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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-830/
- Published: 2023-09-18T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-18T05:58:58.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Crime, News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

> For months, he was a presence in the back of courtrooms, often alone in the public gallery, as former Dilworth staff were called into the dock to face sexual abuse charges.  
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> Steve Brown, formerly Dilworth Old Boys’ Association president, attended many court hearings as abusers sometimes sought to keep their names secret or contest the charges.  
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> As he kept track of the cases in the school sexual abuse scandal, Brown said he attended mostly to show his support for abuse survivors.  
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> Brown said he was often at odds with some in the school establishment as the scale of abuse became clearer and calls for justice louder.  
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> He said the school for far too long was obsessed with money and reputation, to the detriment of survivors.  
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> And today, a [damning independent review into historical sexual offending at Dilworth](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/dilworth-sexual-abuse-successive-boards-failed-to-prevent-abuse-of-students/UJ57S6BTF5E4JEHIG2JIPQ4FCU/?ref=goodoil.news) found the school repeatedly did nothing to stop abuse or bring perpetrators to account.  
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> Brown said the report proved the school covered up abuse, covered for abusers, and created a situation where generations of boys were left with shattered lives.  
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> He said questions remained about whether Dilworth would offer redress and meaningfully engage with survivors.  
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> “They need to be heard.”  
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> NZ Herald

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