Bro. Edward Michael, s.m.-Assignment Record

Assignment Record– Bro. Edward Michael, s.m.

Summary of Case: A religious brother of the Marist Order, Michael was removed from a part-time volunteer position at a Marist high school in 1986 after a student accused him of improper touching. Another accusation surfaced in 2001 when a former student of the same school said he was abused by Michael in 1967. Michael died in the early 1990s.

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1964 Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970), followed by Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983).	1972	Central Catholic High School	Lawrence • A former Central Catholic student accused Michael of having sexually abused him in 1967. (Boston Globe June 7, 2002)	MA	faculty member
1972	1985
1985 Boston archbishop was Bernart Francis Law (1984-2002).	1986	Central Catholic High School	Lawrence • Michael was removed from the school in 1986 after a student accused him of "inappropriate behavior". The behavior is said to have involved "improper touching."	MA	part time volunteer	Michael died in the early 1990s.

Source: The Boston Globe, June 7, 2002.

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This assignment record was last updated on December 8, 2010.