Br. Thomas Cuthbert Ford
Irish and U.S. citizen. Accused of beating and sexually abusing five boys at Mount Cashel orphanage in Newfoundland 1956-1959. Worked as Dean at Damien Memorial School in HI 1972-1975. Taught at Bergen Catholic in Newark archdiocese 1986-1996. Indicted in Canada in 1996. In 2000 he agreed to return to Canada. Charges reduced. He pleaded guilty to brutally beating one of the boys in a shower and was sentenced to five months in jail in 8/2000. Died 12/24/2008. Named in a civil suit 4/4/2014 as having sexually abused a boy at Damien Memorial in about 1970. Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers in 2014 as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings.
- Associated Press 03.28.99
- Associated Press 04.02.99
- The Record (NJ) 08.02.99
- The Record 08.21.00
- NY Times 08.22.00
- Star-Ledger 08.25.00
- NY Times 08.26.00
- The Record 08.26.00
- The Record Obituary 12.27.08
- HawaiiNewsNow 02.10.12
- Complaint in John Roe No 27 v Congregation of Christian Brothers et al, Cause No 14-1-0855-4, First Circuit Court, Hawaii 04.04.14
- Irish Christian Brothers List 05.30.14
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