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Articles for Beaumaris Primary

As the Beaumaris Inquiry findings are delivered, survivors cling to the hope of a statewide investigation
10 months ago

As the Beaumaris Inquiry findings are delivered, survivors cling to the hope of a statewide investigation

ABC  

It is one of life's inevitabilities that no matter how skilful and well-intentioned the execution of a government inquiry, its findings and recommendations never seem to go far enough. On Wednesday, the 466-page final report of the board of inquiry into historical sexual abuse at Beaumaris primary school and certain other government schools was tabled to parliament. The report does …

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Grant Holland's story of abuse by paedophile teacher Grahame Steele is being heard after 48 years
1 year, 2 months ago

Grant Holland's story of abuse by paedophile teacher Grahame Steele is being heard after 48 years

ABC  

On Monday morning, in a sleek office building in Melbourne's inner north, public hearings commenced for the Victorian government's board of inquiry into historical child sexual abuse in Beaumaris Primary School and certain other government schools. It was on just such a trip, alongside three other boys who were part of Steele's "special" group, that the course of 11-year-old Grant …

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For Glen Fearnett, standing tall for a teammate means speaking about childhood sexual abuse
3 years, 1 month ago

For Glen Fearnett, standing tall for a teammate means speaking about childhood sexual abuse

ABC  

Glen Fearnett is one of those pragmatic characters who refuses to embellish the anecdotes from his amateur sporting career. Glen Fearnett says he was abused in 1972 by convicted paedophile Gary Mitchell, a Beaumaris Primary School teacher and assistant coach of the St Kilda Little League team. Fearnett says his abuse had occurred five years earlier than Owen's, at the …

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Addiction almost killed AFL star Rod Owen, but he was hiding the agony of abuse
3 years, 9 months ago

Addiction almost killed AFL star Rod Owen, but he was hiding the agony of abuse

ABC  

As evening approached on October 21, 2018, an emaciated, sickly man with hollow eyes and an agitated manner staggered along Bay Street in Port Melbourne, limping and muttering, scattering startled passers-by. In the 1970s, it belonged to Graeme Owen, Rod's father, the man of whom he has said: "When he died, I died too." I remember so vividly what happened …

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St Kilda apologises to former AFL player Rod Owen over Little League sexual abuse
3 years, 9 months ago

St Kilda apologises to former AFL player Rod Owen over Little League sexual abuse

ABC  

St Kilda Football Club has apologised to former player Rod Owen, following an ABC Sport investigation which revealed that Owen was sexually molested by two paedophiles who ran the Saints's Little League team during the 1970s. Key points: St Kilda has vowed to listen to and believe victims of abuse related to the club after revelations a former player was …

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