Christian Brothers transferred billions but can’t pay abuse victims

June 30, 2026 — 5:19pm

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The Christian Brothers teaching order has transferred billions of dollars of assets to a separate business entity that governs its network of Catholic schools across Australia but is crying poor, claiming it is so broke it cannot afford to pay hundreds of sexual abuse survivors.

The Oceania Province of the Christian Brothers announced that after 183 years in Australia, the order was on the brink of financial collapse, conceding the value of remaining assets would not cover compensation payments of nearly $6 million a month to survivors.

The order has applied for a court-ordered moratorium on all remaining civil cases lodged against it by........

© The Sydney Morning Herald