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Geelong Grammar school expelled a student for “reporting the truth” about being sexually abused and then billed his mother for remaining term fees, an inquiry has heard.Geelong Grammar school expelled a student for “reporting the truth” about being sexually abused and then billed his mother for remaining term fees, an inquiry has heard.
The former boarder, named as BIW, woke up to a man abusing him two weeks after the then 14-year-old started at Geelong Grammar in 1989, he told the child abuse royal commission.The former boarder, named as BIW, woke up to a man abusing him two weeks after the then 14-year-old started at Geelong Grammar in 1989, he told the child abuse royal commission.
Related: Geelong Grammar should repay abuse victims' school fees, inquiry hearsRelated: Geelong Grammar should repay abuse victims' school fees, inquiry hears
BIW said he was expelled for breaking an agreement not to discuss the matter and the school sent his mother a $2500 bill to cover fees for the rest of the term, which was not paid.BIW said he was expelled for breaking an agreement not to discuss the matter and the school sent his mother a $2500 bill to cover fees for the rest of the term, which was not paid.
“I was tormented for years knowing that I had been expelled from school for reporting the truth, and my abuse was never reported to the police,” BIW said on Thursday.“I was tormented for years knowing that I had been expelled from school for reporting the truth, and my abuse was never reported to the police,” BIW said on Thursday.
“I felt terrible guilt that I had left other children at school in the hands of a sex offender. I knew other children would be abused because no one would listen to me.”“I felt terrible guilt that I had left other children at school in the hands of a sex offender. I knew other children would be abused because no one would listen to me.”
BIW said that after telling his mother about the abuse, he was called to a meeting with matron Catherine Parsons, Highton campus master Robert Bugg and deputy Paul Claridge.BIW said that after telling his mother about the abuse, he was called to a meeting with matron Catherine Parsons, Highton campus master Robert Bugg and deputy Paul Claridge.
BIW said he felt that Bugg and Claridge did not believe him.BIW said he felt that Bugg and Claridge did not believe him.
“They both put to me that I could have been dreaming, that I was imagining it,” he said.“They both put to me that I could have been dreaming, that I was imagining it,” he said.
“I explained to them that as good as my imagination was, no, I was very much awake and it was like the fear of God with what was going on to me at the time.”“I explained to them that as good as my imagination was, no, I was very much awake and it was like the fear of God with what was going on to me at the time.”
BIW said he was told not to tell anyone else and not to involve anyone else, but he then spoke to a couple of boys in the cafeteria and was expelled for breaking the agreement.BIW said he was told not to tell anyone else and not to involve anyone else, but he then spoke to a couple of boys in the cafeteria and was expelled for breaking the agreement.
The royal commission has heard what occurred at the meeting is contested. Bugg has no recollection of the meeting and Claridge denied allegedly pulling up BIW and dragging him in the cafeteria.The royal commission has heard what occurred at the meeting is contested. Bugg has no recollection of the meeting and Claridge denied allegedly pulling up BIW and dragging him in the cafeteria.
BIW went to police in 2010 and a live-in Highton House boarding house assistant, Philippe Trutmann, pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting him. He received a wholly suspended 12-month sentence.BIW went to police in 2010 and a live-in Highton House boarding house assistant, Philippe Trutmann, pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting him. He received a wholly suspended 12-month sentence.
Trutmann was jailed for six and a half years in 2005 for sexually abusing another 40 Geelong Grammar students between 1985 and 1995.Trutmann was jailed for six and a half years in 2005 for sexually abusing another 40 Geelong Grammar students between 1985 and 1995.