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A boy named Max Hell was barred from enrolling in the St Peter the Apostle Primary School in Australia because, say the school’s authorities, he had such a sinful name.

The youngster’s dad, 45-year-old Alex Hell, has expressed outrage after the primary school in the southern city of Melbourne allegedly refused to admit his son, Max.

“We are victims of our name,” said Hell, whose name is of Austrian origin.

“We’re quite devastated by the whole thing,” the Catholic father of three told the Australian Associated Press.

“It’s 2007, not 1407 — it’s not the Dark Ages.”

Hell said that at one point he offered to change his son’s name to his wife’s maiden name of Wembridge, a suggestion that he said was welcomed by the principal of St Peter the Apostle primary school, Michael McGrath.

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