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"The investigation found that the man, who has not been identified, used the boy’s bathroom across from his office on several occasions in December and early January. One boy reported that he had observed him using a urinal, authorities said. But no child reported that the man touched him, and no child reported that the man used sexual language."
WTF?!!!!!!!??????
Related: Immaculate Conception School Exposed
"Revere Catholic school janitor cleared of indecent exposure" by Derek J. Anderson and Martin Finucane, Globe Correspondent | Globe Staff January 22, 2015
Investigators have cleared a 64-year-old custodian of possible indecent exposure at the Immaculate Conception School in Revere, in an incident that led to the resignations of the school’s pastor, principal, and a teacher.
Revere police and Suffolk prosecutors, in a joint statement Thursday, said they “have concluded their investigation into a report of indecent exposure by an adult at the Immaculate Conception School in Revere and will not be seeking charges.”
Revere police said they were made aware of the allegation on Jan. 12. The Archdiocese of Boston placed the suspended worker on leave and contacted the state Department of Children and Families.
The investigation found that the man, who has not been identified, used the boy’s bathroom across from his office on several occasions in December and early January. One boy reported that he had observed him using a urinal, authorities said.
But no child reported that the man touched him, and no child reported that the man used sexual language, it was found.
“No child reported any action by the adult that would support criminal charges,” authorities said.
OMG!!
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It is not known if the custodian will be reinstated at the school, and Immaculate Conception officials could not be reached for comment Thursday night.
After investigators’ findings, police and members of the district attorney’s child protection unit spoke with a parent of the boy who reported the possible incident to explain the results.
“She supported those findings, expressed relief, and did not wish to proceed with any criminal case against the adult,” authorities said in the statement.
Yeah, well, THREE CAREERS have been RUINED BY THIS LIE!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the pun, but I'M SO PISSED!!!!!!
Jeffrey Turco, 43, a father of five who has three children who attend Immaculate Conception, is unhappy with actions that resulted from the allegation.
“I’m frustrated and frankly I’m disgusted,” said Turco, who said he had total confidence in the custodian. “He’s a wonderful, wonderful person.”
Turco said he knew the worker and would not have any reservations about leaving his children under his care.
Despite the findings, Terrence C. Donilon, a spokesman for the archdiocese, said in a statement Thursday the archdiocese still had concerns about the process at the school.
“Even if not later found to be criminal, the failure to recognize that unacceptable situation coupled with the failure to report the matter as it had been communicated to supervisors led to the resignation of those who were in positions to ensure the protection of children,” he said. “The decision to follow the law regarding mandated reporting does not rest upon whether the individual’s actions were criminal.”
In other words, there need be no criminal conduct at all. Allegation from a single source is enough, even if it is a lie!
The message is clear. Stay out of school bathrooms. Period!
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UPDATE:
"Catholic school principal sues for $1 million over departure" by Lisa Wangsness Globe Staff October 23, 2015
It started with a janitor at a Catholic school in Revere using a bathroom urinal with students present.
After a parent complained, the episode led to a community crisis: A second-grade teacher, the school principal, and the pastor of Immaculate Conception parish resigned. The police and Suffolk prosecutors swiftly cleared the janitor of criminal wrongdoing. Nearly 1,000 parents and parishioners signed a petition asking for a meeting with Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston.
Now, the former principal, Alison Kelly, is suing the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston for more than $1 million. She claims the church forced her to resign in January even though she had immediately reported the parent’s complaints to the pastor in charge of the school.
The ousting of Kelly, who was principal for about three years, and her colleagues “was a cold, calculated attempt by the church to do some face-saving at the expense of innocent people,” said Kelly’s attorney, Gerard F. Malone, in an interview.
The church, her lawsuit says, remains haunted by the sexual-abuse crisis that rocked the Boston archdiocese more than a dozen years ago, which Immaculate Conception felt directly. The Rev. James Porter, a notorious child abuser who died in prison, molested children there in the 1960s.
The lawsuit says the archdiocese did not bother with a full investigation into the recent episode “because it served their own aims to appear to be taking quick and decisive action against its employees.”
Hugh R. Curran, an attorney for the teacher, said his client plans to file a similar lawsuit within days.
Kelly, 44, unsuccessfully applied for more than 100 jobs this year, her lawsuit says, and recently took a paraprofessional position earning $12.63 per hour, with no benefits. Curran said his client, who was in her first year at the school, cannot find a teaching job either.
Welcome to life for the rest of us, and she is one of the lucky ones. She has a job!
Terrence Donilon, a church spokesman, said the archdiocese has not seen the lawsuit and does not comment on pending litigation. But the church observes a zero-tolerance policy in efforts to protect children from sexual abuse; it requires following proper protocols without exception.
In general, Donilon said Thursday, the archdiocese expects “all mandated reporters to report suspected or potential child abuse to the appropriate authorities, as they have been trained to do.”
Phil Saviano, founder of the New England chapter of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, said he was “troubled that the janitor would on several occasions use the little boys’ room, especially since he supposedly goes though this mandated training for parochial schools regarding children and safety.”
When Kelly and her colleagues resigned in January, the archdiocese announced that the departing school officials had taken responsibility and stepped down for “their failure to report these incidents in a timely manner.”
But the lawsuit says that was not true: The archdiocese told Kelly she would be fired if she did not quit, even though she had done precisely what was required of her in such a situation.
According to the lawsuit, a parent telephoned Kelly on Dec. 17, 2014, to report that her second-grade son saw the janitor in a school bathroom and felt uncomfortable. Kelly immediately called the pastor, the Rev. George Szal, a member of the Marist order of priests.
“I’ll take care of it,” the pastor told Kelly, according to her lawsuit.
But on Jan. 9, the same parent told Kelly the janitor had again come into the bathroom while her son was there. The mother said this was her third report. Unbeknownst to Kelly, the mother had raised the issue in a Dec. 10 conference with her son’s teacher.
Kelly and a priest immediately called Szal, who was traveling. The pastor said he would tell the janitor to leave the premises. Szal asked Kelly to call the archdiocese.
She complied, the lawsuit says, and filed a report, as church officials requested, with the state Department of Children and Families.
The next day, a Saturday, Szal told Kelly he was resigning at O’Malley’s request, according to the lawsuit.
Three days later, Kathleen Power Mears, the superintendent of Catholic schools, told Kelly to resign or she would be terminated, according to the lawsuit.
The Revere police and Suffolk prosecutors sent a joint statement the following week clearing the janitor of any criminal wrongdoing. No child had reported that the man had touched him or used sexual language, the authorities said.
But Donilon said at the time that even if the janitor hadn’t broken the law, his use of a bathroom with students present was “highly inappropriate and improper.”
Jeffrey R. Turco, a lawyer who sends four of his children to the school, said the bathroom in question had long been used by adults as well as students. He said what happened was no different from what happens at a Red Sox game — men and boys use the bathrooms at the same time.
“I think the world of [Kelly],” he said. “The cardinal and Terrence Donilon should drive themselves up to her house and apologize personally. . . . That would be a first step to helping this woman rehabilitate herself.”
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Does the Pope have anything to say about this?
