Brother Nestor Littler

John Aloysius Littler was born on 17 June 1926. He joined the Marist Brothers in the late 1940s, and after finishing his religious training he took his final vows in 1951. He took on the religious name of "Brother Nestor". Brother Nestor worked/served at the following schools and institutions throughout his religious career:

Like many other Marist Brothers around Australia, Brother Nestor has been involved in allegations dealing with child sexual abuse. They include the following:

  • In 1993, Brother Nestor (then aged 67) pleaded guilty to three charges of indecently assaulting a boy at St Vincent’s Boys’ Home in 1962. The boy was aged 15 at the time. Brother Nestor, however, was only given a $500 five-year good behaviour bond considering his high standing in the community;

  • In 1993, Brother Nestor fled to the United States after further investigations were commenced on other victims being abused at St Vincent’s Boys Home. He was eventually arrested and extradited back to Australia. In 1997, Brother Nestor (then aged 71) was charged on a further 29 counts of sexual assault (including buggery) of five other boys at the Home during the 1950s and ‘60s. Unfortunately, his trial was cancelled due to his failing health; and

  • In 2015, further allegations emerged that Brother Nestor (as principal of Marist Brothers High School, Maitland) sexually abused a student in 1976 when the student was only 11 at the time.

Moody Law has represented and is still representing clients who were victims of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and by members of the Marist Brothers.

We invite former victims 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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