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CBS Miami
MIAMI (CBSMiami/The Miami Herald) – A former Catholic high school wrestler and other former students have accused an ex-dean of sexual abuse.
CBS4 news partner, The Miami Herald, spoke with the former wrestler listed as a victim in the case. He is now 27-years-old and the abuse happened when he was a senior at Monsignor Edward Pace High School.
The man known as “John Doe D” was once a said to be a high school wrestling star with a real shot at winning the state wrestling championships in his weight class.
However, during his senior year, the paper reported he quit the team, began flunking classes and skipping school.
He said he did it to avoid one man: Marist Brother Ken Ward, the Miami Gardens school’s dean of students, the paper reported.
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