Brother Donald Pascal Alford

Brother Donald Pascal Alford (born 23 September 1938 and died on 14 April 2004) was a former member of the Christian Brothers. Brother Alford joined the Christian Brothers in his late teens and was professed as a Christian Brother at the age of 21. He served in Victoria and in the United States of America at the following institutions:

  • St Augustine’s Boys’ Home - Geelong, Victoria (mainly 1970 to 1978 and other periods);

  • Christian Brothers School - Bundoora, Melbourne (period unknown); and

  • Mount Saint John Catholic School - Deep River, Connecticut, USA (Diocese of Norwich) (1993 - 2003).

At St Augustine’s he served as head of the dormitories where he would sexually and physically abuse many of the boys in their beds during the night. The Catholic Church in Victoria has received complaints in the past over Brother Alford through their “Towards Healing” program where they have made out-of-court settlements over those complaints.

In the United States, Brother Alford is also known to have abused children at Mount Saint John Catholic School, a Catholic school and home for boys. It is also known that allegations of sexual abuse have been made against Brother Alford during his service with the Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut. In 2019, the Bishop of the Diocese of Norwich, Reverend Michael R. Cote acknowledged to members of the Diocese that the Catholic Church had paid settlements to the total $7,681,646 to victims of priest abuse within the Diocese. It is reported that as of February 2019, the Diocese had settled nine cases of child sex abuse of which Brother Alford was one of those perpetrators.

Moody Law is currently representing a client against the Christian Brothers who has made allegations of sexual and physical abuse by Brother Alford when he was dormitory master at St Augustine’s in Geelong.

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