Fr. Harold F. Hermley
Taught at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, VA 1964-1967; removed after possible allegations. Transferred to Philadelphia in 1972. Accused in a 4/2009 civil suit of abusing a boy 1970-1973, while the boy was a student at Salesianum School and during overnight visits to NJ and Philadelphia. The Order in DE and PA announced a $24.8M settlement 8/4/2011 with 40 victims who filed suits in DE. One of the terms was the release of the names of 12 Oblates with substantiated allegations of abuse. Hermley was on the list. He died in 1983.
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