St John’s Regional College, Dandenong

St John's Regional College is a Catholic co-educational secondary school located in Dandenong region in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. St Mary’s Primary School staffed by the Presentation Sisters had educated both girls and boys from Prep to Grade 6 and for many into Forms I and II. In 1957, after a successful approach to the De La Salle Brothers to staff a new school, St John’s Boys School opened in 1958. In 1974 the whole College was on one campus and was known as St John’s Regional College.

A data analysis of claims and substantiated complaints in relation to the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in 2015, showed that the school had received numerous complaints and allegations in relation to the known offender, Father Kevin O’Donnell, between 1960 to 1990. The Royal Commission also revealed that while Father Kevin O’Donnell would prey on students at the school (and amongst other students at other schools within the parish), authorities in the Catholic Church would literally turn a blind eye to his activities during his 50 year career in the parish.

Moody Law has represented in the past and is still representing clients who have made allegations of sexual and physical abuse against Father Kevin O’Donnell. We invite former students, teachers and parents 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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