AAP General News (Australia)
04-15-2000
FED: Scouting leader apologises for pedophilia
The head of Australia's scouting movement has apologised to the families of scouts
sexually abused by a serial pedophile.
Chief Commissioner of Scouts Australia Dr BRUCE MUNRO has told the Sydney Morning Herald
newspaper he's appalled at the actions of one of the most senior scouts in NSW, RODERICK
CORRIE, who preyed on dozens of boys in his care.
Dr MUNRO has conceded the scouting leadership failed to adequately investigate complaints
against CORRIE.
And he says CORRIE should have been sacked and prosecuted years ago.
CORRIE was jailed for seven years in February after pleading guilty to eight of 77
charges of sexual abuse, including rape and buggery.
The offences spanned 26 years from 1969 to 1995.
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