MY BROTHER Richard * attended Kendall Grange from the late 1960s to the mid-'70s. 

In 1996, six months after our dad died, he revealed to my sister and myself the horror of what had taken place at Kendall Grange. He had been very close to his father.

He was 37 years old at that time. He had lived with it for all those years and was badly affected by what had happened. With my brother's permission, we informed the rest of the family.

Richard was only seven when he went to the school, and he said sexual abuse was happening from the very start, through until he was 15 years old, when he left the school. 

But he never told anyone, although when he left the school he said some of his mates from the school would ring and they would talk about it among themselves.

All of his mates, including one who was in a wheelchair, were also sexually abused but I do not know whether they have reported this to anyone.

I have the names of three of the Brothers who sexually assaulted Richard. I also have the name of one of the older boys at the school who continually raped my brother, as well as other boys. I believe the St John of God Brothers were aware of this continual rape happening to my brother and some of the other younger boys at the school by this older boy.

This older boy would lie in wait and with the help of some other older boys, would hold my brother down and rape him.

Richard used to cry when we were leaving to go home after visiting him at weekends (which was most weekends) and one of the Brothers used to stand with him, with his arm around his shoulder for comfort and I always felt he was in safe hands.

When Richard came home from holidays and had to go back to the school after the holidays, he would also cry. 

One thing I do not understand is why he could not tell us what was happening to him at the time. My parents were not aware and they are both not here to know or witness the horror of what actually happened to their son, as he only told us after they had both died.

He still holds resentment in being sent away to boarding school. 

But Mum and Dad had eight children and they wanted the best for Richard and they were convinced by all the doctors that this was the best for him and his education, as he did not manage in the normal mainstream school; he just could not keep up physically nor academically. 

My parents wanted the best for him, they wanted him to be self-sufficient, so he would be able to look after himself when they were not around to look after him.

He actually could not walk properly until he was about four years old, as he had spasticity of the legs and had curvature of the spine and he was called ''mentally retarded'' (at the time). 

But the doctors said he was a sad case because he was classed as a borderline case, intellectually. So he did not belong to either group wholly.

But he is now 54 years old, works full time as a gardener (and has done so for about 26 years), drives a car, lives in a flat on his own, is a very independent person and does volunteer work for the disabled. He is a good person and a kind person and this should never have happened to him or any other child.

The Brothers of St John of God betrayed him and all the other sexually abused children under their care. 

They were handicapped children, for God's sake. 

How low do these paedophiles go? 

They betrayed the trust and care we expected from them as a family.

The Catholic Church also betrayed us; it covered up this abuse and many other sexual abuses across Australia and instead protected the perpetrators and ignored the victims and the pain they suffered and are still suffering. 

As my brother said, it will never leave him.

These disgusting paedophile Brothers were in a position of trust and abused that position of trust under the umbrella of the Catholic Church. 

How many other boys were sexually abused under the care of these paedophiles at the school?

This was a criminal offence that should have been dealt with as such, but instead was covered up.

I have always wanted to take legal action to expose the Catholic Church with the sexual abuse of the disabled and intellectually handicapped children at Kendall Grange but was always very concerned about the impact it would have on my brother. 

The Catholic Church and the hypocritical people who protect these disgusting paedophiles have a lot to answer.

* Not his real name.