John Lewis former Head + Principal of Geelong and subsequently Eton College, declines to accept any of counsel to #CARoyalComm's assertions about his failure to deal with child abuse at the setting. Chilling. episode artwork

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John Lewis former Head + Principal of Geelong and subsequently Eton College, declines to accept any of counsel to #CARoyalComm's assertions about his failure to deal with child abuse at the setting. Chilling.

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Evidence given on 9/9/15From 1980 to 1994, John Lewis was the Headmaster of Geelong Grammar School in Australia. Lewis  subsequently became Head of Eton College between 1994 - 2002  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(headmaster)The degree of memory loss experienced by Mr Lewis about child sexual abuse that occurred at Geelong Grammar is significant. He accepted few of the inquiry's assertions. Towards the end of the recording (from 13'.19", and in the face of the scale of abuse at Geelong, he declined to accept the child protection policy failed to protect students and that its real function was to protect the reputation of the school.

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