain /> Since his first sex abuse conviction in June 2006, which resulted in a suspended prison sentence, McNamara received three additional convictions and sentences on sex abuse charges, but was able to once again receive a suspended prison sentence following another conviction in December 2016.<ref name=mcnaamaraagain />[/td]
[td]In September 2018, Australian Marist Brother Gerard McNamara, 80, was sentenced to nine months in prison for molesting five boys at [[St Pauls Catholic College|St Paul's Catholic College]], where he served as principal between 1970 and 1975.<ref name=maristbrotherconviction /> He had molested one of these boy 30 times.<ref name="maristbrotherconviction">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ys-sentenced-to-nine-months-jail|title=Marist brother who sexually assaulted five boys sentenced to nine months' jail|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=3 September 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> In May 2020, McNamara began serving a second stint in prison after pleading guilty to indecent assault of more than 15 male students between 1970 and 1975.<ref name="mcnaamaraagain">{{Cite web|date=2020-05-15|title=Marist brother 'The Rat' jailed for sex abuse of four schoolboys|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05...0-09-30|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref> This time, he received a sentence of 35 months in prison, with 28 months suspended.<ref name=mcnaamaraagain /> Since his first sex abuse conviction in June 2006, which resulted in a suspended prison sentence, McNamara received three additional convictions and sentences on sex abuse charges, but was able to once again receive a suspended prison sentence following another conviction in December 2016.<ref name=mcnaamaraagain />[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]===Cases of abuse in New Zealand===[/td]
[td]===Cases of abuse in New Zealand===[/td]
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