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CBS 46
By Jonathan Andrews, Digital Manager
ATLANTA (CBS46) –
Parents of students at an Atlanta Catholic school are outraged after they say the school’s headmaster failed to notify police of alleged abuse of a young girl.
Witnesses reported “inappropriate touching” of a fourth-grade girl by Father Thomas Aloysius Flynn, to police in April. But according to parents, the school didn’t.
Now, Holy Spirit Preparatory School, an exclusive Catholic prep school to nearly 600 students in northwest Atlanta, is doing damage control, as shocked parents respond to the alleged incident.
Alleged incident caught on cell phone video
Police Capt. Mike Lindstrom said, “We made the initial report to make sure we were documenting what’s been reported to us and then our detectives followed up and interviewed any available witnesses, including the potential victim in the case.”
That victim was watching a school play on April 27 at Holy Spirit Catholic School with alongside Father Flynn, 36.
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