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Mercyhurst University will be removing all honors and tributes to former president Dr. William Garvey from its campuses, its president and chair of the board announced Monday.
Garvey was named by the Erie Catholic Diocese Friday as a former lay teacher and coach credibly accused of sexual abuse.
He spent 43 years at Mercyhurst University, including 25 years as the university’s longest-serving president from 1980 to 2005.
The University intends to remove Garvey’s presidential photograph from the library and remove the name Garvey Park as its first course of action.
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