Historic apology and out of court payments made to survivors of child sex abuse at Latrobe Valley catholic college

The Marist Brothers have apologised to the Latrobe Valley community and paid $4 million to survivors of sexual abuse perpetrated by Brother Gerard McNamara between 1970 and 1975.

But one survivor, who wants to be known as Frank, said he would always feel betrayed.

“I had to change myself as a boy. I was a good boy. I had a weird sense of humour,” he said.

Frank [not his real name] was 13 when he was first abused at the former St Paul’s College in Traralgon.

The school is still operational but is now known as Lavalla Catholic College and it has a campus named St Paul’s.

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