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John Lewis (headmaster)

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was convicted in 2005 of sexually abusing at least 40 male students and sentenced to six-and-a-half years' jail. The Royal Commission Counsel Assisting stated that "Mr Lewis' failures to take proper steps to respond to allegations of child sexual abuse and his failure to implement a proper system to
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knew that boarding house assistant Philippe Trutmann, who worked at the school's Highton campus in the 1980s and 1990s, was accused of improper conduct in 1985 and failed to take any action.
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deal with allegations of child sexual abuse fell below the standards expected of a principal of a school at the time of his actions."
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between 1975 and 1980. He was a distinguished rugby player and cricketer. From 1980 to 1994, Lewis was the Headmaster of
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Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
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Lewis retired in August 2002, having reached his 60th birthday.
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Lewis took up the Headship of Eton College in 1994.
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Index

Head Master
Eton College
New Zealand
King's School
King's College, Auckland
double first
Classics
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Master in College
Geelong Grammar School
Australia
The Prince of Wales
Rupert Murdoch
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Geelong Grammar School
Phillippe Trutmann
Sir Eric Anderson
independent schools
William
Harry


"New head master of Eton is an old boy"
The Independent
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"New head appointed for Eton"
The Independent


"Sex abuse royal commission: Geelong Grammar valued reputation over student welfare"

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