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Abuse survivors slam 'inadequate' sentence of Catholic school principal

July 19, 2018.

Former school principal and Marist Brother Gerard McNamara (left) enters the County Court of Victoria in Melbourne Source: AAP

Abuse survivors have hit out at the sentence handed down to a Catholic brother over the indecent assault of five students at a Victorian school in the 1970s. Jailed for nine months, former principal Gerard [[JAIR-ud]] Joseph McNamara took boys into an isolated sports shed under the guise of treating them for injuries.



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