A former Marist Brother accused of
sexually abusing young boys at Catholic boarding schools was a strict
disciplinarian who used violence on his alleged victims, a court has
heard.
Brett O'Connor was a dormitory master at a
school on Sydney's North Shore when he allegedly began indecently
assaulting a 12-year-old boy under his charge and left his alleged
victim frozen in fear in his bed, Sydney's District Court heard on
Wednesday.
