BOSTON (MA)
WBUR

By Deborah Becker
Apr 19, 2012, 2:39 PM

BOSTON — A longtime member of the Boston College Board of Trustees has stepped down amid allegations he covered up for an abusive priest. As advocates for clergy abuse victims were protesting at the Boston College, the school announced that its board accepted the resignation of Father Brad Schaeffer as a trustee.

Recent information from lawsuits in Chicago show that Schaeffer was aware of abuse by another priest — Donald McGuire — but did not inform authorities. McGuire is now serving a 25-year prison sentence for abusing children.

“Father Schaeffer unfortunately allowed Father McGuire to continue abusing children after he was specifically and personally was notified in 1993 that Father McGuire was doing this,” said Terry McKiernan, with the group BishopAccountability.org.