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Summary: Robert J. Post was a member of the Congregation of Christian Brothers (Irish Christian Brothers) entering at the age of 17 in 1955, and taking his perpetual vows in 1965. He taught in Canada, Italy and the United States, serving for a time as assistant principal of Bishop Gibbons High School in Schenectady, NY, then as principal of Blessed Sacrament High School in New Rochelle. He left the order to pursue priesthood and, in 1982, was ordained for the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT.
“Fr. Bob” served as an assistant or was in residence at parishes in Bethel, Darien and Stamford, was spiritual director for numerous high schools, including in Norwalk and Danbury. Post spent every August for many years, beginning in 1987, at St. Susanna’s in Rome as a summer associate with the Paulist Fathers. For a time he was Master of Ceremonies for the Bridgeport diocese. He was also a fire department chaplain and he regularly celebrated mass for the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary sisters in Stamford.
Post was accused in a 2007 lawsuit of having engaged in improper behavior with male Blessed Sacrament students in the 1970s. By 2012 at least one former student had come forward alleging that he had been sexually abused by Post as a teenager, when Post was a religious brother. Two more men emerged with similar claims. The three were part of a legal case against the Irish Christian Brothers.
Post’s status and whereabouts during 2013-2015 are unclear. As of 2016 he was retired and living at a priests’ retirement residence in Stamford.
Perpetual Vows as Christian Brother: 1965
Ordained: 1982
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