Detectives begin speaking with former students over historic abuse allegations

An elite Queensland school has accused an alleged victim of child sexual abuse of seeking “notoriety” by going public with his story.

The comments came after 9NEWS exclusively reported police had begun speaking with former student Bill Edgar over historic abuse allegations at The Southport School.

“It was TSS that requested this latest investigation in April and not Mr Edgar who is using the horrors of child sexual abuse to gain notoriety,” a spokesman said.

Mr Edgar said he had provided investigators with a list of 14 students who had been abused, and the names of six teachers who were implicated.

But he said he believed the number of victims to be around 60.

“I’m sad that there’s so many boys,” Mr Edgar told 9NEWS.

“It’s quite upsetting.”

“There could have been one, two, three of us. But the amount that have come forward so far, that’s just ridiculous.”

In April, police re-opened an investigation into the independent boy’s school, after a retired TSS teacher allegedly confessed to raping boys, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported.

A TSS spokesman said the school contacted the Brisbane Anglican diocese at the time, which referred the claims to police.

Queensland Police would not comment on the specifics of the investigation, but urged students who had been abused to come forward.  

Mr Edgar said he hoped the abusers would now be brought to justice. 

“Although the school said they have helped and assisted so many boys that have been abused, if that’s the case, what happened to the abusers?”