Br. Al Behm
Named publicly as credibly accused by his order on its list 10/11/2019. Worked in CT, NC, OH, KY, KY, TN, LA, CA and GA. Joined order 1960, left in 1993. On the Charlotte diocese’s list 12/29/2019. It notes that the Glenmarys said the alleged abuse occurred in the 1970s in KY. (KY location not specified; placing him in the Cincinnati archdiocese, where the Glenmary order is based.) In 12/2020 Behm appears to be working as a volunteer at a school in Myanmar. Per the school’s website he had been there for about a year, and had worked previously with underserved children in Thailand. Accused in a 7/2021 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in North Carolina. Per the lawsuit, Behm met the boy when he was age 9 in 1972, soon began grooming him and, when the boy was a teenager, began to perform sex acts on him. Behm also allegedly introduced the boy to alcohol, marijuana and amyl nitrates. The sexual abuse lasted through most of the boy’s college years. The boy was from an unstable home and Behm insinuated himself as a father figure. The suit was denied, then appealed. Behm’s name is included on the Diocese of Nashville’s 11/2021 list of accused.
- Cohane v Glenmary Home Missioners et al 07.06.21
- Cohane v Glenmary Home Missioners et al Appeal 09.12.23
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