article_snippet: Boys from Knox Grammar roared with approval when Boys from Knox Grammar headmaster touched a young girl who was taking part in a school musical, an inquiry has heard.
article_snippet: Lucy Perry, who now heads an international women's health charity, told the child abuse royal commission Ms Perry was indecently assaulted by the elite Sydney boys school's former headmaster Ian Paterson in 1989 when Ms Perry was 15.
article_snippet: Lucy Perry, who now heads an international women's health charity, said the assault happened in full view of students at the Knox school hall and the boys who saw it 'roared with approval'.
article_snippet: my clothing'
  Ms Perry gave evidence on Monday to the child abuse royal commission into child sex abuse .
article_snippet: Former Roseville College student Lucy Perry reported the assault to NSW police in 2009 when allegations about sexual abuse at Knox were emerging.
article_snippet: During one rehearsal, Dr Paterson, who the show's producer, singled Former Roseville College student Lucy Perry out, the child abuse royal commission heard on Monday.
article_snippet: As Former Roseville College student Lucy Perry walked to the edge of the stage 'he placed he hand on my backside'.
article_snippet: Ms Perry, who heads Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, told the child abuse royal commission former headmaster Ian Paterson groped Former Roseville College student Lucy Perry . '
article_snippet: I would describe it as between a pat and a grope,' Ms Perry told the child abuse royal commission. '
article_snippet: Ms Perry continued: 'I was humiliated in front of the boys and I heard the boys cheering. '
article_snippet: The now 41-year-old , who was in her teens at the time of the 1989 incident, said students cheered when former headmaster Ian Paterson touched her bottom and genitals .
highlights_snippet: Lucy Perry, 41, gave evidence at royal commission into child sex abuse .
  
highlights_snippet: Lucy Perry told commission former headmaster Ian Paterson groped Lucy Perry in 1989 .
  
highlights_snippet: Ms Perry said former headmaster Ian Paterson allegedly touched Ms Perry 'genitals outside of my clothing'
  Ms Perry was given a standing ovation as Ms Perry walked out of the inquiry .