Br. Malachy/Deacon Robert Flavin
Benedictine brother. Entered the order at St. Mary’s Abbey in Morristown NJ in 1974. Professed solemn vows in 1978. Ordained for the permanent diaconate in 1982; remained a Benedictine monk. Delbarton School teacher 1975-1987. In 1992 a former Delbarton student told the Benedictines that Flavin sexually assaulted him six months after graduation 1981. In 2002 the former student also alleged that Flavin said inappropriate things to him as a student in 1978, and that the Order knew of another victim. Per the Order, Flavin left active status in 1987 after he was found drinking with another boy. He continued to work as a part-time deacon at a Randolph Township parish for ten years. When Flavin would not voluntarily leave the Order, in 2003 it asked the Vatican for laicization. Named in lawsuit(s) filed in 7/2020 under the NJ Child Sexual Abuse Victims Act.
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