HAWAII
The Worthy Adversry
Posted by Joelle Casteix on September 3, 2013
Over the weekend, we learned that Damien Memorial School officials lied on a grant application that resulted in a $1.5 million award to the school from the State of Hawaii for “capital improvements.”
Here is a quick recap:
School officials conveniently “forgot” to mention that at the time the application was filed in January, the school had 15 outstanding legal claims against them for child sexual abuse, all of which could be converted into lawsuits against the school and the Diocese of Honolulu under Hawaii’s landmark civil window for victims.
The application said there were only three lawsuits.
Here is they didn’t mention on the application:
* As of January 2013, there were at least FIVE child sex abuse lawsuits against Damien Memorial School and the Diocese of Honolulu. John Roes 1-5 include victims of Fr. Gerald Funcheon, Brother John Paul Medvit, Brother Robert Brouillette, and Fr. George DeCosta,
*At that time, there were 15 active child sex abuse legal claims against the school in the Irish Christian Brothers’ bankruptcy proceedings,
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