An intellectually disabled man has told a royal commission of being abused at a SA Catholic school. Source: AAP
A CATHOLIC school's bus driver sexually abused an intellectually disabled student in the bus, in the woodwork classroom and at weekend sleepovers, an inquiry has been told.
The now 38-year-old man also told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that other students from Adelaide's St Ann's Special School also attended sleepovers at the home of Brian Perkins.
Perkins sexually abused him regularly and another man took photos of him naked, the witness, known as LH, said on Monday.
Perkins once took him to another house where the student's hands and legs were tied up, while a piece of string was tied around his and the driver's genitals, he said.
The other man then smacked them both.
LH said the bus driver warned him not to tell anyone about the abuse as they both would get into trouble with police.
The abuse made him feel "very angry" and he put a knife to Perkins' face, "because I wanted to kill him, make him die".
The mother of another student, who has Downs Syndrome, broke down while telling of the change in her son after he was secretly abused by Perkins.
"He even distrusted Santa Claus when he previously loved Christmas and Santa Claus," she said.
She often queried St Ann's staff about why the school bus was regularly late in dropping off her son and was told the vehicle had broken down or had mechanical problems or children were being disruptive.
On three occasions, Perkins asked if her son could attend sleepovers at the school or go on a camp, requests she agreed to as he was very convincing and seemed trustworthy.
However, in 1991 the school asked her to attend a meeting where she was informed police suspected Perkins had molested her son.
But, despite repeated requests in the ensuing years, neither the police or the school gave her any further information.
More than 10 years later, her husband had to identify their son in pornographic photos, although she believed police had the pictures for a decade.
Perkins was arrested in 1993, skipped bail in 1994 and was extradited from Queensland in 2002.
Some 12 years after allegations were first made, he pleaded guilty to sex charges and was sentenced to 10 years jail where he died in 2009.
The hearing is continuing.
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