Former Nudgee College school principal and Christian Brother, Stephen McLaughlin, was able to attend a birthday party on school grounds despite his Order being in negotiations to pay a settlement to one of his alleged child abuse victims.
The complainant alleged he then took part in sexual acts with McLaughlin who became obsessed with him and gave him expensive clothing, money and promised to get him into a Sydney drama school, the documents revealed.
The complainant also received an apology dated August 2017 from the Christian Brothers Oceania's professional standards executive officer Shane Wall, who said the sexual and other abuses the boy allegedly suffered were "appalling". Stephen McLaughlin attended a celebration at Nudgee College while the Christian Brothers were negotiating a payout to one of his alleged child victims.
In March this year, in the Brisbane District Court, McLaughlin was convicted on two counts of indecent dealing in relation to the 2015 case.
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