The students were from this school and also Sorell High School. Pollard further abused the girl on a school camp, kissing her in his tent while wearing only underwear. Online records show she was released at 4:53 p.m. Wednesday. In August Marcus James Pollard, 64, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court in Hobart to persistent sexual abuse of a young person. Three of the five youths were students at Rose Bay High School, where Sarah Jayne Vercoe was a science teacher. The court heard Vercoe's marriage had turned sour before the crimes and she had felt "ostracised in a broken down relationship". The school lost one of the complaints," the mother of one of the high school students who filed the October 2021 complaint told this news organization. Here's what they think of a Voice to Parliament, Police investigating gangland shooting allegedly uncover separate murder plot, Soccer spectator accused of punching out teeth of referee in 'outrageous attack' refused bail, As child sex abuse survivors sue Tasmania's Education Department, an inquiry seeks to ensure it does better, '22 years of pain': Survivor of teacher abuse describes struggle to cope, Sexual assault survivors celebrate as legislation is tabled that will give them a voice, 'There's no shame in surviving': Grace Tame named Tasmanian Australian of the Year, Pioneering Australian musician and The Dingoes frontman Broderick Smith dies aged 75, 'I don't buy that one bit': Next AFL CEO denies claims of a boys' club after promotion from general counsel, How Heather Mitchell survived a 'testosterone, cocaine and alcohol-fuelled' workplace, Hundreds of 'completely underfunded' Coalition-era infrastructure projects on the chopping block, The public will be asked to pledge allegiance to King Charles III. "What made it particularly hurtful was that when the school first realised Pollard was abusing me, I was blamed by the school for the criminal conduct and they did not make the abuse stop.". 03:04 PM, Sunset: In August, Education Minister Jeremy Rockliff announced an independent inquiry into the Education Department's responses to child sexual abuse.