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Boston Globe
Rev. Schaeffer steps down from Boston College board amid criticism of his role in sex abuse case
By Michael Rezendes, Globe Staff
The Rev. Bradley M. Schaeffer stepped down from his post on the Boston College board of trustees on Thursday in the wake of intense criticism of the role he played in supervising a former Jesuit priest who allegedly molested dozens of children over 40 years.
The Globe reported on Sunday that Schaeffer had failed to stop Donald J. McGuire from sexually abusing boys while Schaeffer was his supervisor as the leader of the Jesuit province in Chicago in the 1990s. Despite several complaints about McGuire’s behavior with boys in the early 1990s, Schaeffer allowed McGuire to continue his ministry.
Today, amid a review of Schaeffer’s conduct by the executive committee of the Boston College board, Schaeffer delivered a brief letter to the board chairman announcing he would step down.
“As all in our community know, Boston College is a wonderful, caring institution of higher education,” wrote Schaeffer, whose term as trustees was scheduled to end in June. “I do not want to harm it or be a distraction. Therefore, I am ending my service as a trustee today.”
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