OHIO
10TV
By Glenn McEntyre
Monday October 5, 2015
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Brian Sze was arrested last week in Seattle for crimes that allegedly happened while he was a teacher at Bishop Watterson in Columbus.
The Catholic Diocese of Columbus says it fired Sze for inappropriate communication with a different student.
An email sent to parents of St. Brigid of Kildare students said, “Protocols…were not followed” in Sze’s case. The email obtained by 10TV is signed by Monsignor Joseph Hendricks and St. Brigid Principal Kathy O’Reilly. St. Brigid is a feeder school for Bishop Watterson and Brian Sze taught at both.
Kathy O’Reilly is one of the people who gave a positive reference that allowed Sze to get a job at a private school in Seattle, even after he was fired from his job here in Columbus. In the letter, O’Reilly says she and the Monsignor “had no knowledge of Mr. Sze’s termination for cause” prior to hearing the news of his arrest Wednesday evening.
The letter refers to a meeting Thursday night where Regina Quinn, the Diocesan Safe Environment Director, told parents “There is not a good reason that the protocols….were not followed at the Diocesan level.”
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