“That place was insane – horrific would be the best way to describe it.” He said he begged his parents to remove him from the school. “There was no accountability, there was no one you could go to.” Current board chair Hugh Lindo said fagging had been “part and parcel of life in a boarding house” and ranged from cleaning an older boy s shoes to running to the shop to get them sweets. “It was very much a core tradition of life, particularly in boarding houses.”
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A disconnected telephone helpline, missing files that detailed sexual abuse, and a serious lack of training. These were some of the Anglican Church s more embarrassing admissions at a redress hearing of the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry. (Video first published on March 19, 2021)
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Christchurch school admits poor handling of teacher s historic sexual behaviour
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Elite Christchurch boys school Christ s College has acknowledged it did not handle sexual abuse complaints appropriately in the past. (File photo)
When leadership at Christ’s College became aware of inappropriate sexual behaviour by a teacher towards a group of boys, the matter was not reported to police and students were asked not to discuss it. The elite Christchurch boys school has now admitted the situation should have been handled “quite differently”.
Do you know more? Email reporters@press.co.nz College spokesman and board of governors chair Hugh Lindo confirmed Lindsay William Hutchinson was employed as a music teacher at the school for 18 months from 1985 to 1987. Lindo said Hutchinson used “unqualified references” from Cathedral Grammar School and the Anglican Diocese in Perth to get the job.