Patrician Brothers College Blacktown

Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Blacktown, Sydney. The College was founded in 1952 by the Patrician Brothers to serve mainly rural families of Blacktown and its surrounding districts.

Over the years the College has been surrounded in controversy concerning the inappropriate behaviour of some of its teaching staff and brothers. The following perpetrators have being charged and jailed for child sexual abuse:

  • Brother Martin Harmata (teacher) for seven years for sexually assaulting several boys in the 1980s;

  • Alan James Pollock (lay teacher, rugby and cricket coach) for 8 years for sexual offences against children in September 2014; and

  • Brother Michael Jeffrey Stanton for 23 years for sexual crimes committed against an 11-year-old boy in 1980.

We invite former victims of Brother Martin Harmata, Alan James Pollock, Brother Michael Stanton or by any other teacher or clergy member of Patrician Brothers Blacktown, 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.

Call us or complete the confidential enquiry form below.