One of Auckland’s top schools has turned to the international market to secure its new principal.
Leigh Melville, the chair of the St Cuthbert’s Trust Boar
A school says its approach to a complaint did not prioritise the victim s welfare.
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Former staff member James Tibbles resigned from the school in 1998, and from Auckland University in December last year, over similar allegations.
St Cuthbert s Trust Board chair Hayley Buckley said in a statement that the staff member was suspended and then resigned soon after a 1998 complaint. While we do understand that the college made genuine efforts to address what happened at the time, we acknowledge that the college s investigation in 1998 and subsequent actions were not good enough, she said.
She added that the process did not prioritise the victim s welfare.
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