Christian Brothers transferred billions but can’t pay abuse victims
The order has applied for a court-ordered moratorium on all remaining civil cases lodged against it by survivors. Three years earlier, the order had transferred three of its leading Victorian schools, St Kevin’s College in Toorak, Geelong’s St Joseph’s College and Parade College in Bundoora, to the governing body.But the timing of the Christian Brothers’ business rearrangement seems serendipitous. It was certainly never the intention,” Clinch told the commission.The upshot was that the Christian Brothers did not have the power to make assets available to resolve legal disputes.
- ▪The order has applied for a court-ordered moratorium on all remaining civil cases lodged against it by survivors.
- ▪Three years earlier, the order had transferred three of its leading Victorian schools, St Kevin’s College in Toorak, Geelong’s St Joseph’s College and Parade College in Bundoora, to the governing body.But the timing of the Christian Brother
- ▪It was certainly never the intention,” Clinch told the commission.The upshot was that the Christian Brothers did not have the power to make assets available to resolve legal disputes.
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