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The Marist Brothers have apologised to the Latrobe Valley community and paid $4 million to survivors of sexual abuse perpetrated by Brother Gerard McNamara between 1970 and 1975.

But one survivor, who wants to be known as Frank, said he would always feel betrayed.

“I had to change myself as a boy. I was a good boy. I had a weird sense of humour,” he said.

Frank [not his real name] was 13 when he was first abused at the former St Paul’s College in Traralgon.

The school is still operational but is now known as Lavalla Catholic College and it has a campus named St Paul’s.

Read the full article on ABC News.

Although it was 7 months ago that I received the compensation payment, it is only now that I’m feeling the real benefits. This is so unbelievably helpful and nothing I had expected in my life. Life feels very different for me right now. I can’t quite take it in, but I do know that I am grateful to you for the work done.

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