Geelong at centre of alleged historical abuse case

Geelong at centre of alleged historical abuse case

Legal proceedings have begun towards AFL membership Geelong over a historic declare of alleged sexual abuse from the early Eighties.

The Cats launched a press release on Sunday saying they’d turn out to be conscious that authorized proceedings had commenced within the Supreme Court of Victoria.

“The club understands that a historical claim of serious sexual abuse has been made by a person who was engaged with the club’s under 19’s team in the early 1980s,” Geelong mentioned in a press release.

“Our first thought is with the individual, their family and the community and the club is taking this matter extremely seriously.

“As authorized proceedings have now commenced and with respect to all events, the membership is unable to make any additional remark at this stage.”

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