ROCHESTER (NY)
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
March 4, 2019
Court documents reveal that 430 people have claimed they were abused by members of the Irish Christian Brothers order.
Despite bankruptcy, victims may still sue dioceses where specific schools are located
A well-known figure in the science education world is among several Irish Christian Brothers accused of sexually abusing students at Irish Christian Brothers schools in New Rochelle in the 1960s and 1970s, lawyers for former students alleged.
Two men alleged that Brother Robert Pavlica of Iona Prep and Brother Michael John of the Blessed Sacrament High School abused them when they were students, said lawyer Mike Reck, attorney at Jeff Anderson and Associates of New York City.
Pavlica, who died in 2007, created the Authentic Science Research Program, which would later become the model for science research programs in New York and around the country.
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