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Knox Grammar apologises to abuse victims

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A private boys school in Sydney has issued an apology to former students who were victims of sexual abuse.

Five former teachers at Knox Grammar School in Sydney's north were charged with various offences after police started investigating allegations of abuse in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Knox teacher given bond for sex offence

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A former teacher at Sydney's Knox Grammar School has been given a good behaviour bond for a sex offence against a former student.

Fifty-five-year-old Damien Vance is one of five men charged with sex offences against former pupils at the school dating back to the 1970s.
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Ex-teacher in court over student sex assault charge

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A man accused of sexually abusing a student from Sydney's Knox Grammar School has appeared briefly in Port Macquarie Local Court.
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Fifth Knox teacher charged over child sex offences

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ARJUN RAMACHANDRAN

Police have charged a fifth teacher from Sydney's prestigious Knox Grammar School with child sex offences.

Police said the 66-year-old man was arrested at Port Macquarie today and questioned about the alleged indecent assault of a former student.
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Former Knox teacher in court on indecency charge

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Bellinda Kontominas

DAMIEN PIERS VANCE smiled as he appeared in court yesterday on a charge relating to an alleged child sex ring at an exclusive Sydney private school.

Vance, 55, a former teacher of Knox Grammar School in Wahroonga, arrived in Sydney early yesterday afternoon after being extradited from Melbourne to face the charge that he incited a former Knox student to perform an indecent act.
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Victorian teacher arrested, to be extradited

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Jonathan Dart and Dylan Welch

THE latest man arrested for alleged historical sexual assault at Sydney's prestigious Knox Grammar School, was still working as a teacher in Victoria.

Police arrested Damian Vance, 54, at Glen Waverley yesterday and obtained extradition for him to be charged with inciting an act of indecency on a minor.
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Fourth teacher charged over Knox 'sex abuses'

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Anthony Klan and Milanda Rout Article from: The Australian

A FOURTH teacher from Sydney's exclusive Knox Grammar School has been charged with a child-sex offence, and police have indicated more former teachers from the private boys' school are likely to be arrested in coming days.

Damian Vance, 55, was arrested yesterday at his Wheelers Hill home in Melbourne, where he continues to work as a teacher, and charged with inciting an act of indecency. NSW police yesterday confirmed reports, published in The Australian on Tuesday, that more arrests were expected.
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More arrests over sex abuse at Knox Grammar School

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By Adam Walters

POLICE are expecting to make more arrests after the charging of a fourth teacher accused of child sex offences at exclusive Knox Grammar School.

Damian Vance, 54, was arrested by Victoria Police yesterday and charged with inciting an act of indecency against a 14-year-old boy in 1988.
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More former Knox teachers to be questioned

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Laura Tunstall

The investigation into child sex abuse at Knox Grammar has widened, with police revealing another three former teachers have been named by alleged victims.
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School sex abuse inquiry widened

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Anthony Klan Article from: The Australian

THE police investigation into allegations of child sex abuse at Sydney's prestigious Knox Grammar School has widened, with at least three more former teachers expected to be questioned.

The police officer leading the taskforce handling the allegations, Detective Inspector Mick Banfield, said police were preparing to interview the former teachers after further investigations into claims first made by alleged victims in a 2004 report.
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Former Knox Grammar teacher granted bail

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A former teacher at Sydney's Knox Grammar School charged with assaulting a student 21 years ago has been granted bail in Hornsby Local Court.
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Priest gets bond over false statement

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A Hunter Valley priest, charged by a police strike force investigating allegations of child sexual abuse, has been placed on a good behaviour bond for perverting the course of justice.
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Knox defends handling of child abuse claims

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Australian Associated Press

On advice from the ombudsman's office, a qualified investigator from outside the school conducted an investigation. Knox headmaster John Weeks

Sydney's elite Knox Grammar School has defended its handling of an internal investigation into sex abuse claims against a teacher five years ago.
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More arrests possible from Knox child sex abuse allegations

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Police say they may make a fourth arrest in their investigation into child sex abuse at Sydney's Knox Grammar School.

A former teacher at the school, 59-year-old Adrian Nisbett, today became the third man to be charged over allegations of indecent assaults on students.
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Second Knox School child sex suspect arrested

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Hornsby police have arrested a second teacher over child sex allegations at Sydney's Knox Grammar School.

The 71-year-old man has been interviewed by detectives this morning over a string of alleged offences against students.
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Third Knox Grammar suspect granted bail

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The third man arrested in an investigation by Ku-ring-gai detectives into child sex allegations at Sydney's Knox Grammar School in the 1980s has been granted bail.

Adrian Nisbett, 59, is a former teacher at the private school. He was arrested this morning and charged at Hornsby police station.
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Third arrest over Knox Grammar child sex allegations

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Police have arrested a third man over child sex allegations at Sydney's prestigious Knox Grammar School.

This morning detectives investigating the allegations, which date back to the 1980s, arrested another former teacher.
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Sydney's Knox Grammar School sex abuse scandal deepens

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THE sex abuse scandal surrounding Sydney's elite Knox Grammar School has deepened, with a third teacher charged over historic offences against students.

Adrian Nisbett, 59, who taught English at the private school for three decades, was arrested today and charged with sex offences against three boys between 1976 and 1990.
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Second Knox child sex accused released on bail

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A second man charged over child sex allegations at Sydney's Knox grammar school has been released on bail.

Barry Stewart, 70, faced Hornsby local court after being charged with sex offences that date back to the 1980s.
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Primary teacher charged with sex abuse

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A primary school teacher will face court today over alleged child sex offences at a school in Sydney's northern suburbs.

The allegations from two former students at the Wahroonga school were formally made to police last month, but date back to 1986 when the boys were 11 and 12.
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Accused teacher denied bail

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Police investigating 20-year-old child sex allegations at Sydney's Knox Grammar School are examining whether there are any other alleged cases.

Primary school teacher, 49-year-old Craig Howard Treloar, is charged with two counts of indecent assault and two acts of indecency involving two former Knox students dating back to 1986, when the boys were 11 and 12 years old.