After 18 months, he returned to Australia to become headmaster of St Barnabas School, Ravenshoe, where he remained nine years.
[8] In January 1999, a former pupil of St Barnabas School, Ravenshoe, Australia, (where Waddington had been headmaster) contacted the Bishop of North Queensland.
[9] In April 2013, it was revealed by the press that allegations of child sexual abuse had been previously made against Waddington (in 1999 and in 2003).
[8] David Hope among others was censured for failing to act when complaints were made which put other children at risk.
Bishop David Walker praised the current archbishop of York, John Sentamu, for starting an enquiry.