Brother Gregory Joseph Sutton
Brother Gregory Joseph Sutton was born on 19 March 1951. He taught at various Marist Brothers schools between 1970 and 1990. During his service/employment at the schools he sexually abused both boys and girls between the ages 9 and 11. Places of assault include classrooms, his monastery bedrooms, in the playground, cars and at the homes of the children.
Some of the sexual abuse included having two children engage with sexual acts with each other.
It is alleged that Brother Sutton groomed many children himself and often asked students to help him with tasks such as collecting equipment and meeting him after class.
The earliest reports of Brother Sutton committing sexual abuse was in 1973 when he taught at his first ever school in Innisfail, North Queensland.
He also taught at the following schools:
Marist Primary School (now known as Marist Sacred Heart), Mosman (1976);
St Thomas Moore Primary School, Campbelltown (1984);
St Carthage’s Primary School, Lismore from 1985 to 1987 (run by the Catholic Diocese of Lismore); and
It is known that certain people within the Marist Brothers hierarchy had knowledge of Brother Sutton sexually abusing children since day one. In 1973, a Mr Doherty who was a former Marist Brother who also worked at the same parish school in 1973 as Brother Sutton had complained to the local Marist Brother community Superior and the Provincial Brother Charles Howard that Brother Sutton “may be interfering with children.”
Reports of sexual abuse by parents of children who had been sexually abused by Brother Sutton were also made to the principal of St Carthage’s Primary School, Sister Julia in 1985.
In around 1989, Brother Sutton moved to the United States. He was later extradited back to Australia in 1993, after reports of sexual abuse were made to the police.
Other members of the Marist Brothers that Brother Sutton was acquainted with at Marist Brothers College, Canberra include well known convicted paedophiles such as Brother Kostka Chute, and Brother Peter "Bartholomew" Spratt.
Moody Law has represented a number of victims of child sexual abuse in claims for compensation against the Marist Brothers. We invite former victims of Brother Sutton to contact us to tell us confidentially what information they may have, and we will explain what options are available to help with these cases.
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