Mueller College ‘unrapeable list’ scandal: Student ‘cut’ for criticising Christian school’s response

A student has been sensationally cut from an independent Christian school for criticising its handling of a scandal surrounding a student-compiled “unrapeable list”.

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A student has been sensationally cut from an independent Christian school for criticising its handling of an “unrapeable list” scandal.

The list – compiled by six boys at Mueller College and posted by one on social media – cruelly mocks six senior peers, including some with disabilities, and names them as “unrapeable”.

Gen Dunstan, 18, said the Moreton Bay school “cut her” because of what it called “likely defamatory” comments, including about the expulsion of her boyfriend Finn Glover, whom she describes as a whistleblower.

“I stand by what I said and have been expelled because of it; just like Finn, it’s so wrong,” said Ms Dunstan, of Kippa-Ring.

The Courier-Mail understands five boys who helped write the list remain at the school.

On her private Instagram page on October 9 – the day Finn alerted Mueller College to the list he described as horrifying – Ms Dunstan said the school pushes “everything under the rug” and makes “innocent people the victim”.

Expelled Mueller College students Genevieve Dunstan, 18, and Finn Glover, 17, Kippa-Ring. Picture: Liam Kidston

“I hate the shit hole they’ve created,” she said.

“Why practically expel someone for exposing people for creating a f…ing list of unrapeable people?”

On October 10, Ms Dunstan posted that the principal Paul Valese “won’t bring Finn back … absolutely pathetic”.

Ms Dunstan, a student at Mueller College since prep, said she was called to a meeting with Mr Valese on October 14.

“He expected me to apologise and kept asking if I meant to post those things and I said yes,” she said.

On October 15, Ms Dunstan received an email from Mr Valese referring to the meeting which “granted you an opportunity to provide a reply to the likely defamatory comments you made on social media”.

In the email – seen by The Courier-Mail – Mr Valese said Ms Dunstan used profane language and named him personally and his decision as absolutely pathetic.

“According to Mueller’s positive culture framework (behaviour management policy) your behaviour is deemed as very serious,” he wrote.

“Level IV Very Serious Event (at school, outside of school, travel to or from school): significant inappropriate or offensive online behaviour.

“It is clear that mutual trust and co-operation between yourself and the college has broken down.

“You have not shown any remorse for offence caused by your comments.”

Mueller College, Kippa-Ring. Picture: David Clark

Ms Dunstan was then told she was “externally suspended”, which she said was the same as being expelled because students could not graduate or return to campus, other than to sit final exams, separated from their cohort, to receive their Queensland Certificate of Education.

This same punishment was given to the boy who posted and helped create the unrapeable list and to Finn Glover, and all three were also banned from the school formal, farewell breakfast and final chapel.

After The Courier-Mail broke news of the scandal on October 16, many parents and students came forward to express their disgust at the school’s handling of the matter.

Finn Glover described his removal from Mueller College as “absolutely absurd”.

He said his mistake was to send a screenshot of the list which he called out as “absolutely disgusting” to a private group chat.

“I decided to go to school early the next morning to show it to the principal because I felt like the writer needed to be expelled and, in my mind, the school would be like ‘hell no’ and thank me.

Lori and Chris Glover, parents of Finn Glover who has been suspended by Mueller College. Picture: David Clark

“I had screenshots showing all the boys who helped make the list.”

Father Chris Glover said the students mocked on the list wrote to the college leadership team on October 9, saying they were grateful Finn had spoken up and he did not deserve to be punished.

“Our son has basically been put in the same category as the students who wrote the list and this is what infuriates us as parents,” Mr Glover said.

“We have raised him to speak up for what is right, and what he did came from a position of wanting to protect vulnerable students and expose the authors of the list.

“Calling out and correcting misogynistic behaviour is extremely important.

“Misogyny in adolescent males, if not addressed, can metamorphose into toxic behaviour with intimate partners when those boys reach adulthood.”

Mr Valese was contacted for comment but did not respond.

The latest Mueller College claims come in the same week that Brisbane’s Lourdes Hill school was rocked by allegations of a “toxic” bullying culture, after the tragic suicide of 12-year-old Ella Catley-Crawford.

Ella was the victim of an online catfishing scheme orchestrated by other girls from the school, who shared her photos across social media, leading to bullying, isolation and a mental health battle.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to push forward with a plan to restrict under 16s from using social media platforms and took the proposal to National Cabinet on Friday. It was backed by all state and territory leaders.