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The Press
July 12, 2003

Catholic staff pursued


Detectives investigating historic sexual abuse allegations against brothers from a former Christchurch Catholic residential school are trying to trace early staff members.

Police are investigating allegations from 40 complainants against former brothers from Marylands, run by the St John of God Order.

One former brother, Bernard Kevin McGrath, already faces 32 sex charges, and seven other former colleagues are under investigation in Australia.

Inquiry head Detective Sergeant Earle Borrell said the team had managed to find and interview a number of civilian staff who worked at the school.

However, it wanted to identify and speak to as many staff as it could, including teachers, caregivers, and cleaners, who were at Marylands between the late 1950s and early 1980s.