12.41pm Sister Margaret-Anne Geatches, former principal of St Joseph’s School, Merewether. She is archivist at the Sisters of St Joseph’s at Lochinvar and was principal at the primary school from 1973. Geatches is giving evidence about a “commotion” on the sports field in December 1975, involving children.
A mother told her that Father Ryan had been “touching some boys down at the park and that this had occurred at the sacristy as well”. Geatches said she spoke to a group of boys that included Gerard McDonald and Scott Hallett. They said they had been touched by Father Ryan, and indicated their crotch area.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4132198/child-sexual-abuse-royal-commission-live-blog/
A mother told her that Father Ryan had been “touching some boys down at the park and that this had occurred at the sacristy as well”. Geatches said she spoke to a group of boys that included Gerard McDonald and Scott Hallett. They said they had been touched by Father Ryan, and indicated their crotch area.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4132198/child-sexual-abuse-royal-commission-live-blog/