PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Catholic News Agency
Philadelphia, Pa., Jul 18, 2012 / 12:10 am (CNA).- A former Lansdale Catholic High School lacrosse coach has been arrested and charged after allegedly making false claims of sexual abuse in anonymous e-mails to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
“The cost to the men subjected to the false accusations is impossible to measure,” the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office said in a July 17 statement, announcing Timothy Udinski’s arrest on charges of harassment and stalking.
On June 21, Udinski told detectives that he sent the archdiocese seven anonymous fabricated reports, targeting officials associated with the Catholic school where he had coached boys’ lacrosse. He said he made the false reports he was “furious” and “mad at the school for the way I was treated.”
According to the Distict Attorney’s office, Udinski himself “was the target of unfounded accusations” of an unspecified nature. He was dismissed from his coaching duties after a series of heated arguments with players and staff.
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