{"id":6597,"date":"2019-10-30T10:18:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T23:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kelsolawyers.com\/au\/?p=6597"},"modified":"2024-05-30T16:16:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T06:16:16","slug":"graeme-lawrence-jailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kelsolawyers.com\/au\/graeme-lawrence-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Graeme Lawrence Verdict: 8 Years Jail for Historical Sex Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/kelsolawyers.com\/au\/paedophile_offenders\/graeme-lawrence\/\">Graeme Lawrence<\/a> verdict has been handed down by the Newcastle District Court. He could serve up to 8 years in jail for sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy in 1991. The former Anglican Dean of Newcastle will be in prison for a minimum of four and a half years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault by Newcastle District Court Judge, Tim Gartelmann.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/nsw-act\/courts-law\/former-anglican-dean-jailed-for-child-sex-abuse\/news-story\/7f4bd11b180ad7703c117419ad545e94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The victim and his mother must have trusted him because he was the dean<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d the judge said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/nsw-act\/courts-law\/former-anglican-dean-jailed-for-child-sex-abuse\/news-story\/7f4bd11b180ad7703c117419ad545e94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This significantly aggravates the offences<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawrence invited the teenager to a gathering at the Deanery next to Newcastle\u2019s Christ Church Cathedral. According to the victim, no one else was there and he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/nsw-act\/courts-law\/former-anglican-dean-jailed-for-child-sex-abuse\/news-story\/7f4bd11b180ad7703c117419ad545e94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">noticed framed photos of naked children on the walls<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawrence asked him if he liked the photos and he said \u201cno\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Lawrence proceeded to sexually assault him. The teenager was shaking and pleading for Lawrence to stop, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/nsw-act\/courts-law\/former-anglican-dean-jailed-for-child-sex-abuse\/news-story\/7f4bd11b180ad7703c117419ad545e94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but Lawrence said: \u201crelax, it\u2019s okay\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afterwards, Lawrence told the teenager not to tell anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/nsw-act\/courts-law\/former-anglican-dean-jailed-for-child-sex-abuse\/news-story\/7f4bd11b180ad7703c117419ad545e94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t bother telling anyone. You\u2019re just a boy and I\u2019m the Dean. No one will believe you<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d Lawrence said.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The boy was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/nsw-act\/courts-law\/former-anglican-dean-jailed-for-child-sex-abuse\/news-story\/7f4bd11b180ad7703c117419ad545e94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bleeding from behind and said no matter how much he showered, he still felt dirty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawrence denied ever meeting the boy, claimed he never invited him to the Deanery, and never had pictures of naked boys on the walls. However, the victim\u2019s evidence far outweighed Lawrence\u2019s. Now, the 77-year-old will pay the price for his crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses speak out about child abuse<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple former <a href=\"https:\/\/kelsolawyers.com\/au\/institutions\/jehovahs-witnesses\/\">Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses<\/a> are speaking out about the child sexual abuse they experienced within the organisation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 1,800 alleged victims of child sexual abuse within the Jehovah\u2019s Witness organisation were identified in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jehovah\u2019s Witness website claims it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-10\/jehovahs-witness-abuse-exposed\/11561776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cabhors child abuse\u201d and views it as a \u201cgrave sin\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also claims it does not protect the perpetrators of abuse from \u201clegal consequences\u201d &#8211; however, until recently, v<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-10\/jehovahs-witness-abuse-exposed\/11561776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ictims of abuse were not allowed to go to the police when child abuse occurred<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-10\/jehovahs-witness-abuse-exposed\/11561776\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">there was a two-witness rule<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; elders required two witnesses of the abuse before internal disciplinary action was taken by the elders. This rule has not been abolished since the Royal Commission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former Jehovah\u2019s Witness, Diane Lynn, was regularly sexually abused as a child by a member of her congregation. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-10\/jehovahs-witness-abuse-exposed\/11561776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When she was five-years-old, she told an overseer about the abuse, but her complaints fell on deaf ears<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-10\/jehovahs-witness-abuse-exposed\/11561776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I just cried my eyes out and I didn&#8217;t understand why he didn&#8217;t do anything, and it didn&#8217;t stop, and the abuse continued<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diane was also made to feel like the abuse was her fault.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was told I was wearing improper clothing, I was giving the brothers improper thoughts, it was my fault,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-10\/jehovahs-witness-abuse-exposed\/11561776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My father would repeat teachings about how, unless the girl screamed, it was consensual.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another former Jehovah\u2019s Witness, Sylvia Marinus, was abused by her father as a child and remained within the religion into adulthood. Her life was so secluded that she assumed \u201cwhat happened at our home must be the same as at every other\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later in life, her three-year-old daughter, Clare, revealed<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-10\/jehovahs-witness-abuse-exposed\/11561776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> she had also been abused by her grandfather.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> When Sylvia and her husband reported the abuse to the Jehovah\u2019s Witness elders, no internal investigations were made.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe went to the elders and had a big discussion with them [and] nothing happened. I was told to keep it to myself. Another elder in the congregation [who] I tried to pursue said &#8216;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-10\/jehovahs-witness-abuse-exposed\/11561776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;ve gotta keep it quiet and pretend you still love your father,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d Sylvia said.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of October 2019, Jehovah\u2019s Witness has not joined the National Redress Scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Accused Melbourne principal fights extradition from Israel to face child sex abuse allegations<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former Melbourne Principal Malka Leifer is fighting extradition from Israel to Australia where she is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-02\/melbourne-principal-malka-leifer-granted-bail-in-israel\/11568444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accused of sexually abusing her female students<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leifer was the headmistress of Adass Jewish School in Melbourne until she fled to Israel in 2008. There were multiple allegations of inappropriate behaviour with her students at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia filed an extradition request and in 2014, Leifer was arrested by Israeli Police. She was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-02\/melbourne-principal-malka-leifer-granted-bail-in-israel\/11568444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released on bail and managed to avoid several extraditions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because she claimed she was suffering from frequent panic attacks and was too unwell to leave her house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-02\/melbourne-principal-malka-leifer-granted-bail-in-israel\/11568444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30 psychiatrists studied Leifer\u2019s behaviour over five years<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to determine whether she was faking her illness to avoid extradition. In 2018, she was jailed when she was found to be living, shopping and socialising in an orthodox Jewish community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leifer is facing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-02\/melbourne-principal-malka-leifer-granted-bail-in-israel\/11568444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">74 counts of sexual assault<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Victoria. However, she is still under house arrest in Jerusalem with five ultra-orthodox Jewish women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of Leifer\u2019s victims, Dassi Erlich, told ABC Radio Melbourne she has been outraged over the whole process.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-02\/melbourne-principal-malka-leifer-granted-bail-in-israel\/11568444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are just reeling. I don&#8217;t have any words. I think this is a huge, massive betrayal of trust in this whole process of supposed justice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d Dassi said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe absolutely think that she is a flight risk and our biggest worry is that now that she&#8217;s under house arrest, that we will never see her again. It just seems like this is never going to end.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-02\/melbourne-principal-malka-leifer-granted-bail-in-israel\/11568444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dassi and her two sisters sued Adass Jewish School and were awarded $1.27 million in damages. The sisters were abused between 2001 and 2008.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Get the justice you deserve with Kelso Lawyers. We want to hear your story. Call (02) 4907 4200 or\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kelsolawyers.com\/au\/contact-us\/\"><b>complete the online form<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0before you accept payment from the\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kelsolawyers.com\/au\/our-work\/national-redress-scheme\/\"><b>National Redress Scheme.<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Graeme Lawrence verdict has been handed down by the Newcastle District Court. He could serve up to 8 years in jail for sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy in 1991. The former Anglican Dean of Newcastle will be in prison for a minimum of four and a half years. 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