1 00:00:00,020 --> 00:00:02,060 (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) 2 00:00:15,540 --> 00:00:17,340 LOUISE MILLIGAN: Nestled among the mansions 3 00:00:17,340 --> 00:00:17,620 LOUISE MILLIGAN: of Australia's Nestled among the mansions most expensive real estate 4 00:00:17,620 --> 00:00:20,380 of Australia's most expensive real estate 5 00:00:20,380 --> 00:00:20,620 of Australia's overlooking Sydney Harbour 6 00:00:20,620 --> 00:00:22,980 overlooking Sydney Harbour 7 00:00:22,980 --> 00:00:27,140 is one of the country's most storeyed schools. 8 00:00:27,140 --> 00:00:28,460 The Cranbrook School 9 00:00:28,460 --> 00:00:33,060 is the alma mater of captains of industry and billionaires. 10 00:00:34,020 --> 00:00:35,820 JASON GRAHAM-NYE: Driving past the school 11 00:00:35,820 --> 00:00:37,620 that looks so incredible from the outside, 12 00:00:37,620 --> 00:00:41,140 but in my mind it's a facade because I know what happened on the inside. 13 00:00:42,380 --> 00:00:45,420 You live not so far away from Cranbrook now. 14 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:48,500 How do you feel when you go past that place? 15 00:00:48,500 --> 00:00:48,740 How do you feel I avoid it. 16 00:00:48,740 --> 00:00:50,140 I avoid it. 17 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:54,300 Persistent debates about toxic masculinity 18 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:54,540 Persistent debates have led to a push 19 00:00:54,540 --> 00:00:55,780 have led to a push 20 00:00:55,780 --> 00:00:59,620 for private boys' schools to go co-educational. 21 00:00:59,620 --> 00:01:01,860 But what's often lost in all of that 22 00:01:01,860 --> 00:01:06,340 is whether institutions like this are safe places for girls. 23 00:01:07,860 --> 00:01:09,860 CHANEL CONTOS: Even if you don't like the idea 24 00:01:09,860 --> 00:01:12,460 of the fact that a boys' school is being spotlighted, 25 00:01:12,460 --> 00:01:12,700 of the fact that a boys' school what about the girls? 26 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:14,620 what about the girls? 27 00:01:15,900 --> 00:01:18,940 Many female staff have left the school, 28 00:01:18,940 --> 00:01:19,180 Many female staff bewildered at their treatment. 29 00:01:19,180 --> 00:01:21,060 bewildered at their treatment. 30 00:01:21,060 --> 00:01:23,700 Investigations have been launched, 31 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:26,660 non-disclosure agreements signed, 32 00:01:26,660 --> 00:01:28,180 settlements paid. 33 00:01:28,180 --> 00:01:33,460 I just don't want another female to experience what I've experienced. 34 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:33,700 I just don't want another female It's like lambs to the slaughter. 35 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:35,940 It's like lambs to the slaughter. 36 00:01:35,940 --> 00:01:38,340 And it needs to stop. 37 00:01:38,340 --> 00:01:41,260 At the end of 2022 38 00:01:41,260 --> 00:01:44,140 the entire council bar one member 39 00:01:44,140 --> 00:01:46,980 of the prestigious boys' school Cranbrook 40 00:01:46,980 --> 00:01:51,420 resigned after a very public war was waged with the headmaster. 41 00:01:51,420 --> 00:01:51,660 resigned after a very public war At the time 42 00:01:51,660 --> 00:01:52,540 At the time 43 00:01:52,540 --> 00:01:52,780 the row was blamed on debates about the school going co-ed. At the time 44 00:01:52,780 --> 00:01:56,740 the row was blamed on debates about the school going co-ed. 45 00:01:56,740 --> 00:01:58,220 But our investigation 46 00:01:58,220 --> 00:01:58,460 But our investigation has uncovered a very different picture. 47 00:01:58,460 --> 00:02:00,980 has uncovered a very different picture. 48 00:02:00,980 --> 00:02:01,220 has uncovered In this episode of Four Corners 49 00:02:01,220 --> 00:02:03,460 In this episode of Four Corners 50 00:02:03,460 --> 00:02:05,500 we investigate allegations 51 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:09,100 that have until now remained hidden 52 00:02:09,100 --> 00:02:13,140 and why what happens at elite institutions like this 53 00:02:13,140 --> 00:02:13,380 and why what happens matters for the rest of us. 54 00:02:13,380 --> 00:02:15,700 matters for the rest of us. 55 00:02:31,380 --> 00:02:34,380 It's a spectacular Sydney afternoon, 56 00:02:34,380 --> 00:02:37,140 and a teacher is crossing Sydney Harbour 57 00:02:37,140 --> 00:02:37,380 and a teacher to attend a meeting 58 00:02:37,380 --> 00:02:38,620 to attend a meeting 59 00:02:38,620 --> 00:02:38,860 at one of Australia's to attend a meeting 60 00:02:38,860 --> 00:02:42,580 at one of Australia's most exclusive private schools. 61 00:02:43,540 --> 00:02:47,820 So, I'm going in to meet with the headmaster. 62 00:02:47,820 --> 00:02:52,220 Fiona Richards hasn't been able to work at the school for months. 63 00:02:52,220 --> 00:02:55,220 I was ready to teach. I had the capacity to teach. 64 00:02:55,220 --> 00:02:55,460 I was ready to teach. The only thing stopping me 65 00:02:55,460 --> 00:02:56,740 The only thing stopping me 66 00:02:56,740 --> 00:03:00,380 was an inability to address the workplace bullying 67 00:03:00,380 --> 00:03:03,660 and to ensure that the place was a safe place for me to return to. 68 00:03:06,940 --> 00:03:11,220 Ms Richards has been trying to call Cranbrook to account 69 00:03:11,220 --> 00:03:13,500 for the treatment she says she received 70 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:17,620 at the hands of a circle of senior men at the school. 71 00:03:19,220 --> 00:03:21,460 I don't feel very hopeful, frankly. 72 00:03:21,460 --> 00:03:22,780 I... I just don't. 73 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:29,540 I've realised that this is a bit of a pattern of behaviour, 74 00:03:29,540 --> 00:03:30,780 and I'm not the only one. 75 00:03:30,780 --> 00:03:32,380 And you don't think 76 00:03:32,380 --> 00:03:36,420 that the behaviour directed towards you at Cranbrook was acceptable? 77 00:03:36,420 --> 00:03:36,660 that the behaviour directed towards Not at all. 78 00:03:36,660 --> 00:03:38,100 Not at all. 79 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:39,500 Not at all. It was... 80 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:40,900 It was shocking. 81 00:03:42,780 --> 00:03:47,060 Four Corners has obtained multiple letters and documents 82 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:52,780 from former Cranbrook staff members describing a toxic culture. 83 00:03:52,780 --> 00:03:55,980 So, I've got a series of letters here from women... 84 00:03:55,980 --> 00:03:59,700 We read them to the former head of the Old Boys' Association 85 00:03:59,700 --> 00:04:02,100 and a graduate of a nearby girls' school. 86 00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:04,140 I just wanted to read those out to you. 87 00:04:04,140 --> 00:04:07,060 The women's letters echo conversations 88 00:04:07,060 --> 00:04:09,460 Four Corners has had over many months 89 00:04:09,460 --> 00:04:13,780 with dozens of staff and families who have left Cranbrook. 90 00:04:13,780 --> 00:04:18,780 Those letters were addressed to the headmaster, Nicholas Sampson. 91 00:04:19,740 --> 00:04:22,460 So, 13 October 2020. 92 00:04:22,460 --> 00:04:23,580 (READS) "Dear Nick, 93 00:04:23,580 --> 00:04:27,900 "as it stands, I've lost everything I've worked so hard for - 94 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:29,620 "my role, my integrity, 95 00:04:29,620 --> 00:04:32,620 "my confidence, my happiness. my strength." 96 00:04:32,620 --> 00:04:32,860 "my confidence, my happiness. (PAGE FLIPS) 97 00:04:32,860 --> 00:04:33,780 (PAGE FLIPS) 98 00:04:33,780 --> 00:04:37,500 8 March 2021. 99 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:38,780 (READS) "The school will lose 100 00:04:38,780 --> 00:04:44,300 "yet another hardworking, dedicated, experienced and capable leader 101 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:48,660 "as a consequence of being unable or unwilling 102 00:04:48,660 --> 00:04:53,580 "to eradicate the toxic culture that exists within pockets of the school." 103 00:04:53,580 --> 00:04:53,820 "to eradicate the toxic culture that (PAGE FLIPS) 104 00:04:53,820 --> 00:04:54,820 (PAGE FLIPS) 105 00:04:54,820 --> 00:04:57,220 16 June 2023. 106 00:04:57,220 --> 00:04:58,900 (READS) "Dear Nick, 107 00:04:58,900 --> 00:05:01,180 "Staff Bullying Grievance. 108 00:05:01,180 --> 00:05:04,660 "I am writing to express my upset and concern 109 00:05:04,660 --> 00:05:08,820 "at the demeaning and humiliating manner in which I have been treated." 110 00:05:08,820 --> 00:05:09,060 "at the demeaning and humiliating Monday, 30 October 2023, 111 00:05:09,060 --> 00:05:12,740 Monday, 30 October 2023, 112 00:05:12,740 --> 00:05:12,980 and this was to the Australian Monday, 30 October 2023, 113 00:05:12,980 --> 00:05:16,100 and this was to the Australian Human Rights Commission. 114 00:05:16,100 --> 00:05:20,260 (READS) "I am here today because Cranbrook failed me. 115 00:05:20,260 --> 00:05:20,500 (READS) "I am here today "In my experience, 116 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:22,020 "In my experience, 117 00:05:22,020 --> 00:05:26,900 "Cranbrook did not have a safe, inclusive and supportive culture 118 00:05:26,900 --> 00:05:29,140 "for me and its female teaching staff. 119 00:05:29,140 --> 00:05:31,380 "That must change." 120 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:38,180 Yeah, it's just shocking and just...it's unimaginable. 121 00:05:38,180 --> 00:05:40,220 To hear that now is... 122 00:05:40,220 --> 00:05:41,780 ..you know, massive questions 123 00:05:41,780 --> 00:05:43,900 about whether they're ready for co-ed or not. 124 00:05:43,900 --> 00:05:45,300 It seems like absolutely not. 125 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:50,420 I'm conscious, again, to comment on really specific stuff here... 126 00:05:51,380 --> 00:05:52,860 ..but I'm not surprised. 127 00:05:52,860 --> 00:05:53,100 ..but I'm not surprised. Ultimately it sounds so bad, but I hear the stuff day in, day out. 128 00:05:53,100 --> 00:05:56,100 Ultimately it sounds so bad, but I hear the stuff day in, day out. 129 00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:56,340 Ultimately it sounds so bad, but It's, um... 130 00:05:56,340 --> 00:05:58,140 It's, um... 131 00:05:58,140 --> 00:06:00,660 I'm almost numb to hearing these sort of things now. 132 00:06:03,540 --> 00:06:06,180 ARCHIVE REPORTER: Cranbrook School occupies a magnificent site 133 00:06:06,180 --> 00:06:09,340 at Bellevue Hill overlooking Sydney Harbour. 134 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:17,340 I started in kindergarten when I was three 135 00:06:17,340 --> 00:06:19,900 and went all the way through to senior school, 136 00:06:19,900 --> 00:06:22,420 and I just kind of bought into the vision of it 137 00:06:22,420 --> 00:06:25,420 and just loved the philosophy of it. 138 00:06:27,460 --> 00:06:31,220 It was a school that was committed to getting the best out of everyone. 139 00:06:33,380 --> 00:06:34,900 That's an experience 140 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:39,020 shared by other parents Four Corners spoke to off camera, 141 00:06:39,020 --> 00:06:39,260 shared by other parents who praised the teachers highly. 142 00:06:39,260 --> 00:06:41,820 who praised the teachers highly. 143 00:06:43,380 --> 00:06:46,340 BRENT JACKSON: Cranbrook's a very nice school. 144 00:06:46,340 --> 00:06:46,580 BRENT JACKSON: For us, 145 00:06:46,580 --> 00:06:47,380 For us, 146 00:06:47,380 --> 00:06:47,580 it was no real choice. For us, 147 00:06:47,580 --> 00:06:48,900 it was no real choice. 148 00:06:48,900 --> 00:06:53,420 Cranbrook was always going to be where Jack would go to school. 149 00:06:55,460 --> 00:07:00,380 It's an impressive school with an impressive Latin motto. 150 00:07:00,380 --> 00:07:02,020 So, the Cranbrook motto is 'Esse quam videri'. 151 00:07:02,020 --> 00:07:02,260 So, the Cranbrook motto 'Esse quam videri'. 152 00:07:02,260 --> 00:07:03,740 'Esse quam videri'. 153 00:07:03,740 --> 00:07:06,060 'To be rather than to seem to be.' 154 00:07:06,060 --> 00:07:07,900 'To be rather than to seem to be.' 155 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:10,300 And it's a huge part of the school. 156 00:07:10,300 --> 00:07:12,300 How do you feel about that motto now? 157 00:07:12,300 --> 00:07:12,540 (INHALES SHARPLY) It's a lie. How do you feel about that motto now? 158 00:07:12,540 --> 00:07:14,420 (INHALES SHARPLY) It's a lie. 159 00:07:14,420 --> 00:07:16,420 It's all about saving face. 160 00:07:20,300 --> 00:07:24,580 What you do see of this school from the street is quite something. 161 00:07:24,580 --> 00:07:26,420 Cranbrook has just finished 162 00:07:26,420 --> 00:07:33,420 an award-winning $125 million redevelopment of its facilities. 163 00:07:33,420 --> 00:07:37,660 Like all private schools, it also receives government funding. 164 00:07:37,660 --> 00:07:44,260 At last count, that was more than $6.5 million for the year. 165 00:07:46,660 --> 00:07:51,660 Jason Graham-Nye dedicated his life to this school. 166 00:07:53,020 --> 00:07:54,620 So, Jason, why are you here? 167 00:07:54,620 --> 00:08:00,060 I'm here because I really have a great love for the school. 168 00:08:00,060 --> 00:08:00,300 I'm here because I really I was a student there for 15 years. 169 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:02,020 I was a student there for 15 years. 170 00:08:02,020 --> 00:08:05,180 I was a teacher there. I was a housemaster there for a time. 171 00:08:05,180 --> 00:08:07,780 My sons went to that school. 172 00:08:07,780 --> 00:08:09,300 And I saw behaviour 173 00:08:09,300 --> 00:08:13,180 from senior management towards female staff members 174 00:08:13,180 --> 00:08:15,700 that was completely unacceptable. 175 00:08:17,220 --> 00:08:19,780 Some of that behaviour, he says, 176 00:08:19,780 --> 00:08:23,900 was directed towards a senior marketing executive at Cranbrook 177 00:08:23,900 --> 00:08:28,900 with whom he had worked when he ran the school's alumni association. 178 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:33,460 The marketing executive signed a non-disclosure agreement. 179 00:08:33,460 --> 00:08:36,980 She didn't put you up to speaking on her behalf? 180 00:08:36,980 --> 00:08:38,580 No. Not at all. 181 00:08:38,580 --> 00:08:40,140 This is something that... 182 00:08:40,140 --> 00:08:41,820 I'm just really passionate about the school 183 00:08:41,820 --> 00:08:42,060 I'm just really passionate and about, you know, um... 184 00:08:42,060 --> 00:08:44,260 and about, you know, um... 185 00:08:44,260 --> 00:08:45,580 ..seeing the truth aired 186 00:08:45,580 --> 00:08:48,740 because it's been, you know, buried. 187 00:08:50,460 --> 00:08:52,380 When the marketing executive 188 00:08:52,380 --> 00:08:55,340 made allegations of a toxic culture at Cranbrook 189 00:08:55,340 --> 00:08:55,580 made allegations after leaving the school in 2020, 190 00:08:55,580 --> 00:08:58,220 after leaving the school in 2020, 191 00:08:58,220 --> 00:09:03,140 the school appointed Jason Graham-Nye her support person. 192 00:09:03,140 --> 00:09:04,620 She wrote to Cranbrook 193 00:09:04,620 --> 00:09:08,940 expressing her dismay at how the school had treated her. 194 00:09:08,940 --> 00:09:11,940 (READS) "As Cranbrook stands poised to go co-ed, 195 00:09:11,940 --> 00:09:14,300 "it concerns me greatly that these serious issues 196 00:09:14,300 --> 00:09:16,620 "have apparently not been addressed nor resolved, 197 00:09:16,620 --> 00:09:19,140 "despite assurances at the time of my departure 198 00:09:19,140 --> 00:09:21,340 "that there would be an independent investigation, 199 00:09:21,340 --> 00:09:24,260 "and one of several senior women and men in recent years 200 00:09:24,260 --> 00:09:24,500 "and one of several "that I'm aware of 201 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:25,460 "that I'm aware of 202 00:09:25,460 --> 00:09:27,140 "have suffered professional demise 203 00:09:27,140 --> 00:09:27,380 "at the hands "have suffered professional demise 204 00:09:27,380 --> 00:09:29,620 "at the hands of this vicious culture 205 00:09:29,620 --> 00:09:31,380 "and its repetitive associated pattern 206 00:09:31,380 --> 00:09:33,900 "of intent-driven reputation destruction, 207 00:09:33,900 --> 00:09:37,820 "white-anting, gaslighting, underhandedness, dishonesty, 208 00:09:37,820 --> 00:09:39,740 "collusion and outright lies." 209 00:09:41,140 --> 00:09:44,820 Staff, including senior men at the school, 210 00:09:44,820 --> 00:09:47,220 had made numerous claims against her, 211 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:49,900 including questioning statements she'd made 212 00:09:49,900 --> 00:09:50,140 including questioning about her university qualifications. 213 00:09:50,140 --> 00:09:53,180 about her university qualifications. 214 00:09:53,180 --> 00:09:53,380 So, there was instances where, um... about her university qualifications. 215 00:09:53,380 --> 00:09:56,700 So, there was instances where, um... 216 00:09:56,700 --> 00:09:56,940 ..she was going through So, there was instances where, um... 217 00:09:56,940 --> 00:09:58,620 ..she was going through health issues, 218 00:09:58,620 --> 00:09:58,860 ..she was going through and they were genuinely questioned 219 00:09:58,860 --> 00:10:00,180 and they were genuinely questioned 220 00:10:00,180 --> 00:10:00,420 and they were genuinely questioned by the most senior leaders in that group, 221 00:10:00,420 --> 00:10:02,580 by the most senior leaders in that group, 222 00:10:02,580 --> 00:10:05,980 which I just thought was a strange thing to do. 223 00:10:05,980 --> 00:10:08,500 Without putting too fine a point on it, 224 00:10:08,500 --> 00:10:10,020 she had cancer, 225 00:10:10,020 --> 00:10:13,940 and they questioned whether she was telling the truth? 226 00:10:13,940 --> 00:10:16,180 Yeah. Which I just found extraordinary. 227 00:10:16,180 --> 00:10:18,100 You know, it's a great way to force someone out 228 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:18,340 You know, it's a great way is to create that environment. 229 00:10:18,340 --> 00:10:20,580 is to create that environment. 230 00:10:22,260 --> 00:10:27,980 The marketing executive's letter sent Cranbrook into a tailspin. 231 00:10:27,980 --> 00:10:30,780 The school's council also became aware 232 00:10:30,780 --> 00:10:35,340 the parent of a prefect had raised concerns: 233 00:10:46,740 --> 00:10:49,460 A workplace lawyer wrote to the school 234 00:10:49,460 --> 00:10:53,780 advising that an investigation be launched: 235 00:11:07,940 --> 00:11:11,940 Did that cultural review ever take place? 236 00:11:11,940 --> 00:11:12,180 Did that cultural review Not only did it never take place, 237 00:11:12,180 --> 00:11:14,900 Not only did it never take place, 238 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:18,700 there was a review specifically of the marketing executive's departure, 239 00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:18,940 there was a review specifically of but it was... 240 00:11:18,940 --> 00:11:19,820 but it was... 241 00:11:19,820 --> 00:11:20,060 ..it was run by someone but it was... 242 00:11:20,060 --> 00:11:23,340 ..it was run by someone on the senior leadership team. 243 00:11:23,340 --> 00:11:23,580 ..it was run by someone So, it was, um... 244 00:11:23,580 --> 00:11:25,460 So, it was, um... 245 00:11:25,460 --> 00:11:28,660 It was a completely ineffectual process. 246 00:11:29,620 --> 00:11:32,620 In a statement Cranbrook told Four Corners 247 00:11:32,620 --> 00:11:36,580 it can't discuss matters covered by non-disclosure agreements, 248 00:11:36,580 --> 00:11:36,820 it can't discuss matters but it rejects any assertion 249 00:11:36,820 --> 00:11:38,820 but it rejects any assertion 250 00:11:38,820 --> 00:11:41,020 that the school condones: 251 00:11:47,940 --> 00:11:53,260 In 2021, the year after the marketing executive left Cranbrook, 252 00:11:53,260 --> 00:11:57,540 a scandal erupted in Sydney's private-school community. 253 00:11:58,420 --> 00:12:00,740 Chanel Contos went public 254 00:12:00,740 --> 00:12:04,660 with a petition detailing thousands of testimonies 255 00:12:04,660 --> 00:12:08,940 of allegations of sexual assaults by private-school boys. 256 00:12:08,940 --> 00:12:13,220 Chanel graduated from a neighbouring girls' private school, 257 00:12:13,220 --> 00:12:16,580 so, Cranbrook boys were on the top of her list. 258 00:12:18,340 --> 00:12:20,220 We got the most amount of testimonies 259 00:12:20,220 --> 00:12:22,780 submitted from Scots College and Cranbrook, 260 00:12:22,780 --> 00:12:25,460 which are two schools right next to each other in Bellevue Hill. 261 00:12:25,460 --> 00:12:25,700 which are two schools right next to each other in Bellevue Hill. A few months after the petition, 262 00:12:25,700 --> 00:12:28,540 A few months after the petition, 263 00:12:28,540 --> 00:12:31,820 I wrote to the headmasters of Scots and Cranbrook 264 00:12:31,820 --> 00:12:35,020 to let them know that over the last few months 265 00:12:35,020 --> 00:12:39,820 we had collected almost 500 testimonies of sexual assault 266 00:12:39,820 --> 00:12:40,060 we had collected almost 500 that named the perpetrator 267 00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:41,900 that named the perpetrator 268 00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:45,180 as either a Scots boy or a Cranbrook student. 269 00:12:45,180 --> 00:12:50,060 Nicholas Sampson replied to Chanel Contos immediately, 270 00:12:50,060 --> 00:12:53,780 and Cranbrook participated in an independent research study 271 00:12:53,780 --> 00:12:56,100 on the culture of students at the school. 272 00:12:56,100 --> 00:13:00,140 It says it's continuing to implement the findings, 273 00:13:00,140 --> 00:13:04,420 which include consent and respect education for the boys. 274 00:13:06,220 --> 00:13:09,500 Former mathematics teacher Jasmin Hyde 275 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:13,420 had what seemed to be a bright future at Cranbrook. 276 00:13:13,420 --> 00:13:18,900 She was a law graduate who also had a degree in pure mathematics. 277 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:19,140 She was a law graduate who also But things unravelled 278 00:13:19,140 --> 00:13:20,740 But things unravelled 279 00:13:20,740 --> 00:13:25,660 when a student attempted to blackmail her for nude pictures, 280 00:13:25,660 --> 00:13:28,020 threatening to accuse her of abusing him 281 00:13:28,020 --> 00:13:28,260 threatening to accuse her if she didn't send them. 282 00:13:28,260 --> 00:13:30,100 if she didn't send them. 283 00:13:30,100 --> 00:13:30,340 While the boy who wrote the email apologised profusely if she didn't send them. 284 00:13:30,340 --> 00:13:34,780 While the boy who wrote the email apologised profusely 285 00:13:34,780 --> 00:13:35,020 and said he was ashamed, apologised profusely 286 00:13:35,020 --> 00:13:36,820 and said he was ashamed, 287 00:13:36,820 --> 00:13:37,060 and said he was ashamed, shocked Jasmin Hyde. 288 00:13:37,060 --> 00:13:40,900 the school's response shocked Jasmin Hyde. 289 00:13:42,700 --> 00:13:46,780 (BIRDS SQUAWK) 290 00:13:48,300 --> 00:13:53,300 She says she was invited by Nicholas Sampson and his deputy, Bob Meakin, 291 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:53,540 She says she was invited by Nicholas to this harbourside cafe in Rose Bay. 292 00:13:53,540 --> 00:13:57,060 to this harbourside cafe in Rose Bay. 293 00:14:06,540 --> 00:14:10,100 The account of that meeting formed part of a complaint 294 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:14,660 that Jasmin Hyde made to the Australian Human Rights Commission. 295 00:14:14,660 --> 00:14:17,500 In her statement to the commission she said: 296 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:42,700 In response to Ms Hyde's allegations, Nicholas Sampson said: 297 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:02,700 The school's statement to Four Corners 298 00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:05,860 says Mr Meakin never intended to offend and... 299 00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:12,020 In the school's response to the Human Rights Commission, 300 00:15:12,020 --> 00:15:13,300 Mr Sampson said: 301 00:15:35,180 --> 00:15:39,220 But Cranbrook WAS aware of these incidents. 302 00:15:40,420 --> 00:15:43,220 A PowerPoint seminar presented by teachers 303 00:15:43,220 --> 00:15:47,100 had outlined all of those concerns about boys' behaviour - 304 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:51,660 wolf-whistling, sexually inappropriate gifts and comments. 305 00:15:51,660 --> 00:15:56,780 It was presented in an email titled Respectful Relationships. 306 00:15:56,780 --> 00:16:02,340 That email was sent to all senior school staff at Cranbrook 307 00:16:02,340 --> 00:16:07,140 three years before Jasmin Hyde made her complaint. 308 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:10,060 "On playground duty 309 00:16:10,060 --> 00:16:14,900 "boys would moan as if making orgasm noises when I walked past." 310 00:16:25,540 --> 00:16:27,020 Three months ago 311 00:16:27,020 --> 00:16:29,140 the Human Rights Commission upheld 312 00:16:29,140 --> 00:16:33,660 Jasmin Hyde's claims of sexual discrimination at Cranbrook, 313 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:38,260 including failure to provide breastfeeding facilities for her 314 00:16:38,260 --> 00:16:41,620 and a failure to find a car space when she was pregnant. 315 00:16:41,620 --> 00:16:44,820 The commission doesn't have the power to make decisions 316 00:16:44,820 --> 00:16:49,500 about harassment by students aged under 18. 317 00:16:52,100 --> 00:16:57,020 The man overseeing all of this has been Nicholas Sampson. 318 00:16:57,020 --> 00:17:02,780 Mr Sampson arrived at Cranbrook from the United Kingdom in 2012. 319 00:17:02,780 --> 00:17:03,020 Mr Sampson arrived at Cranbrook A 2021 report revealed 320 00:17:03,020 --> 00:17:05,860 A 2021 report revealed 321 00:17:05,860 --> 00:17:06,100 he was the second-highest paid A 2021 report revealed 322 00:17:06,100 --> 00:17:10,740 he was the second-highest paid principal in Australia. 323 00:17:11,740 --> 00:17:14,780 Well, good morning, everybody, and welcome to this assembly. 324 00:17:14,780 --> 00:17:17,180 Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this morning's assembly. 325 00:17:17,180 --> 00:17:17,420 Good morning, everyone, and welcome Good morning, everybody. 326 00:17:17,420 --> 00:17:18,300 Good morning, everybody. 327 00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:19,300 It's good to welcome you 328 00:17:19,300 --> 00:17:19,540 to this final orthodox assembly of this term. It's good to welcome you 329 00:17:19,540 --> 00:17:23,100 to this final orthodox assembly of this term. 330 00:17:25,660 --> 00:17:28,820 My first impressions were here was someone who was a great orator. 331 00:17:28,820 --> 00:17:29,060 My first impressions were here was Like, he was incredible. 332 00:17:29,060 --> 00:17:30,140 Like, he was incredible. 333 00:17:30,140 --> 00:17:30,380 He could hold an audience with no Like, he was incredible. 334 00:17:30,380 --> 00:17:34,900 He could hold an audience with no notes and he could just captivate. 335 00:17:37,420 --> 00:17:40,020 Mr Sampson lives rent-free 336 00:17:40,020 --> 00:17:42,740 in a stone house on campus 337 00:17:42,740 --> 00:17:44,340 overlooking Sydney Harbour. 338 00:17:44,340 --> 00:17:48,940 He shares the home with his partner, a Cranbrook parent. 339 00:17:55,180 --> 00:17:56,340 Ah! 340 00:17:56,340 --> 00:17:57,940 How'd you go? 341 00:17:57,940 --> 00:17:59,540 Well, um... 342 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:01,780 ..as expected. 343 00:18:01,780 --> 00:18:02,020 Former Cranbrook economics teacher ..as expected. 344 00:18:02,020 --> 00:18:05,220 Former Cranbrook economics teacher Fiona Richards 345 00:18:05,220 --> 00:18:08,860 feels bitterly let down by Nicholas Sampson. 346 00:18:08,860 --> 00:18:13,220 She spoke to Four Corners after her meeting with the headmaster 347 00:18:13,220 --> 00:18:16,460 about her workplace complaint about bullying. 348 00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:16,700 about her workplace complaint No acknowledgement that, um... 349 00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:20,060 No acknowledgement that, um... 350 00:18:20,060 --> 00:18:23,220 ..it was, um... it was due to workplace bullying. 351 00:18:23,220 --> 00:18:23,460 ..it was, um... How did that make you feel? 352 00:18:23,460 --> 00:18:25,500 How did that make you feel? 353 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:25,740 Oh, like I felt for the last... How did that make you feel? 354 00:18:25,740 --> 00:18:30,300 Oh, like I felt for the last... last many months - 355 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:30,540 Oh, like I felt for the last... marginalised, just...not heard. 356 00:18:30,540 --> 00:18:35,260 marginalised, just...not heard. 357 00:18:35,260 --> 00:18:38,620 One thing I asked for, um... was an apology. 358 00:18:38,620 --> 00:18:40,300 But, um... 359 00:18:40,300 --> 00:18:41,980 Did you get one? No. 360 00:18:43,660 --> 00:18:49,300 Why is it important to hear those words from Nicholas Sampson? 361 00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:53,100 Because he's at the top. 362 00:18:53,100 --> 00:18:58,340 He's presiding over these people, this culture. 363 00:18:59,340 --> 00:19:05,420 And if the message doesn't come from him, then nothing changes. 364 00:19:06,380 --> 00:19:09,060 Fiona was a former corporate lawyer 365 00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:09,300 who found her love of teaching Fiona was a former corporate lawyer 366 00:19:09,300 --> 00:19:12,860 who found her love of teaching later in life. 367 00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:15,580 A senior teacher who sat in on her classes 368 00:19:15,580 --> 00:19:18,620 when she started at Cranbrook in 2022 369 00:19:18,620 --> 00:19:20,580 assessed them as 'excellent'. 370 00:19:22,340 --> 00:19:24,860 But things soured when Fiona suggested 371 00:19:24,860 --> 00:19:28,420 what she thought were fairly straightforward changes 372 00:19:28,420 --> 00:19:29,980 to the commerce course. 373 00:19:29,980 --> 00:19:36,100 What followed was a series of complaints about her own work. 374 00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:36,340 What followed was a series I felt like this was a classic case 375 00:19:36,340 --> 00:19:38,620 I felt like this was a classic case 376 00:19:38,620 --> 00:19:38,820 of victimisation, I felt like this was a classic case 377 00:19:38,820 --> 00:19:39,740 of victimisation, 378 00:19:39,740 --> 00:19:44,260 of someone immediately becoming the problem 379 00:19:44,260 --> 00:19:47,140 when they've raised some legitimate concerns. 380 00:19:50,580 --> 00:19:53,420 For the first time in her long career 381 00:19:53,420 --> 00:19:53,660 For the first time Fiona became so stressed 382 00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:55,900 Fiona became so stressed 383 00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:59,140 her doctor advised her not to work. 384 00:19:59,140 --> 00:19:59,380 She made her doctor advised her not to work. 385 00:19:59,380 --> 00:20:01,980 She made a worker's compensation claim, 386 00:20:01,980 --> 00:20:02,220 She made and her statement to the insurer 387 00:20:02,220 --> 00:20:04,180 and her statement to the insurer 388 00:20:04,180 --> 00:20:09,180 catalogues multiple minor allegations being levelled against her 389 00:20:09,180 --> 00:20:13,060 in meetings with senior men at the school. 390 00:20:13,060 --> 00:20:16,180 They include being late for debating 391 00:20:16,180 --> 00:20:20,100 when she was travelling from an economics conference across town, 392 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:24,660 not attending after-hours activities on a day that she was sick, 393 00:20:24,660 --> 00:20:28,060 being abrupt to staff at the sick bay. 394 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:36,340 I've never felt so disrespected before as a female. 395 00:20:36,340 --> 00:20:42,660 And, um...I've never felt so humiliated in my working career. 396 00:20:43,700 --> 00:20:47,540 And how were you at the end of this process? 397 00:20:48,980 --> 00:20:50,500 Broken. 398 00:20:52,020 --> 00:20:54,420 Distressed. Anxious. 399 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:56,260 Panicked. 400 00:20:59,660 --> 00:21:04,620 Cranbrook's insurer upheld Fiona Richards' workplace injury. 401 00:21:05,580 --> 00:21:08,180 But Cranbrook didn't accept this 402 00:21:08,180 --> 00:21:08,420 and asked the insurer But Cranbrook didn't accept this 403 00:21:08,420 --> 00:21:11,500 and asked the insurer to review that finding. 404 00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:15,500 That review found once again in Fiona's favour. 405 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:18,460 But Cranbrook did their own investigation. 406 00:21:18,460 --> 00:21:22,460 The person who conducted it didn't interview Fiona, 407 00:21:22,460 --> 00:21:25,980 and she doesn't know who that person was. 408 00:21:25,980 --> 00:21:26,220 and she doesn't know It's a totally unfair process. 409 00:21:26,220 --> 00:21:27,980 It's a totally unfair process. 410 00:21:27,980 --> 00:21:29,460 It lacks transparency 411 00:21:29,460 --> 00:21:29,700 and fair consideration It lacks transparency 412 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:36,580 and fair consideration of everyone's perspectives. 413 00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:42,700 Fiona thought long and hard about speaking out. 414 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:42,940 Fiona thought long and hard I am desperate for things to change 415 00:21:42,940 --> 00:21:46,500 I am desperate for things to change 416 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:46,740 and for no other female teacher I am desperate for things to change 417 00:21:46,740 --> 00:21:51,220 and for no other female teacher to experience what I've experienced. 418 00:21:51,220 --> 00:21:51,460 and for no other female teacher I wouldn't be here today 419 00:21:51,460 --> 00:21:52,700 I wouldn't be here today 420 00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:56,700 if I wasn't aware that I was standing on the shoulders 421 00:21:56,700 --> 00:21:59,620 of other people who've been through similar experiences 422 00:21:59,620 --> 00:21:59,860 of other people who've been through and at great personal cost. 423 00:21:59,860 --> 00:22:01,300 and at great personal cost. 424 00:22:02,260 --> 00:22:04,260 In its statement, Cranbrook says 425 00:22:04,260 --> 00:22:04,500 In its statement, Cranbrook says fairness was provided" to Fiona 426 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:09,540 it was, "satisfied that procedural fairness was provided" to Fiona 427 00:22:09,540 --> 00:22:12,380 and the matter was handled appropriately. 428 00:22:12,380 --> 00:22:12,620 and the matter was handled appropriately. (BIRDS TWITTER) 429 00:22:12,620 --> 00:22:16,220 (BIRDS TWITTER) 430 00:22:16,220 --> 00:22:16,460 Cranbrook (BIRDS TWITTER) 431 00:22:16,460 --> 00:22:19,420 Cranbrook is not the first elite school 432 00:22:19,420 --> 00:22:23,980 where Nicholas Sampson's leadership has been questioned. 433 00:22:23,980 --> 00:22:26,740 For three years until 2004 434 00:22:26,740 --> 00:22:31,260 he was headmaster at Victoria's Geelong Grammar School. 435 00:22:34,100 --> 00:22:39,180 In 2016, much to the concern of many in the Cranbrook community, 436 00:22:39,180 --> 00:22:39,420 In 2016, much to the concern the Child Abuse Royal Commission 437 00:22:39,420 --> 00:22:41,100 the Child Abuse Royal Commission 438 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:41,340 made multiple findings about Nicholas the Child Abuse Royal Commission 439 00:22:41,340 --> 00:22:46,580 made multiple findings about Nicholas Sampson's historical handling 440 00:22:46,580 --> 00:22:51,500 of the case of a later convicted paedophile at Geelong Grammar. 441 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:51,740 of the case of a later convicted Until now 442 00:22:51,740 --> 00:22:53,020 Until now 443 00:22:53,020 --> 00:22:56,460 the two men who blew the whistle on that episode 444 00:22:56,460 --> 00:22:59,100 have chosen to remain anonymous. 445 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:04,220 Those two brothers now live on opposite sides of the world. 446 00:23:04,220 --> 00:23:10,900 They've decided to tell their story for the first time to Four Corners. 447 00:23:20,420 --> 00:23:26,100 We went to meet Shane O'Hare in Launceston in Tasmania. 448 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:31,700 He's a prominent chief executive officer, 449 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:35,740 and it's been a huge decision for him to speak out. 450 00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:40,420 I wanted to start by asking you, Shane, why are you here? 451 00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:40,660 Well, for many years, I've, um... I wanted to start by asking you, Shane, why are you here? 452 00:23:40,660 --> 00:23:43,660 Well, for many years, I've, um... 453 00:23:43,660 --> 00:23:48,780 ..kept quiet about my situation with sexual abuse. 454 00:23:48,780 --> 00:23:49,060 ..kept quiet about my situation with sexual abuse. I do feel a real sense of responsibility to tell my story, 455 00:23:49,060 --> 00:23:53,500 I do feel a real sense of responsibility to tell my story, 456 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:53,740 I do feel a real sense which is why I'm here. 457 00:23:53,740 --> 00:23:55,540 which is why I'm here. 458 00:23:55,540 --> 00:23:57,740 But it's also to those 459 00:23:57,740 --> 00:24:00,820 that are running the schools, the institutions, 460 00:24:00,820 --> 00:24:03,940 it's to the, um... and to the students, 461 00:24:03,940 --> 00:24:04,180 it's to the, um... um...that... 462 00:24:04,180 --> 00:24:06,060 um...that... 463 00:24:06,060 --> 00:24:07,500 ..to raise the awareness 464 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:11,460 and to ensure that this thing gets stamped out forever. 465 00:24:25,060 --> 00:24:27,260 A long way from Launceston 466 00:24:27,260 --> 00:24:30,620 in a small town outside of Toronto, Canada, 467 00:24:30,620 --> 00:24:30,860 in a small town we met Shane's brother, Jeff O'Hare. 468 00:24:30,860 --> 00:24:34,260 we met Shane's brother, Jeff O'Hare. 469 00:24:39,580 --> 00:24:41,100 Jeff, why are you here? 470 00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:43,740 Why are you choosing to speak out now? 471 00:24:43,740 --> 00:24:43,980 I'm a firm believer in justice, Why are you choosing to speak out now? 472 00:24:43,980 --> 00:24:47,580 I'm a firm believer in justice, 473 00:24:47,580 --> 00:24:52,100 but particularly in the safety of all people, 474 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:53,860 and particularly children. 475 00:24:56,340 --> 00:25:00,580 Shane and Jeff were boarders at Geelong Grammar in the '70s, 476 00:25:00,580 --> 00:25:05,380 when a house tutor began to take an unusual interest in Shane. 477 00:25:05,380 --> 00:25:05,620 when a house tutor began The man's name was Jonathan Harvey. 478 00:25:05,620 --> 00:25:09,140 The man's name was Jonathan Harvey. 479 00:25:09,140 --> 00:25:13,740 Harvey repeatedly sexually assaulted Shane over two years 480 00:25:13,740 --> 00:25:13,980 Harvey repeatedly sexually assaulted from when Shane was 16. 481 00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:16,220 from when Shane was 16. 482 00:25:16,220 --> 00:25:17,900 Many years later 483 00:25:17,900 --> 00:25:23,620 Harvey would be convicted of 10 acts of gross indecency. 484 00:25:24,820 --> 00:25:26,300 So, it's a very, um... 485 00:25:26,300 --> 00:25:29,380 It's a very difficult thing to live with, um... 486 00:25:29,380 --> 00:25:34,100 ..with the fact that you have been sexually abused when you were young. 487 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:34,340 ..with the fact that you have been You live with it every day. 488 00:25:34,340 --> 00:25:35,780 You live with it every day. 489 00:25:35,780 --> 00:25:37,980 You feel quite guilty. 490 00:25:37,980 --> 00:25:39,420 You feel betrayed. 491 00:25:41,860 --> 00:25:44,820 Jeff O'Hare is an Anglican priest. 492 00:25:44,820 --> 00:25:47,500 He had no idea about his brother's abuse 493 00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:51,340 when he went back to their old school as chaplain. 494 00:25:52,900 --> 00:25:58,020 At the time Jonathan Harvey was still teaching mathematics at Geelong. 495 00:25:59,860 --> 00:26:03,500 Before the 2004 school year began, 496 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:03,740 Shane finally told police and Before the 2004 school year began, 497 00:26:03,740 --> 00:26:08,460 Shane finally told police and his brother what Harvey did to him. 498 00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:13,300 What was the feeling as a brother? 499 00:26:15,500 --> 00:26:17,140 Um... 500 00:26:18,580 --> 00:26:20,380 Devastation 501 00:26:20,380 --> 00:26:24,260 that I couldn't be there for him. 502 00:26:30,740 --> 00:26:35,620 Jeff reported Jonathan Harvey to headmaster, Nicholas Sampson. 503 00:26:35,620 --> 00:26:39,860 Shane wanted his name to be kept confidential. 504 00:26:43,660 --> 00:26:49,700 I wanted him to take immediate action to investigate, obviously, 505 00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:53,820 to bring the perpetrator to some level of justice here. 506 00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:56,900 I approached Nick and said, "I'd like to...I've got to... 507 00:26:56,900 --> 00:26:59,500 "I need to have a confidential conversation with you." 508 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:03,420 And, you know, he immediately responded 509 00:27:03,420 --> 00:27:07,580 that he knew that these things had been going on 510 00:27:07,580 --> 00:27:09,220 with this particular person. 511 00:27:09,220 --> 00:27:14,700 He referred to him as "an evil, manipulative person" 512 00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:18,180 and that "we've been trying to get rid of him for years." 513 00:27:19,740 --> 00:27:22,660 In his testimony to the Royal Commission 514 00:27:22,660 --> 00:27:22,900 In his testimony Nicholas Sampson denied saying this. 515 00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:25,700 Nicholas Sampson denied saying this. 516 00:27:25,700 --> 00:27:27,860 Nonetheless, Jeff believed 517 00:27:27,860 --> 00:27:28,100 that, with an accused paedophile Nonetheless, Jeff believed 518 00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:31,100 that, with an accused paedophile in his midst, 519 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:31,340 that, with an accused paedophile the headmaster would act immediately. 520 00:27:31,340 --> 00:27:34,460 the headmaster would act immediately. 521 00:27:34,460 --> 00:27:35,460 Absolutely. 522 00:27:35,460 --> 00:27:35,700 I mean, I actually expected that Absolutely. 523 00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:39,180 I mean, I actually expected that Jonathan would be gone the next day. 524 00:27:39,180 --> 00:27:41,220 And, so... But he wasn't. 525 00:27:41,220 --> 00:27:41,460 And, so... No, he wasn't. 526 00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:42,500 No, he wasn't. 527 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:44,260 (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK) 528 00:27:44,260 --> 00:27:44,500 Instead Nicholas Sampson, who was (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK) 529 00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:49,060 Instead Nicholas Sampson, who was leaving Geelong Grammar mid-year, 530 00:27:49,060 --> 00:27:54,260 allowed Harvey to keep teaching at the school for almost a year. 531 00:27:54,260 --> 00:27:56,260 JONATHAN HARVEY: Mr Sampson told me that, 532 00:27:56,260 --> 00:27:56,540 whilst no formal allegations JONATHAN HARVEY: Mr Sampson told me that, 533 00:27:56,540 --> 00:28:00,460 whilst no formal allegations had been made, 534 00:28:00,460 --> 00:28:00,700 whilst no formal allegations um...he thought it would be sensible 535 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:03,740 um...he thought it would be sensible 536 00:28:03,740 --> 00:28:06,220 for me to retire at the end of the year. 537 00:28:07,740 --> 00:28:10,660 Well, I think that was absolutely disgraceful. 538 00:28:10,660 --> 00:28:10,900 Well, I think That in any circumstances 539 00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:13,140 That in any circumstances 540 00:28:13,140 --> 00:28:17,180 he should have been immediately suspended, um...pending... 541 00:28:17,180 --> 00:28:18,460 ..pending an investigation. 542 00:28:19,780 --> 00:28:24,180 Mr Sampson did not alert authorities to the allegations about Harvey, 543 00:28:24,180 --> 00:28:27,740 and the Royal Commission found in 2016 544 00:28:27,740 --> 00:28:32,020 that he should have notified the Victorian Institute of Teaching. 545 00:28:32,020 --> 00:28:35,020 You had allegations which you regarded as serious 546 00:28:35,020 --> 00:28:37,180 that Harvey had sexually abused a boy. 547 00:28:37,180 --> 00:28:38,900 Jonathan Harvey retired 548 00:28:38,900 --> 00:28:41,540 without the allegations of sexual abuse 549 00:28:41,540 --> 00:28:45,260 ever being disclosed in the school's records, 550 00:28:45,260 --> 00:28:45,540 and Nicholas Sampson approved ever being disclosed a $64,000 payout in the school's records, 551 00:28:45,540 --> 00:28:50,140 and Nicholas Sampson approved a $64,000 payout 552 00:28:50,140 --> 00:28:51,660 for an extra year of work 553 00:28:51,660 --> 00:28:51,860 for an extra year of work Harvey did not do. 554 00:28:51,860 --> 00:28:53,700 Harvey did not do. 555 00:28:53,700 --> 00:28:53,940 Do you agree that, that being the position, Harvey did not do. 556 00:28:53,940 --> 00:28:58,700 Do you agree that, that being the position, 557 00:28:58,700 --> 00:29:05,020 that survivors of child sexual abuse be entitled to think, 558 00:29:05,020 --> 00:29:06,540 in your estimation, 559 00:29:06,540 --> 00:29:09,140 it's a totally unsatisfactory response? 560 00:29:10,780 --> 00:29:15,260 Now... Now it's been... it's been understood... 561 00:29:16,460 --> 00:29:18,340 ..and the scale of... 562 00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:18,580 ..well, his conduct ..and the scale of... 563 00:29:18,580 --> 00:29:22,860 ..well, his conduct has been made clear, 564 00:29:22,860 --> 00:29:24,580 ..yes, I do. Um... 565 00:29:24,580 --> 00:29:26,460 I, um... 566 00:29:26,460 --> 00:29:30,980 I've heard what people have said about what they have suffered. 567 00:29:30,980 --> 00:29:33,660 It is heart-rending, astonishing 568 00:29:33,660 --> 00:29:35,500 and it's a betrayal. 569 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:35,700 (BIRDS TWITTER) and it's a betrayal. 570 00:29:35,700 --> 00:29:37,780 (BIRDS TWITTER) 571 00:29:37,780 --> 00:29:39,460 Mr Sampson would later say 572 00:29:39,460 --> 00:29:43,980 the arrangement with Harvey was not a sweetheart deal. 573 00:29:44,980 --> 00:29:46,700 Well, yes, it was. (LAUGHS) 574 00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:46,900 What else could it have been Well, yes, it was. (LAUGHS) 575 00:29:46,900 --> 00:29:49,180 What else could it have been 576 00:29:49,180 --> 00:29:54,340 after he knew why he was retiring Harvey? I mean... Or dismissing. 577 00:29:54,340 --> 00:29:54,580 after he knew why he was retiring Harvey? I mean... Or dismissing. I mean, retirement is a joke. 578 00:29:54,580 --> 00:29:57,620 I mean, retirement is a joke. 579 00:29:57,620 --> 00:30:00,100 He should have been dismissed immediately. 580 00:30:00,100 --> 00:30:03,540 How much were you paid in the first instance 581 00:30:03,540 --> 00:30:07,020 in an ex-gratia compensation payment by Geelong Grammar School? 582 00:30:07,020 --> 00:30:07,260 in an ex-gratia compensation payment I was paid approximately $23,000. 583 00:30:07,260 --> 00:30:11,060 I was paid approximately $23,000. 584 00:30:12,940 --> 00:30:16,620 Nicholas Sampson repeatedly referred in the Royal commission 585 00:30:16,620 --> 00:30:16,860 Nicholas Sampson repeatedly referred to Shane's request for anonymity, 586 00:30:16,860 --> 00:30:19,300 to Shane's request for anonymity, 587 00:30:19,300 --> 00:30:23,540 insisting his actions were informed by the victim's wishes. 588 00:30:23,540 --> 00:30:23,820 And I do understand that, insisting his actions although I was being pragmatic, were informed by the victim's wishes. 589 00:30:23,820 --> 00:30:28,580 And I do understand that, although I was being pragmatic, 590 00:30:28,580 --> 00:30:31,740 um...and trying to achieve the victim's wishes, 591 00:30:31,740 --> 00:30:36,620 that some of that language just isn't good enough. 592 00:30:37,980 --> 00:30:39,460 Was it your wish 593 00:30:39,460 --> 00:30:43,620 that Jonathan Harvey remain in his job until the end of the year? 594 00:30:43,620 --> 00:30:43,860 that Jonathan Harvey remain Not in the slightest. 595 00:30:43,860 --> 00:30:45,860 Not in the slightest. 596 00:30:49,140 --> 00:30:51,340 Before he left Geelong Grammar 597 00:30:51,340 --> 00:30:55,020 Nicholas Sampson wrote to Jonathan Harvey. 598 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:59,060 He thanked Harvey for his "outstanding service," 599 00:30:59,060 --> 00:31:03,660 described him as a "wonderful teacher, an outstanding housemaster, 600 00:31:03,660 --> 00:31:03,900 described him as a "wonderful "a fine and thoughtful colleague" 601 00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:05,820 "a fine and thoughtful colleague" 602 00:31:05,820 --> 00:31:08,220 and "tremendous and committed." 603 00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:12,340 "Thank you for your friendship and kindness towards my family. 604 00:31:12,340 --> 00:31:12,580 "We will keep in touch and kindness towards my family. 605 00:31:12,580 --> 00:31:13,820 "We will keep in touch 606 00:31:13,820 --> 00:31:16,740 "and look forward to seeing you before too long." 607 00:31:17,780 --> 00:31:21,180 It was about the boys' club. That's what it was about. 608 00:31:21,180 --> 00:31:21,420 It's just a complete and utter lack It was about the boys' club. That's what it was about. 609 00:31:21,420 --> 00:31:23,500 It's just a complete and utter lack 610 00:31:23,500 --> 00:31:26,580 of respect for me as an individual 611 00:31:26,580 --> 00:31:28,060 in a school 612 00:31:28,060 --> 00:31:28,300 in a school that was supposed to be caring for me. 613 00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:32,660 that was supposed to be caring for me. 614 00:31:32,660 --> 00:31:32,900 that was supposed If you had him in front of you now, 615 00:31:32,900 --> 00:31:35,180 If you had him in front of you now, 616 00:31:35,180 --> 00:31:35,420 what would you say If you had him in front of you now, 617 00:31:35,420 --> 00:31:37,700 what would you say to Nicholas Sampson? 618 00:31:37,700 --> 00:31:41,260 I'd say, "What were you thinking, Nicholas?" 619 00:31:42,220 --> 00:31:44,860 In a Cranbrook statement to Four Corners 620 00:31:44,860 --> 00:31:48,340 Mr Sampson rejects that there was a boys' club at Geelong. 621 00:31:48,340 --> 00:31:48,580 Mr Sampson rejects that The school said: 622 00:31:48,580 --> 00:31:50,220 The school said: 623 00:31:53,220 --> 00:31:54,580 Well, for me... 624 00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:56,580 For me, it wasn't a long time ago. 625 00:31:56,580 --> 00:31:58,740 I think that anything, 626 00:31:58,740 --> 00:31:58,980 whether it's today or whether I think that anything, 627 00:31:58,980 --> 00:32:02,940 whether it's today or whether it's 10 years ago or 20 years ago, 628 00:32:02,940 --> 00:32:06,260 the same level of care and responsibility 629 00:32:06,260 --> 00:32:10,140 are required from a senior officer in the school, 630 00:32:10,140 --> 00:32:10,380 are required from a senior officer as he was the most senior officer. 631 00:32:10,380 --> 00:32:12,140 as he was the most senior officer. 632 00:32:13,100 --> 00:32:18,260 Geelong Grammar told Four Corners it was committed to: 633 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:34,340 As news of Nicholas Sampson's handling of the Geelong Grammar case 634 00:32:34,340 --> 00:32:34,580 As news of Nicholas Sampson's hit the Cranbrook community, 635 00:32:34,580 --> 00:32:36,260 hit the Cranbrook community, 636 00:32:36,260 --> 00:32:41,260 it caused considerable consternation amongst some parents. 637 00:32:41,260 --> 00:32:41,500 it caused considerable consternation Those parents were horrified 638 00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:43,180 Those parents were horrified 639 00:32:43,180 --> 00:32:43,420 when Cranbrook's council threw Those parents were horrified 640 00:32:43,420 --> 00:32:48,140 when Cranbrook's council threw its support behind the headmaster. 641 00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:51,860 (READS) "Why the school would place itself in that position 642 00:32:51,860 --> 00:32:52,860 "is beyond me, 643 00:32:52,860 --> 00:32:54,900 "especially given his own evidence. 644 00:32:54,900 --> 00:32:55,100 "especially given his own evidence. "There is a moral failure here, 645 00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:56,900 "There is a moral failure here, 646 00:32:56,900 --> 00:32:59,500 "even if there might not be a specific legal one." 647 00:33:00,460 --> 00:33:04,140 Cranbrook parent Brent Jackson wrote to the council, 648 00:33:04,140 --> 00:33:04,380 Cranbrook parent Brent Jackson alarmed at its support of Mr Sampson. 649 00:33:04,380 --> 00:33:07,460 alarmed at its support of Mr Sampson. 650 00:33:07,460 --> 00:33:09,220 In his own testimony, 651 00:33:09,220 --> 00:33:13,820 without the legal obligation to the Victorian teaching authority, 652 00:33:13,820 --> 00:33:16,420 without warning the incoming headmaster, 653 00:33:16,420 --> 00:33:16,660 without warning without putting any checks in place, 654 00:33:16,660 --> 00:33:18,900 without putting any checks in place, 655 00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:21,100 without any serious investigation, 656 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:25,180 he left the teacher to teach out the year while he went to England. 657 00:33:25,180 --> 00:33:25,420 he left the teacher to teach out Well, I think, uh... 658 00:33:25,420 --> 00:33:27,660 Well, I think, uh... 659 00:33:27,660 --> 00:33:30,020 ..in all the communications we received from the school, 660 00:33:30,020 --> 00:33:34,260 it always said that his number-one concern was child protection 661 00:33:34,260 --> 00:33:37,060 and that was his most important concern. 662 00:33:38,020 --> 00:33:41,900 And yet this didn't seem to match that. 663 00:33:44,540 --> 00:33:48,340 Three months after Nicholas Sampson gave his evidence 664 00:33:48,340 --> 00:33:49,660 in the Royal Commission, 665 00:33:49,660 --> 00:33:53,460 Cranbrook's council agreed to extend his contract. 666 00:34:08,220 --> 00:34:11,980 The Royal Commission did make multiple findings 667 00:34:11,980 --> 00:34:14,220 which were critical of Nicholas Sampson, 668 00:34:14,220 --> 00:34:17,860 including that his friendly letters to Jonathan Harvey 669 00:34:17,860 --> 00:34:22,860 were misleading about the real reason for Harvey's retirement. 670 00:34:22,860 --> 00:34:25,820 Cranbrook's new chair, Roger Massey-Greene, 671 00:34:25,820 --> 00:34:29,540 sent the council what he proposed writing to parents. 672 00:34:29,540 --> 00:34:35,220 He said he did so on the advice of a crisis communications strategist. 673 00:34:44,900 --> 00:34:50,420 'Exemplary' is the description that Travis Mathews disputes. 674 00:34:51,380 --> 00:34:54,700 For the first time Travis is telling his story 675 00:34:54,700 --> 00:35:00,180 about what he says happened to him at Cranbrook when he was 13. 676 00:35:00,180 --> 00:35:03,620 Travis had been a ward of the state in Western Australia 677 00:35:03,620 --> 00:35:03,860 Travis had been a ward of the state since he was a baby. 678 00:35:03,860 --> 00:35:05,220 since he was a baby. 679 00:35:05,220 --> 00:35:07,100 His mother was dead. 680 00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:07,340 The state was paying Cranbrook His mother was dead. 681 00:35:07,340 --> 00:35:10,580 The state was paying Cranbrook for Travis's tuition 682 00:35:10,580 --> 00:35:15,300 because his older sister was working at a nearby naval base. 683 00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:17,580 ADRIAN BARAKAT: This was an opportunity 684 00:35:17,580 --> 00:35:21,260 for Travis to come to Sydney, to go to a private school, 685 00:35:21,260 --> 00:35:21,540 where the opportunities from there were infinite, for Travis to come to Sydney, to go to a private school, 686 00:35:21,540 --> 00:35:24,100 where the opportunities from there were infinite, 687 00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:26,700 and instead it became, you know, his nightmare. 688 00:35:28,940 --> 00:35:31,420 Travis says the nightmare began 689 00:35:31,420 --> 00:35:35,100 shortly after he started in Year 8 at Cranbrook, 690 00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:39,180 when he was repeatedly abused by an older boarder. 691 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:42,500 So, you were 13? 692 00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:44,940 Yeah, I was 13 at the time. 693 00:35:44,940 --> 00:35:50,820 He, on a number of occasions, got quite violent 694 00:35:50,820 --> 00:35:52,780 and aggressive. 695 00:35:52,780 --> 00:35:53,020 He forced me to perform oral sex on him, and aggressive. 696 00:35:53,020 --> 00:35:57,340 He forced me to perform oral sex on him, 697 00:35:57,340 --> 00:35:59,380 um...in his room 698 00:35:59,380 --> 00:35:59,580 um...in his room on a number of occasions 699 00:35:59,580 --> 00:36:01,940 on a number of occasions 700 00:36:01,940 --> 00:36:02,180 and threatened on a number of occasions 701 00:36:02,180 --> 00:36:04,580 and threatened that, if I told anyone, 702 00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:10,260 he would make my life hell, basically. 703 00:36:10,260 --> 00:36:10,500 he would make my life hell, And you now know as an adult 704 00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:12,060 And you now know as an adult 705 00:36:12,060 --> 00:36:15,460 that as a 13-year-old you can't actually consent to that? 706 00:36:15,460 --> 00:36:17,380 No, you can't consent to that. 707 00:36:17,380 --> 00:36:19,140 (PHONE RINGS) 708 00:36:19,140 --> 00:36:21,860 Travis Mathews is suing Cranbrook, 709 00:36:21,860 --> 00:36:24,060 and his lawyer had earlier discovered 710 00:36:24,060 --> 00:36:28,020 that the school had already conducted an investigation 711 00:36:28,020 --> 00:36:33,380 into the older student and his alleged touching of other boys. 712 00:36:34,900 --> 00:36:38,060 Travis says he was abused for some months 713 00:36:38,060 --> 00:36:43,860 until he says the older boy filmed him without his knowledge. 714 00:36:43,860 --> 00:36:44,100 until he says the older boy I think my perpetrator realised 715 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:45,860 I think my perpetrator realised 716 00:36:45,860 --> 00:36:49,140 that if I was to ever come out, 717 00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:51,220 he would be looked in a bad light. 718 00:36:51,220 --> 00:36:56,700 So, he told me to make sexual advances on him in his room, 719 00:36:56,700 --> 00:37:00,140 and then recorded me making those sexual advances, 720 00:37:00,140 --> 00:37:02,380 and used that as evidence 721 00:37:02,380 --> 00:37:03,700 to tell the school 722 00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:08,740 that I had been the one purporting all of this at the age of 13. 723 00:37:10,660 --> 00:37:13,460 When Cranbrook discovered the video recording, 724 00:37:13,460 --> 00:37:16,300 Travis was sent to a school counsellor 725 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:16,540 Travis was sent and finally disclosed the abuse. 726 00:37:16,540 --> 00:37:19,060 and finally disclosed the abuse. 727 00:37:19,060 --> 00:37:22,180 Police commenced an investigation. 728 00:37:22,180 --> 00:37:25,100 The older boy remained at the school. 729 00:37:25,100 --> 00:37:30,460 Travis says he often saw him and felt very afraid. 730 00:37:31,620 --> 00:37:36,020 I think the headmaster should have removed him from the school, 731 00:37:36,020 --> 00:37:39,580 especially after the numerous instances of sexual abuse 732 00:37:39,580 --> 00:37:39,820 especially after the numerous that had come to light. 733 00:37:39,820 --> 00:37:41,700 that had come to light. 734 00:37:41,700 --> 00:37:41,940 It just wasn't OK that had come to light. 735 00:37:41,940 --> 00:37:44,380 It just wasn't OK that he was there. 736 00:37:45,420 --> 00:37:49,220 Just after Travis disclosed his sexual abuse, 737 00:37:49,220 --> 00:37:52,340 his housemaster emailed Cranbrook staff. 738 00:38:03,820 --> 00:38:06,460 Documents kept by the housemaster 739 00:38:06,460 --> 00:38:08,980 focus on Travis being 'annoying'. 740 00:38:08,980 --> 00:38:09,220 The housemaster doesn't once write focus on Travis being 'annoying'. 741 00:38:09,220 --> 00:38:11,740 The housemaster doesn't once write 742 00:38:11,740 --> 00:38:14,740 anything that expresses empathy for a child 743 00:38:14,740 --> 00:38:18,620 who is the alleged victim of sexual assaults. 744 00:38:18,620 --> 00:38:18,860 who is the alleged victim of sexual assaults. The fact that he didn't realise 745 00:38:18,860 --> 00:38:20,420 The fact that he didn't realise 746 00:38:20,420 --> 00:38:25,220 any of these instances were a cry for help 747 00:38:25,220 --> 00:38:29,340 I think was extremely traumatic for me. 748 00:38:31,140 --> 00:38:33,860 Travis Mathews eventually told police 749 00:38:33,860 --> 00:38:37,180 he did not want to proceed with charges. 750 00:38:37,180 --> 00:38:41,740 I was very much under the impression that the courts wouldn't believe me. 751 00:38:41,740 --> 00:38:43,500 The school didn't believe me. 752 00:38:44,540 --> 00:38:49,180 A senior Cranbrook teacher sent a group email with the news. 753 00:38:54,580 --> 00:38:58,180 Nicholas Sampson was included in multiple emails 754 00:38:58,180 --> 00:38:58,420 Nicholas Sampson was included about Travis Mathews' allegations. 755 00:38:58,420 --> 00:39:01,100 about Travis Mathews' allegations. 756 00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:05,260 Not once does the Cranbrook headmaster write a comment 757 00:39:05,260 --> 00:39:07,740 about the school's response to Travis 758 00:39:07,740 --> 00:39:11,260 nor did he ever personally meet Travis. 759 00:39:12,340 --> 00:39:17,900 When you have a series of serious sexual abuses being reported, 760 00:39:17,900 --> 00:39:18,180 for the principal to not even weigh in, When you have a series of serious sexual abuses being reported, 761 00:39:18,180 --> 00:39:21,860 for the principal to not even weigh in, 762 00:39:21,860 --> 00:39:25,340 not a skerrick of evidence that there was an email 763 00:39:25,340 --> 00:39:25,620 not a skerrick of evidence that there was an email or a concern expressed by him or any guidance given by him 764 00:39:25,620 --> 00:39:29,820 or a concern expressed by him or any guidance given by him 765 00:39:29,820 --> 00:39:33,900 to his staff in relation to how this should be managed, 766 00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:34,140 to his staff in relation nothing, 767 00:39:34,140 --> 00:39:35,180 nothing, 768 00:39:35,180 --> 00:39:38,100 that is not exemplary, that is substandard. 769 00:39:38,100 --> 00:39:38,340 that is not exemplary, Cranbrook says it: 770 00:39:38,340 --> 00:39:40,860 Cranbrook says it: 771 00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:47,300 And: 772 00:39:54,260 --> 00:39:56,980 Travis Mathews is now a serving member 773 00:39:56,980 --> 00:39:57,220 Travis Mathews of the Australian Defence Force. 774 00:39:57,220 --> 00:39:59,260 of the Australian Defence Force. 775 00:39:59,260 --> 00:40:02,140 11 years after the alleged abuse, 776 00:40:02,140 --> 00:40:05,180 he finally commenced legal proceedings 777 00:40:05,180 --> 00:40:09,460 in the New South Wales Supreme Court last month. 778 00:40:09,460 --> 00:40:13,460 No person should have to go through what I went through. 779 00:40:13,460 --> 00:40:13,740 No person should have to go through what I went through. I felt that I was sort of robbed of my high-school experience. 780 00:40:13,740 --> 00:40:18,220 I felt that I was sort of robbed of my high-school experience. 781 00:40:21,140 --> 00:40:25,780 It's a feeling shared by some alumni of another elite school 782 00:40:25,780 --> 00:40:26,020 It's a feeling shared by some alumni many thousands of kilometres away. 783 00:40:26,020 --> 00:40:28,820 many thousands of kilometres away. 784 00:40:28,820 --> 00:40:32,580 The school is Marlborough College. 785 00:40:32,580 --> 00:40:32,820 Nicholas Sampson served as master - The school is Marlborough College. 786 00:40:32,820 --> 00:40:36,780 Nicholas Sampson served as master - equivalent to principal - 787 00:40:36,780 --> 00:40:43,580 between leaving Geelong Grammar in 2004 and joining Cranbrook in 2012. 788 00:40:46,060 --> 00:40:49,820 It's one of the most prestigious schools in the United Kingdom. 789 00:40:49,820 --> 00:40:51,980 It was once attended by Kate Middleton, 790 00:40:51,980 --> 00:40:52,220 It was once attended now the Princess of Wales, 791 00:40:52,220 --> 00:40:54,060 now the Princess of Wales, 792 00:40:54,060 --> 00:40:56,940 and other members of the Royal Family. 793 00:40:56,940 --> 00:41:00,180 Four Corners contacted numerous alumni 794 00:41:00,180 --> 00:41:00,420 Four Corners contacted who attended the school 795 00:41:00,420 --> 00:41:01,740 who attended the school 796 00:41:01,740 --> 00:41:05,820 during the period that Nicholas Sampson was master. 797 00:41:05,820 --> 00:41:09,300 What emerged from the experiences they described 798 00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:09,540 What emerged was a very distinct picture. 799 00:41:09,540 --> 00:41:12,540 was a very distinct picture. 800 00:41:12,540 --> 00:41:12,740 I know some girls who had such... was a very distinct picture. 801 00:41:12,740 --> 00:41:16,420 I know some girls who had such... 802 00:41:16,420 --> 00:41:19,140 ..such difficult experiences at Marlborough 803 00:41:19,140 --> 00:41:19,420 ..such difficult experiences at Marlborough with the boys in their house and in their year 804 00:41:19,420 --> 00:41:21,740 with the boys in their house and in their year 805 00:41:21,740 --> 00:41:23,220 that they haven't been the same since. 806 00:41:23,220 --> 00:41:23,460 that they And we've spoken to some... 807 00:41:23,460 --> 00:41:25,100 And we've spoken to some... 808 00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:27,300 Marlborough College graduate Lucy 809 00:41:27,300 --> 00:41:30,980 describes a culture where girls were completely outnumbered 810 00:41:30,980 --> 00:41:31,260 and sexist behaviour was tolerated and even encouraged by the teachers. describes a culture where girls were completely outnumbered 811 00:41:31,260 --> 00:41:35,820 and sexist behaviour was tolerated and even encouraged by the teachers. 812 00:41:35,820 --> 00:41:36,100 and sexist behaviour was tolerated and even encouraged by the teachers. She and other alumni we spoke to off camera 813 00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:40,100 She and other alumni we spoke to off camera 814 00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:42,900 who attended Marlborough during the Sampson years 815 00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:45,700 describe persistent harassment of girls, 816 00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:50,140 including having water balloons thrown at them from high windows 817 00:41:50,140 --> 00:41:52,380 to make their blouses see-through, 818 00:41:52,380 --> 00:41:57,340 being humiliated at assembly with sexual innuendo in front of teachers, 819 00:41:57,340 --> 00:41:57,580 being humiliated at assembly with pornography pasted on bedroom walls. 820 00:41:57,580 --> 00:42:01,220 pornography pasted on bedroom walls. 821 00:42:01,220 --> 00:42:03,300 There were games, um... 822 00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:03,540 ..revolving around There were games, um... 823 00:42:03,540 --> 00:42:05,860 ..revolving around the boys' genitals. 824 00:42:05,860 --> 00:42:07,500 You'd be sitting on the sofa in your common room, 825 00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:07,740 You'd be sitting on the sofa and a boy would come over 826 00:42:07,740 --> 00:42:09,580 and a boy would come over 827 00:42:09,580 --> 00:42:14,540 and either put his finger on your shoulder from behind, 828 00:42:14,540 --> 00:42:16,060 um...or his penis, 829 00:42:16,060 --> 00:42:20,220 and you either had to guess which one it was 830 00:42:20,220 --> 00:42:22,380 or just, you know, the game was sort of see 831 00:42:22,380 --> 00:42:24,980 how long it would take you to notice that it was there. 832 00:42:26,220 --> 00:42:28,540 Once this game went further 833 00:42:28,540 --> 00:42:35,460 and a boy in my house actually put his testicles on, um... 834 00:42:35,460 --> 00:42:36,740 ..my friend's head. 835 00:42:38,500 --> 00:42:39,980 Graduates recall 836 00:42:39,980 --> 00:42:44,140 the school's long-running satirical magazine, The Heretick, 837 00:42:44,140 --> 00:42:47,380 sexualised and objectified the girls. 838 00:42:47,380 --> 00:42:50,740 Lucy remembers one particular edition. 839 00:42:50,740 --> 00:42:56,700 It was of boys sitting in the lunch hall holding up numbers, 840 00:42:56,700 --> 00:42:58,540 rating the girls as they walked past - 841 00:42:58,540 --> 00:43:01,180 so, the kind of thing you expect at a sheep show or a dog show 842 00:43:01,180 --> 00:43:01,420 so, the kind of thing you expect or something like that - 843 00:43:01,420 --> 00:43:03,340 or something like that - 844 00:43:03,340 --> 00:43:05,380 on their levels of hotness. 845 00:43:05,380 --> 00:43:05,620 I mean, you know, this was a on their levels of hotness. 846 00:43:05,620 --> 00:43:08,860 I mean, you know, this was a magazine that was known about by... 847 00:43:09,820 --> 00:43:11,900 (EXHALES HEAVILY) ..by the teachers. 848 00:43:11,900 --> 00:43:13,660 It was signed off by teachers. 849 00:43:13,660 --> 00:43:18,740 I don't think there's any way that a senior member of staff or the master 850 00:43:18,740 --> 00:43:22,860 could claim to not know what the culture was like. 851 00:43:22,860 --> 00:43:28,540 I think Nicholas Sampson should have been more involved in the culture 852 00:43:28,540 --> 00:43:30,900 and trying to change it or at least regulate it. 853 00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:31,140 and trying to change it What would you say to parents 854 00:43:31,140 --> 00:43:32,380 What would you say to parents 855 00:43:32,380 --> 00:43:35,740 who are thinking of sending their girls to a school like this? 856 00:43:35,740 --> 00:43:37,020 Don't do it. 857 00:43:37,980 --> 00:43:40,580 Nicholas Sampson says he's never heard 858 00:43:40,580 --> 00:43:40,820 Nicholas Sampson of these very serious allegations 859 00:43:40,820 --> 00:43:43,780 of these very serious allegations 860 00:43:43,780 --> 00:43:45,180 and they stand in contrast 861 00:43:45,180 --> 00:43:49,700 with an independent school safety report on Marlborough College. 862 00:43:52,140 --> 00:43:55,460 VIDEO VOICEOVER: We are now moving to become co-educational. 863 00:43:55,460 --> 00:43:57,980 We are inviting girls to join our school 864 00:43:57,980 --> 00:44:01,260 for Year 7 and Year 11, 2026. 865 00:44:01,260 --> 00:44:01,460 At Cranbrook for Year 7 and Year 11, 2026. 866 00:44:01,460 --> 00:44:02,580 At Cranbrook 867 00:44:02,580 --> 00:44:02,820 At Cranbrook to make the school co-ed. 868 00:44:02,820 --> 00:44:07,420 Nicholas Sampson has led the charge to make the school co-ed. 869 00:44:21,540 --> 00:44:25,380 But, while the Cranbrook council was supportive of co-ed, 870 00:44:25,380 --> 00:44:28,180 Mr Sampson's plan in 2022 - 871 00:44:28,180 --> 00:44:30,180 to have a billionaire parent 872 00:44:30,180 --> 00:44:34,020 fund 40 girls coming to the school the following year - 873 00:44:34,020 --> 00:44:34,260 fund 40 girls coming to the school was rejected by the council. 874 00:44:34,260 --> 00:44:37,100 was rejected by the council. 875 00:44:37,100 --> 00:44:38,580 Because it seems like, 876 00:44:38,580 --> 00:44:38,820 before we go co-ed, we've got a whole lot of things Because it seems like, 877 00:44:38,820 --> 00:44:40,500 before we go co-ed, we've got a whole lot of things 878 00:44:40,500 --> 00:44:44,220 to address and learn about and improve upon, 879 00:44:44,220 --> 00:44:47,100 because going co-ed seems absurd at this moment in time. 880 00:44:47,100 --> 00:44:47,380 because going co-ed seems absurd at this moment in time. But then there was an enormous pushback about, 881 00:44:47,380 --> 00:44:49,700 But then there was an enormous pushback about, 882 00:44:49,700 --> 00:44:51,140 "We've got to go co-ed tomorrow." 883 00:44:52,220 --> 00:44:54,420 The council was also worried 884 00:44:54,420 --> 00:44:58,220 about the allegations from women of a toxic culture. 885 00:44:58,220 --> 00:44:58,460 about the allegations from women It proposed a cultural review, 886 00:44:58,460 --> 00:45:00,940 It proposed a cultural review, 887 00:45:00,940 --> 00:45:03,100 which didn't happen. 888 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:05,580 They are on the council 889 00:45:05,580 --> 00:45:09,740 to hire the headmaster and hold him accountable. 890 00:45:09,740 --> 00:45:09,980 to hire the headmaster That's the basics of governance, 891 00:45:09,980 --> 00:45:12,220 That's the basics of governance, 892 00:45:12,220 --> 00:45:13,940 and it's not nitpicky. 893 00:45:15,980 --> 00:45:20,620 Former council chair, Jon North, sent Four Corners a statement 894 00:45:20,620 --> 00:45:23,780 saying he was unable to comment on Mr Sampson, 895 00:45:23,780 --> 00:45:24,020 but that in November 2022 saying he was unable to comment on Mr Sampson, 896 00:45:24,020 --> 00:45:26,900 but that in November 2022 897 00:45:26,900 --> 00:45:30,700 10 of the 11 council members: 898 00:45:33,500 --> 00:45:35,940 He said: 899 00:45:48,300 --> 00:45:52,700 Eventually, all but one of the council members resigned. 900 00:45:53,660 --> 00:45:55,420 The idea of not saying anything, 901 00:45:55,420 --> 00:45:57,940 ironically, it goes against the values of the school. 902 00:45:57,940 --> 00:46:03,260 You know, that school taught me that speaking out is needed. 903 00:46:03,260 --> 00:46:05,380 I mean, the lives that have been devastated, 904 00:46:05,380 --> 00:46:07,860 it's completely unacceptable. 905 00:46:09,820 --> 00:46:12,740 Cranbrook says it has: 906 00:46:14,100 --> 00:46:18,020 And "there has been no victimisation" of women at the school, 907 00:46:18,020 --> 00:46:18,260 which has: And "there has been no victimisation" of women at the school, 908 00:46:18,260 --> 00:46:19,580 which has: 909 00:46:41,260 --> 00:46:46,180 Four Corners received legal threats after contacting Cranbrook, 910 00:46:46,180 --> 00:46:49,860 and Travis Mathews was threatened with a suppression order 911 00:46:49,860 --> 00:46:54,060 that would have prevented him from identifying himself. 912 00:46:57,140 --> 00:47:00,700 (LEAVES RUSTLE) 913 00:47:06,580 --> 00:47:12,700 It's not easy to speak up about a powerful institution like Cranbrook. 914 00:47:13,860 --> 00:47:19,100 But these people feel there is a higher principle at stake. 915 00:47:21,300 --> 00:47:23,540 Although only a select amount of people 916 00:47:23,540 --> 00:47:26,460 go to these sort of institutions, 917 00:47:26,460 --> 00:47:29,980 those people disproportionately go on to run our country 918 00:47:29,980 --> 00:47:30,220 those people disproportionately and make policies and run businesses 919 00:47:30,220 --> 00:47:32,940 and make policies and run businesses 920 00:47:32,940 --> 00:47:35,580 that affect all of us. 921 00:47:35,580 --> 00:47:40,460 And the way that people are educated and socialised and how they grow up 922 00:47:40,460 --> 00:47:43,020 and what values are ingrained in them from a young age 923 00:47:43,020 --> 00:47:47,660 really does go on to completely shape the future 924 00:47:47,660 --> 00:47:47,900 really does go on of our whole country, 925 00:47:47,900 --> 00:47:49,740 of our whole country, 926 00:47:49,740 --> 00:47:51,780 for better or for worse. 927 00:47:54,140 --> 00:47:58,580 Why should the rest of Australia care about what's happening 928 00:47:58,580 --> 00:48:03,140 at this fancy school in this fancy suburb? 929 00:48:03,140 --> 00:48:05,700 FIONA RICHARDS: Because there are future leaders at that school. 930 00:48:06,660 --> 00:48:10,340 I just think that this kind of culture 931 00:48:10,340 --> 00:48:14,100 shouldn't be tolerated in any organisation, 932 00:48:14,100 --> 00:48:20,500 let alone in an organisation with impressionable young minds. 933 00:48:23,060 --> 00:48:26,100 (LEAVES RUSTLE) 934 00:48:30,700 --> 00:48:32,740 (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) 935 00:48:49,660 --> 00:48:51,020 Captions by Red Bee Media 936 00:48:51,020 --> 00:48:52,900 Copyright Australian Broadcasting Corporation