Parramatta Marist High School

The Parramatta Marist High School is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Westmead, Sydney.

The high school was established in 1820 and it was the first Catholic school established in Australia, and second oldest school in Australia. The school was transferred to the site of the present St Patrick's Cathedral in 1837. The school entrusted its operations to the Marist Brothers in 1875, thus becoming Marist Brothers Parramatta (MBP); later, this was changed to Parramatta Marist High. In the 1960s, a decision was made to move the secondary classes to a site in Westmead and leave only the primary classes at the Parramatta site. The Westmead campus was opened in 1966. 

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church have provided data that shows that Parramatta Marist High School at Westmead has had 21 child sexual abuse claims made against the school. It has been reported that the following individuals, Brother Terrence Mulligan and Brother ‘Nestor’ Littler who were both principals at the school, were two particular offenders who received allegations dealing with child sexual abuse.

Moody Law has represented and is currently representing various clients against the Marist Brothers in relation to allegations of sexual and physical abuse when they were students at Parramatta Marist High School.

We invite former students, teachers and parents to contact us to tell us confidentially what information they may have, and we will explain what options are available to help with these cases.

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