School 'rejects boy called Hell'

An Australian Catholic school is at the centre of an unholy row over claims it refused entry to a five-year-old boy whose surname is Hell.

Alex Hell said St Peter the Apostle School, Melbourne, had welcomed his son Max when enrolled under his mother's maiden name, Wembridge.

But they baulked when the family had a change of heart over the surname.

School officials say Max now has a place, but Mr Hell claims they changed their minds because of media attention.

He said he would not now be taking up the school's offer.

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