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  Gay Porn Costs Bronx Catholic School Principal His Job

By John Del Signore
Gothamist
February 29, 2008

http://gothamist.com/2008/02/29/gay_porn_costs.php

The principal of a renowned Catholic boys' high school in the Bronx resigned recently after pornographic images were found on his office computer. Christopher Keogan, the principal of

Cardinal Hayes High School, says the allegations are "absolutely, positively 100% false." Officials have confirmed that Keogan's hard drive was storing pictures of nude men and that since there were no minors depicted, Keogan does not face any criminal charges, though of course his career is destroyed.



Cardinal Hayes opened in 1941 in the South Bronx and is famous for offering disadvantaged boys from poor communities a rigorous educational environment that results in 96% of alumni attending college. Martin Scorsese, Regis Philbin and novelist Don DeLillo are among its graduates; George Carlin was expelled after three semesters.

Four years ago Keogan stepped away from the Christian Brothers teaching order, which demands poverty and chastity, for "personal reasons." Later, a staffer claimed she was fired after reporting that Keogan was having an affair with a male subordinate. And the school treasurer accused Keogan of stealing $600 out of a desk in the school finance office, a heist allegedly captured by a security camera .

Now the Post, which is naturally reveling in the scandal, is reporting that Keogan used $10,000 from a chartable foundation he managed to furnish his new off-campus apartment in 2004. The Rev. Bob Hoatson, a frequent critic of Keogan, told the Post it was "absurd they would give the man $10,000 when they're taking it from kids who need it most. They could have given two kids scholarships to Cardinal Hayes with that money." Indeed, the school's heavily subsidized tuition is $4,900 a year.

 
 

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