{"id":9240,"date":"2021-04-06T17:27:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T07:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kelsolawyers.com\/au\/?post_type=institutions&p=9240"},"modified":"2025-05-08T13:12:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T03:12:28","slug":"brisbane-grammar-school-st-pauls","status":"publish","type":"institutions","link":"https:\/\/kelsolawyers.com\/au\/institutions\/brisbane-grammar-school-st-pauls\/","title":{"rendered":"Offending Institution: Brisbane Grammar School & St Paul\u2019s School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brisbane Grammar School.<\/b> Established in 1868 and known for being the leading school<\/a> for boys in Queensland<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

St Paul\u2019s School.<\/b> An exclusive Anglican School named \u201cSchool of the Year\u201d in 2019 for Australian schools and non-government primary schools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both Brisbane Grammar School and St Paul\u2019s School are highly prestigious with long, rich histories. Any Queensland-based parent would want their child to grow and learn in such a high-end educational environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2017, however, the <\/span>Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse<\/span> released a damning report about the two schools. The Commissioners found the schools\u2019 long-time <\/span>headmasters had \u201cfailed to act\u201d when allegations of child abuse arose<\/span><\/a> in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Commissioners also found there were no policies or procedures in place to dictate how staff members should handle allegations of abuse. In turn, <\/span>these allegations were never investigated<\/span><\/a> and nothing was done to ensure the students were safe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, <\/span>the students were called liars and threatened with punishment<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

While both schools have since taken positive steps to mend the damage that has been done, it is important not to forget the experiences of survivors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this blog, we delve deeper into the history of Brisbane Grammar School and St Paul\u2019s School, the monsters who hid within their corridors, and the trauma experienced by some students.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brisbane Grammar School<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Brisbane Grammar School is located at Spring Hill in Brisbane.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time of the allegations, <\/span>Dr Maxwell Howell <\/span>was the headmaster of the school and was responsible for employing the school counselor, <\/span>Kevin Lynch<\/span><\/a>, in 1973.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lynch abused a large number of students behind closed doors. Despite the numerous complaints about him, Lynch stayed in his role as the school counselor for 15 years until 1988.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students made complaints to senior members of staff including Dr Howell. However, it was like talking to a brick wall. In fact, the Royal Commission found Dr Howell took no action after receiving a complaint in 1981.<\/span><\/p>\n

He did not investigate the allegations. He did not report it to the police or the school\u2019s board of trustees. He failed in his obligation to protect his students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe find that during Dr Howell\u2019s period as headmaster there was a culture at Brisbane Grammar where <\/span><\/i>boys who made allegations of sexual abuse were not believed and allegations were not acted upon<\/span><\/i><\/a>,\u201d the Royal Commission\u2019s report stated.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What\u2019s worse is the fact Lynch went on to work at St Paul\u2019s School from 1989 and 1997, where he continued to abuse students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This chain of events could have been broken. Lynch could have been stopped at BGS. With better procedures and policies in place, the staff members would have known how to respond to allegations of abuse and perhaps Lynch would have been reported to police sooner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s too late.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lynch committed suicide in 1997 before he could be charged for his many, many crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost immediately, Lynch commenced performing relaxation techniques that led to touching and then masturbation\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A survivor known as BQA started at Brisbane Grammar School in 1980 when he was in year eight. After four months, Dr Howell sent him to see Lynch because he was \u201ceasily distracted in class\u201d and \u201cnot contributing to the school academically or in sports\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BQA said Lynch started abusing him almost immediately. He told the Royal Commission Lynch would often touch and masturbate him. He <\/span>was anally penetrated on two occasions<\/span><\/a>. He said Lynch would sometimes give him tablets that made him feel drowsy or elated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some tablets stopped him from feeling stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lynch would also <\/span>encourage BQA to skip school cricket games and classes<\/span><\/a>. On one occasion, BQA was encouraged to skip school altogether. Lynch would authorise BQA\u2019s departure from the school with the school bursar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He was missing from class so often between 1980 and 1982,<\/span> his teachers started to comment on his absence<\/span><\/a>. No one ever asked why he needed counseling so often. He was even called into Dr Howell\u2019s office to explain his absenteeism.<\/span><\/p>\n

BQA said Dr Howell \u201c<\/span><\/i>wanted me to admit that I had been skipping school because I was unhappy at home<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, despite the abuse, BQA told the Royal Commission Lynch made him feel special. He loved Lynch like a father. Even though his classmates would often chant the words \u201cpoof, poof\u201d when he walked past them in the hallways, BQA would still go to his regular \u201ccounseling\u201d sessions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many students knew Lynch was touching boys.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1982, Dr Howell entered Lynch\u2019s office during one of their counseling sessions. <\/span>He saw BQA with his pants and underwear down<\/span><\/a>. Dr Howell proceeded to call BQA a \u201csick individual\u201d and told him to return to class.<\/span><\/p>\n

BQA was then called in to speak with David Coote, the Deputy Headmaster, who questioned BQA about his \u201c<\/span>inappropriate relationship with Lynch<\/span><\/a>\u201d. BQA told Coote he loved Lynch more than his own parents.<\/span><\/p>\n

BQA ended up leaving the school that same year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1999, BQA met with the chairman of the board of trustees for Brisbane Grammar. At first, the chairman seemed shocked and concerned, but in later meetings, he was unhelpful and focused on protecting the school.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2001, BQA reported the abuse to local police. However, he was told Lynch had committed suicide and \u201c<\/span>no perp, no case<\/span><\/a>\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Red lights on Lynch\u2019s door told students not to enter the office<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Image: <\/span>Unsplash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

BQG started at Brisbane Grammar in 1981. He was just 12-years-old at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He told the Royal Commission there was a \u201c<\/span>culture of fear and fear-driven respect<\/span><\/a>\u201d around Dr Howell. Because of this, the boys knew never to report things – not even sexual abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n

BQG was abused three times a week (sometimes more) on a weekly basis for years. They would masturbate each other as a \u201c<\/span>relaxation exercise<\/span><\/a>\u201d, then Lynch would tell BQG their sessions had to be confidential.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lynch was trying to normalise the abuse, and it worked. BQG saw Lynch as a father figure and never even considered reporting the abuse. In fact, they remained close until Lynch\u2019s death in 1997 and<\/span> BQG helped Lynch\u2019s family carry the coffin at the funeral<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BQG told the Royal Commission Lynch\u2019s office had two doors, both <\/span>fitted with locks and intercoms<\/span><\/a>. The intercom was fitted with a lighting system which had red and green lights. If the red light was on, students knew not to enter the office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The students would have to wait for the light to turn green before going in. This ensured Lynch wouldn\u2019t be caught abusing students.<\/span><\/p>\n

As an adult, BQG was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and needs to see a psychologist once a week. He has suffered from abandonment and trust issues, leading to two failed and \u201chollow\u201d marriages.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eventually, BQG decided to pursue civil proceedings. He gave up within a couple of years because the process was difficult and <\/span>Brisbane Grammar School was \u201cwearing him down<\/span><\/a>\u201d. He tried again in 2015 amidst the Royal Commission, but still found it burdensome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Victim didn\u2019t know what Lynch was doing, but he knew he didn\u2019t like it<\/strong><\/h3>\n

BQS started at Brisbane Grammar in 1986 after his parents divorced.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was bullied relentlessly, but he never reported it. Like BQG, he was afraid of Dr Howell and didn\u2019t understand that what was happening to him was wrong. Likewise, when he was sent to see Lynch for misbehaving in class, he didn\u2019t know the sexual abuse was wrong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BQS saw Lynch every day for a year. <\/span>He was sexually abused at most, if not all, of their counseling sessions<\/span><\/a>. He told the Royal Commission he didn\u2019t know what was happening, but he knew he didn\u2019t like it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After one particular session, BQS sat down with his teacher, Ashleigh Byron, and broke down in tears. He told Byron he didn\u2019t want to see Lynch anymore. <\/span>The teacher didn\u2019t ask any questions<\/span><\/a>. Instead, he said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re just going to have to. You\u2019ve got no choice in the matter. You have problems at home. You need to be doing something.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From 1987 onwards, BQS struggled with drug and alcohol addictions. He spent time in rehabilitation facilities and was diagnosed with a brain disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic depression and anxiety.<\/span><\/p>\n

To this day, BQS has never considered himself to be successful. He has never been able to form healthy relationships and has attempted suicide on three separate occasions – all due to the trauma of the abuse he experienced and lack of support he received from those around him.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2001, he commenced civil proceedings and settled for $26,000. He said he felt \u201c<\/span>totally under-compensated<\/span><\/a>\u201d for the decades of trauma he has had to deal with.<\/span><\/p>\n

St Paul\u2019s School<\/strong><\/h2>\n

St Paul\u2019s School is located in Bald Hills in Queensland.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time of the allegations, Gilbert Case was the headmaster in charge of keeping the students safe. In his letter of appointment, <\/span>protecting the children was even set out as one of his formal responsibilities<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1989, Case hired Lynch as the school counselor for St Paul\u2019s. Lynch had just come from Brisbane Grammar School where he had abused countless students.<\/span><\/p>\n

A witness at the Royal Commission said <\/span>Case held a school assembly to introduce Lynch to the students<\/span><\/a>. Case said he had a great reputation and called on the students to take advantage of Lynch\u2019s counseling expertise.<\/span><\/p>\n

After a year of working at St Paul\u2019s, Lynch set up a system of lights to indicate when the room was occupied or free to enter – just like his office at Brisbane Grammar School. The students used to call them \u201ctraffic lights”.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One witness known as BRN tried to open the door when the light was read and noticed it had been locked from the inside. Lynch was up to his usual tricks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But Lynch wasn\u2019t the only offender at St Paul\u2019s School.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Gregory Robert Knight<\/span><\/a> was hired as a music teacher in 1981. There had been <\/span>complaints about him at other schools<\/span><\/a>, like Willunga High School in South Australia and at Brisbane Boys\u2019 College.<\/span><\/p>\n

Complaints had even been made to South Australian Police and the South Australian Department of Education, but they determined there <\/span>wasn\u2019t enough evidence of Knight\u2019s misconduct for criminal proceedings<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1978, an inquiry was held into allegations of sexual abuse at Willunga High School camps. A victim claimed Knight had rubbed his penis during a 1977 camp. The Director of Educational Facilities rejected Knight\u2019s denials and said he was \u201c<\/span>guilty of several counts of improper and disgraceful conduct<\/span><\/a>\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Knight was sent a letter notifying him he had been dismissed from the teaching profession, but he had already submitted his resignation to the South Australian Department of Education, so the dismissal was rescinded.<\/span><\/p>\n

Knight was later hired at St Paul\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou should never lie like that. You will ruin a man\u2019s career if you tell lies like that\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Image: <\/span>Unsplash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A survivor known as BSG attended St Paul\u2019s on a scholarship between 1981 and 1985. He was able to attend on a scholarship with his brother.<\/span><\/p>\n

Within the first three to four years at St Paul\u2019s, <\/span>Knight groomed, harassed and sexually assaulted BSG<\/span><\/a>. He was targeted because Knight thought he was musically talented and the two spent a lot of time together. BSG even said they had a \u201cunique\u201d relationship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The other boys noticed how close their relationship was. <\/span>BSG would travel to and from school in Knight\u2019s car<\/span><\/a>, leading to constant taunts and bullying.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When BSG was in year 11, he found the strength to pull away from Knight and started calling Knight names himself. In 1984, he was called to Case\u2019s office to be disciplined over the comments he\u2019d made about Knight.<\/span><\/p>\n

BSG told Case he hated Knight because of the ongoing abuse he\u2019d experienced<\/span><\/a> over the years and Knight deserved this kind of treatment. According to BSG, Case immediately shut him down and said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou need to be careful making statements like that. You should never lie like that. You will ruin a man\u2019s career if you tell lies like that.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Case also <\/span>threatened to take BSG\u2019s scholarship – along with his brother\u2019s – away<\/span><\/a>. BSG was given detention and sent on his way.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are you lying? Knight is a good husband and father of 2 kids, you are causing a terrible slur on him\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

BRV and BRT attended St Paul\u2019s in the 1980s. The brothers were involved in the music program and Knight was their teacher.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1984, one of the boy\u2019s friends told their mother <\/span>Knight would search him for cigarettes by shoving his hands down his pants and touching him<\/span><\/a>. He told his friends\u2019 mother he wanted it to stop – he felt uncomfortable.<\/span><\/p>\n

The boys\u2019 mother, known as BRW, made an appointment to see Case within the week. She attended a meeting with Case and two other male teachers where <\/span>she was made to stand the entire meeting<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her sons were invited into the room and confirmed their friend\u2019s complaint about Knight. According to BRW, Case then said, \u201c<\/span>why are you lying? Knight is a good husband and father of two kids, you are causing a terrible slur on him<\/span><\/a>\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She asked what was going to be done about the complaint.<\/span><\/p>\n

The men responded \u201c<\/span><\/i>there is nothing to be done, because there is nothing going on<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From then on, Knight never touched the boys again, but Case also made sure her sons never received any more school awards despite their involvement with the school, and Case never called BRW her by name.<\/span><\/p>\n

What has happened since?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Image: <\/span>Unsplash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

In 2004, <\/span>Knight was charged with sexually assaulting BSG.<\/span><\/a> He was convicted by the jury, then exercised his right to appeal. He was unsuccessful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Royal Commission also concluded the headmasters of Brisbane Grammar and St Paul\u2019s did not attempt to report Knight or Lynch. Neither of the men made steps to protect their students\u2019 wellbeing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the Royal Commission\u2019s final report, both schools have added a statement to their websites.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you were a victim of abuse while you attended St Paul\u2019s School, we wish to extend a personal apology to you,\u201d <\/span><\/i>St Paul\u2019s statement<\/span><\/a> says.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe lack of proper systems, policies and practices in the 1980s and 1990s let you and other young people down terribly. People who should have been trustworthy betrayed and abused vulnerable young people. The crimes should never have occurred and certainly should never have been allowed to continue for as long as they did.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply sorry.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition, both schools have joined the <\/span>National Redress Scheme<\/span><\/a>. A large portion of the compensation for victims will be paid by the Diocesan Insurance, while the remainder will be paid by the schools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

St Paul\u2019s have also offered to refund the school fees paid by the victims, as per the <\/span>Anglican Diocese of Brisbane\u2019s proactive fee refund policy<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brisbane Grammar School, however, does not offer refunds<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBrisbane Grammar School will continue with its approach to redress and compensation since 2000, which includes a personal apology from the current leadership of the school, agreed compensation payments and counselling,\u201d<\/span><\/i> the school said in a public statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe school can never do enough to mend the hurt caused by the actions of Kevin Lynch, but will continue its endeavours to bring some measure of healing to those abused by him.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While some recognition has been given to the survivors of Brisbane Grammar and St Paul\u2019s School, it has not been a smooth road. Those who pursued civil claims before the National Redress Scheme were put through the wringer by their respective school, or dramatically under-compensated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The process was stressful, disappointing and retraumatising.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, it doesn\u2019t have to be that way. Since the establishment of the National Redress Scheme, institutions like Brisbane Grammar and St Paul\u2019s are more willing to provide compensation and apologies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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