article_snippet.sent: Headmaster David Mulford Headmaster David Mulford notified parents and students of the allegations in an email sent out on Monday ahead of a pending court case, Fairfax Media reports.
article_snippet.sent: Newington College in Sydney's inner west said a pending court case referred to alleged incidents from more than 35 years ago and asked anyone with grievances to come forward.
article_snippet.sent: Headmaster David Mulford Headmaster David Mulford notified parents and students of the allegations in an email sent out on Monday ahead of a pending court case . '
article_snippet.sent: I regret to inform you that a matter is to come before the courts involving alleged offences at Newington from more than 35 years ago,' Headmaster David Mulford wrote. '
article_snippet.sent: The sad cases about child sexual abuse and the poor institutional responses at the time have received considerable press coverage," Headmaster David Mulford added.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Mulford, who has been been headmaster since 2009, spoke of the royal commission set up to look at institutional failures and child sex abuse but made it clear the school had not been called to give evidence. '
article_snippet.sent: Sadly, many institutions with a long history, including Newington, have past incidents that require investigation and effective follow up,' he wrote. '
article_snippet.sent: 'All of us have been appalled at the revelations coming from the Royal Commission sessions across the country.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, Knox Grammar was recently in the spotlight at the child abuse royal commission, which heard evidence about sexual abuse at the school during in the 1970s and '80s. 
highlights_snippet.sent: Headmaster David Mulford wrote that allegations dating back 35 years were to come before the courts .
  