Father John Denham

Father John Sidney Denham (born 8 September 1942) was an ordained priest serving in the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.  

He commenced his service to the Diocese in the 1960s as a trainee priest and was ordained in 1973. 

Father Denham worked at St Pius X College, Adamstown, Newcastle in 1973 (also known as St Pius X Catholic High School).  He was one of the 6 teaching and live in priests on the premises.  He taught at the school between 1973 to 1980.  Reports by a parent of a student at the school were made in 1979 to the school administration, and he was then transferred to work as an assistant priest in the Charlestown Parish, and later in 1981, to the Our Lady of Rosary Parish in Taree, NSW. 

Reports of sexual abuse include boys that were students at that the schools he worked at and altar boys who served in the parishes he was appointed to.  

Below are a list of Parishes that Father Denham served at:

• Mayfield Parish (1972) ;

• Singleton Parish (St Patrick’s) (1973);

• Charleston Parish (1980); and

• Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Taree (1981 – 1985).

Moody Law has acted for survivors of sexual abuse in claims against the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. We invite former victims of Father Denham 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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