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Central Catholic Teacher Resigns Amid Misconduct Probe

Lowell Sun
May 18, 2017

http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_30998424/central-catholic-teacher-resigns-amid-misconduct-probe

Two weeks after Central Catholic's dean and basketball coach resigned for allegedly sending inappropriate messages to a former student, another school employee has resigned for alleged misconduct, according to The Eagle Tribune.

John Housianitis, the social studies teacher who allegedly posted "compromising photos" of himself online, has resigned, the school's president announced on Thursday.

Housianitis has been on administrative leave since late April. He is a former Lawrence School Committee member.

"I accept Mr. Housianitis' resignation with regret. John's violation of our policies was regrettable, however, it was not physically harmful to any student," Central Catholic President Christopher Sullivan said in a statement released Thursday. "John's service to the school and its students will long be remembered. I wish him well in the future."

Controversy has surrounded Central Catholic for weeks. Last month, the school fired Andrew Nikonchuk, of Lowell, following allegations that he had drugged and raped a former male student off campus in Lowell in 2006. He was most recently the assistant principal for curriculum and instruction.

In addition, Richard Nault -- who had allegedly sent inappropriate messages on Snapchat -- resigned from his positions as dean and basketball coach. Nault had led the perennial powerhouse basketball team in Lawrence for about a decade.

Also, well-known Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who played a major role in exposing the Catholic Church sex scandal, is now working with a client who alleges he was sexually abused by four Marist Brothers at Central Catholic High School in the 1960s.

That client, whose name and hometown Garabedian declined to share, also says he was sexually abused by the late Rev. Paul Rynne at St. Patrick's Parish in Lawrence. Rynne, who died in 2004, previously faced accusations that he sexually abused boys at parishes in Plymouth and Brockton.

Garabedian said his client notified the principal of Central Catholic of the abuse allegations during his senior year, but that his client was simply moved out of a class taught by one of his alleged abusers.

 

 

 

 

 




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