Former Knox Grammar headmaster Ian Paterson 'covered up' abuse, Royal Commission finds

By Rachel Browne
Updated September 13 2016 - 10:08pm, first published 4:04pm
Former Knox Grammar headmaster Dr Ian Paterson leaving the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse after giving evidence in 2015. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Former Knox Grammar headmaster Dr Ian Paterson leaving the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse after giving evidence in 2015. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Royal commission chairman Justice Peter McClellan is hearing testimony about former priest John Joseph Farrell Photo: Jeremy Piper
Royal commission chairman Justice Peter McClellan is hearing testimony about former priest John Joseph Farrell Photo: Jeremy Piper
John Joseph Farrell during a previous hearing. Photo: Barry Smith
John Joseph Farrell during a previous hearing. Photo: Barry Smith

Former headmaster of Knox Grammar Ian Paterson deliberately covered up allegations about child sexual abuse because he placed the reputation of the school ahead of student welfare, a royal commission has found.

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