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1 March 2015

A Marist Brother is finally brought to justice, after nine jury trials

For years, the Marist Brothers tolerated a child-abuser (Brother John Dennis Maguire) as a teacher and dormitory master at their high-profile St Joseph's College boys' boarding school in Hunters Hill, Sydney. Maguire allegedly would target the youngest boarders (perhaps eleven years old) who were homesick – comforting them and then sexually assaulting them. 
Later, the Marist Brothers defeated some ex-students who complained to the police about Maguire but finally (in 2014) another ex-student succeeded in getting Maguire convicted in court. Maguire, now aged 71, is being sentenced in 2015.

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