James Richard Gunn

James Richard Gunn was a former lay teacher and principal who taught at numerous Catholic schools in Western Australia and Victoria. In 1995, James Gunn pleaded guilty at the Kerang County Court in Victoria to five charges of indecent assault and six of taking part in acts of sexual penetration with a boy over 10 but under 16, committed between 1987 and 1989. He was sentenced to three years prison with a minimum term of 18 months.

Locations, communities or schools that James Gunn taught at include the following:

• Western Australia (1965);

• Marlo, Vic (1972);

• Orbost Primary School - Orbost, Vic (1972);

• St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School - Ouyen, Vic (1980 -1985);

• Immaculate Heart of Mary Primary School - Birchip, Vic (1986 -1989); 

• Orbost, Vic (1989 onwards); and

• Sale, Vic (1995).

Moody Law has acted for a number of survivors of sexual abuse by James Gunn against the Catholic Diocese of Ballarat. We invite former victims of James Gunn to contact us to tell us confidentially what information they may have, and we will explain what options are available to help with these cases.

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