Cranbrook headmaster's 'misleading' letters

By Eryk Bagshaw, Rachel Browne
Updated March 20 2017 - 9:43am, first published February 14 2017 - 6:13pm
Nicholas Sampson, headmaster of Cranbrook, leaves the Royal Commission in September 2015. Photo: Jason South
Nicholas Sampson, headmaster of Cranbrook, leaves the Royal Commission in September 2015. Photo: Jason South
Senior Counsel Assisting Gail Furness at the hearing earlier this month. Photo: Supplied
Senior Counsel Assisting Gail Furness at the hearing earlier this month. Photo: Supplied
The Commission is examining factors behind abuse claims in the Catholic church, with data showing seven per cent of priests were alleged offenders between 1950-2010.  Photo: Mathew Lynn
The Commission is examining factors behind abuse claims in the Catholic church, with data showing seven per cent of priests were alleged offenders between 1950-2010. Photo: Mathew Lynn

The headmaster of one Sydney's most expensive private schools, Cranbrook, wrote "misleading" letters about a teacher accused of child sexual abuse at his former school and failed to report the allegations to a higher authority, a royal commission has found.