Brother Michael Gerard Rush

Brother Michael “Gerard” Rush (Gerard being the religious name he took on) was born on 5 February 1940. He joined the Marist Brothers in the late 1950s and began his teaching career in the early 1960s. He taught at Marist Brothers schools including the following:

In 2016, Brother Rush was jailed (he was 76 years old at the time) after pleading guilty to indecently assaulting seven boys (aged between 11 and 14) while they were boarders at Assumption College and St Patrick’s College. The offences were committed between 1962 and 1967. Brother Rush was sentenced to 30 months in jail, with the right to apply for release on parole after serving 18 months behind bars.

Moody Law has in the past represented and is still representing clients who were sexually abused by members of the Marist Brothers at various institutions and schools around Australia.

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