Jesuit Offenders Intro.
  P.J. Stephenson s.j.
    Peter Beer s.j.
  Noel Bradford s.j.
  Willi Kovac
  John Byrne s.j.
  Joseph Craig s.j.
  Richard Galbraith s.j.
Paul Schulze s.j.
Brenton Lewis s.j.
W. "Bill" Marum
Eldon Hogan
  Tim. Carter s.j.
Philip. Wallbridge s.j.
  G. (Mac) Larkin s.j.
Richard (Donal) Lane s.j.
  Henry Sneddon s.j.
Brian Purcell s.j.
  Stan Hogan s.j.
Larry Kean
  J.R. Boylan s.j.
Michael O’Mahoney s.j.
  Victor Higgs s.j.
  Peter Quin s.j.
  Celso Romanin s.j.
Brian O'Reilly
Glen Walls
Boarders Master A
  Theo Overberg s.j.
  Peter Kelly s.j.
James McInerny s.j.
David Rankin s.j.
  Patrick O'Sullivan s.j.
Lawrence Leonard s.j.
  Paul McMahon
  Leo Flynn SJ
  Stephen Hamra
  Philip Astley SJ
  Colin Fearon
  Kevin Carroll s.j.
  Peter Bohrsmann
  W. "Bill" James

PERSONS OF INTEREST
  Walter Logue SJ
  Malcolm Joseph

Alleged Sex Abuser

Peter Quin s.j.

1975



Allegations of physical abuse accepted by the Jesuit Province
Allegation of sexual abuse rejected by Jesuit Province.
Peter Quin is suspected of very serious sexual assault on more than one occassion.
The memorial rock and ceremony at Xavier College were a condition of settlement with a student at Xavier
Three periods at Xavier College - 1956-1958, 1970-1973, 1989-1992. 1990 Rector
In 1973 the First Division Prefect was Fr Peter Quinn and his assistant was Br Tim Carter (another sex abuser).
And St. Ignatius, Riverview 1974-1981.

Like most Jesuits, the early days of his priestly ministry concerned the education of young people, starting at St Ignatius’ College, South Australia, as a Year 5 teacher. He eventually went on to teach at St Louis School, Perth, before becoming the junior school headmaster in 1969.

1982 Immaculate Conception, Hawthorn, Vic.
1983-1988 Lavender Bay, Sydney.
1989 Xavier College Rector / Senior Master / Pastoral Director.
1993-2004 North Sydney (Parish Priest from 1998).
Arriving in Toowong in 2005.
Finished his years at Toowong parish , QLD (a favourite sex abuser hideout).

Fr Quin attended a Victorian school with the Jesuits at Xavier College, Kew, and entered the order in 1950, aged 20.
He was ordained at priest on January 2, 1964, celebrating 60 years as a Jesuit in 2010.

Ex-students say:
"He was our 1st Division Prefect in my final two years 70/71"
"yes I remember Tim Carter now you mention him - we all thought Quin was mentally deranged and a pervert along with Tim Carter"
"Interesting how they all banded together Wallbridge and Bradford Quin and Carter around the best opportunity the boarders."
" a lot of us refused to deal with Quin in our final year (boarders)"

"My hypervigilence had kicked in when I encountered him. He scared me more than the others cos he was highly highly manipulative and intelligent...and in charge.... he was very handsome and the mothers fawned and scrapes and sites on him and he exploited that. He was cunning."

"Quin was an absolute psychopath. He once picked * (a student) up, and upended him, dangling him by the legs out of his window...3 stories up! He threatened to drop * on his head, onto the pavement below. If it hadn't been for ** (another student) grabbing him and dragging him in, I think he probably would have."

Some people though think he was a saint. ♦ https://www.facebook.com/frpeterquinsjmemorial/


Broken Rites report.
A former student from Melbourne's Xavier College (we will refer to him as "Boris")
has finally complained to the church authorities that in 1972, aged about 13,
he was sexually abused by a Jesuit priest, Father Peter Quin.

Boris could not complain during his childhood because he knew that this revelation would hurt his "loyal Catholic" family.
Boris had to suffer in silence until he was in his fifties.
Then the Jesuits made a settlement with Boris, thus protecting the public image of this elite Jesuit school.

Boris was not the only student who was targeted by Father Peter Quin at Xavier College.
According to Boris, Father Quin would shove his hand down boys' trousers and touch their genitals.
The students coined the phrase "to do a Quinnie." In Boris's case, Quin handled Boris's anus.

By the time Boris finished his schooling, Father Quin had moved on from Xavier to minister in other Jesuit locations.
The abuse (and the Catholic cover-up) had a bad impact on Boris's adolescent and adult development.
By 2011, both of Boris's parents were deceased, and he was finally able to tackle the Jesuits' national office about the issue.

The Jesuit administration was keen to solve the complaint in order to protect the public image of Xavier College.
The Jesuits offered a settlement agreement to Boris for sexual abuse.

Fr Peter Quin died in 2016, aged 86.
Father Quin's career
Peter Bernard Quin was born in Echuca, Victoria, in April 1930.

He attended school with the Jesuits at Melbourne's Xavier College and entered the Jesuit order in 1950, aged 20.
He was ordained at priest on January 2, 1964, and celebrated 60 years as a Jesuit in 2010.

Like most Jesuits, the early days of his priestly ministry concerned the education of young people,
starting at St Ignatius’ College, South Australia, as a Year 5 teacher.
He eventually went on to teach at St Louis School, Perth, before becoming the junior school headmaster in 1969.

In the early 1970s, he was on the staff of Melbourne's Xavier College.
(He also returned some years later to some more time at Xavier.)

Fr Quin was also headmaster and teacher at St Ignatius College, Riverview, in Sydney,
for seven years before being appointed to a parish in Hawthorn, Victoria.
Fr Peter Quin worked in parishes across Victoria and New South Wales before becoming parish priest at St Ignatius, Toowong, where he stayed until his death.


Broken Rites story

About Peter Quin s.j.
Like most Jesuits, the early days of his priestly ministry concerned the education of young people, starting at St Ignatius’ College, South Australia, as a Year 5 teacher. He eventually went on to teach at St Louis School, Perth, before becoming the junior school headmaster in 1969. An interesting quote from the Homily.
" A very tactile person , Peter took very seriously the Lord’s words in Isaiah 49: “I have carved you on the palm of my hands.”
He loved being a High 5’s communicator amongst the young ones at Church and school. Perhaps that is why he did a year’s course in massage while he was in Sydney, and prided himself on being something of a reader of palms. "
"a tactile person" has also been used as a euphemism for inappropriate touching to describe P.J. Stephenson and others.

November 22, 2016. Brisbane Archdiocese report
Fr Peter Quin SJ, the Parish Priest of St Ignatius, Toowong, passed away today.
The Australian Jesuits announced the death of the popular priest,
who had been bravely fighting ill health: “RIP Fr Peter Quin SJ,
who died peacefully at Wesley Hospital in Brisbane, aged 86,
having lived 66 years as a Jesuit and served 52 years as a priest.”

The Archdiocese has paid tribute to Fr Quin, praising his decades of service:
“We extend to Fr Peter’s family, the parishioners of St Ignatius, Toowong and to Fr Brian McCoy SJ,
Provincial of the Society of Jesus in Australia, together with the members of the Jesuit Community in Australia, our deepest sympathy and prayers at this time.”

St. Ignatius, Toowong Homily Link

Geraldine Doogue , ABC journalist and broadcaster says:
"At a recent wonderful memorial service in North Sydney to send-off the much-loved Fr Peter Quin, SJ, who died in Brisbane in late November, the presiding priest Fr Andy Bullen spoke of the literally life-saving balm of good friendship.
Our friend Peter modelled this so well, consistently choosing links with others and re-inventing ways of meeting, throughout his 86-year life. And the yield for him (let alone others) was so vivid: a natural extrovert, he was so visibly blessed, in terms of a observably good life."
johnmenadue.com