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The victim was preyed upon as a 12-year-old student at the prestigious college’s Glen Waverley campus by former teacher John McMillan, who abused the boy on several leadership camps between 1972 and 1974.

He transferred to the Prahran campus in 1976 and sought the support of school counsellor and long-time teacher Stewart Heywood, who then repeatedly abused the boy for three more years.

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