NEW YORK
Albany Times Union
By Robert Gavin
Albany
La Salle Institute officials are investigating allegations made by a former student who said he was repeatedly sexually abused by a teacher more than 20 years ago at the Catholic school in Troy.
On Tuesday, the school identified the teacher as Norman E. Rioux, a former Spanish teacher at the school.
Rioux, 82, was hired at the school despite being convicted of federal charges in U.S. District Court for a check-cashing scheme that La Salle officials now say they did not know about.
Rioux, listed on the adjunct faculty of Norwich University in Vermont, could not be reached.
La Salle’s director of advancement, Karen Rappleyea, said the allegations made Monday by former student Michael Cioppa, now 39, were being reviewed.
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