Despite the New South Wales premier having asked the authority to investigate allegations raised by Four Corners that misinformation had been taught to students, a board member of the New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) has spoken out in support of a group of Opus Dei-aligned Sydney schools.
An ABC Four Corners program to be broadcast on Monday will investigate instances of students at Pared schools in the Sydney's Hills district being taught misinformation about sexual health, including that pornography causes holes in the brain, that girls were being discouraged from getting the HPV cervical cancer vaccine, and that students are subjected to persistent attempts to recruit them to Opus Dei, a small-but-powerful Catholic organisation.
NESA board member Dallas McInerney — who is also a member of the New South Wales Liberal party — was quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald about the forthcoming story, saying that the ABC has a "wider agenda".
