Boy's Name Is 'Hell' for Catholic School AP Posted: 2007-07-09 12:39:39 Filed Under: Weird News, World MELBOURNE, Australia (July 9) - The Hell family says it may tell a Catholic school in Australia where to go after it objected to enrolling their son because of his name. Officials said the boy had been offered a place at the St. Peter the Apostle school in the southern city of Melbourne after discussions between the principal, the parish priest and the family over his name. But Alex Hell said he would rather send 5-year-old Max elsewhere because the school balked at taking the boy over his family name. "We are the victims of our name," Hell said Monday. Hell said he and his wife approached St. Peter the Apostle school about enrolling Max because the boy was being bullied at his current school because of his name, the Herald Sun newspaper reported on its Web site. The Catholic school supported a plan to enroll Max using his mother's maiden name, Wembridge, but then withdrew its invitation when the parents changed their minds about the name, Hell said. The school backed down and offered Max a place only when Hell took the issue to the media, he said. "The school has turned around and said Max can go there, but why would you want to go there after being victimized?" Hell said. The family was considering moving to his wife's hometown to find a different school, he said. Director of Catholic Education in Victoria state, Stephen Elder, said using the boy's mother's name was the parents' idea to "assist the child in the transition of schools." "After discussions between the parish priest and principal, St. Peter the Apostle School has made an offer of enrollment to the student," Elder said in a statement. "The school is working with the family in the best interests of the child." Hell said he had Austrian heritage and that the name means "bright." Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. 2007-07-09 12:35:10 Hell means bright, lol, wait really? lols. max hell, that's a crazy name. want to say that in slow motion, awesome.
Haha, this is kind of like that time when I went into a christian CS server with the name Lucifer. I got banned =\
Thats why I hate religion, they dominate too much of the people's lives. But they shouldn't apply to the Catholic school when their name is Hell anyways, so I guess they were asking for it.
Hey this is really a cool last name! Well if they don't want to accept the boy, I'll be glad to have him enrolled in my little evil school... -devil
You're kidding! I feel the name is wicked cool!! Plus, just because he's last name is Hell doesn't mean he's a real being from hell. He could be like an angel, a devout catholic. It's really unfair. Reminds me of the show "Meet the Fockers". That was mean because the father named his son Gaylord and had the surname Focker.
Wtf.... thats wrong of the catholic school to not enroll him just because his last name is hell.....So what if his name is hell, does it necessarily mean that hes gonna bring hell and make them all satan worshipers? NO! Honestly that kid should just enroll in a different school and forget about them.
