St. Aug supporters ask DA to investigate claims of paddling injuries at school
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Posted on November 9, 2011 at 1:12 PM
NEW ORLEANS – Sea of Purple , a group of St. Augustine High School
Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Monica Applewhite and members of the Josephite Order “violatedLouisiana law and placed minors in jeopardy of harm by failing to report alleged incidents of child abuse,” says a letter from Sea of Purple
The letter was signed by Raymond Heiser, Warren Johnson, Tracie Washington, Percy Marchard and Byron Williams Sr.
In Dec. 2009, according toSea of Purple
At the conclusion of the meetings with school officials, parents, faculty and alumni, “formal recommendations included continuing the usage of corporal punishment at the school,” says the letter fromSea of Purple
“Some 15 months after the disciplinary committee had concluded its review, Gregory Aymond, Archbishop of New Orleans, made public statements asserting that he had received claims of students being injured and hospitalized as a result of St. Augustine High School’s corporal punishment policy,” says the letter.
According toSea of Purple
“It was discovered that in December 2009 and again in January 2010, Applewhite issued a separate ‘confidential’ report to Archbishop Aymond and Fr. Edward Chiffriller, which included these allegations,” says the letter.
In the report, according toSea of Purple
“Aymond only vaguely made mention of the allegations some 15 months after he originally received and did not investigate them. He still has not reported the allegations to authorities that he claims he feels are credible,” says the letter.
According toSea of Purple
Chiffriller violated the law because in addition to not reporting the alleged injuries, he instructed members of the Josephites Society’s General Council to keep silent about the allegations in Applewhite’s report.
Sea of Purple also contends that Aymond, Chiffriller and members of the Josephite Council “continued to make false accusations and reports of abuse even after the alleged reports were unequivocally proven false,” says the letter, and adds that false reporting violates Louisiana
On Wednesday afternoon, the Archdiocese of New Orleans said, "The archbishop has received a copy of theSea of Purple
Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Monica Applewhite and members of the Josephite Order “violated
The letter was signed by Raymond Heiser, Warren Johnson, Tracie Washington, Percy Marchard and Byron Williams Sr.
In Dec. 2009, according to
At the conclusion of the meetings with school officials, parents, faculty and alumni, “formal recommendations included continuing the usage of corporal punishment at the school,” says the letter from
“Some 15 months after the disciplinary committee had concluded its review, Gregory Aymond, Archbishop of New Orleans, made public statements asserting that he had received claims of students being injured and hospitalized as a result of St. Augustine High School’s corporal punishment policy,” says the letter.
According to
“It was discovered that in December 2009 and again in January 2010, Applewhite issued a separate ‘confidential’ report to Archbishop Aymond and Fr. Edward Chiffriller, which included these allegations,” says the letter.
In the report, according to
“Aymond only vaguely made mention of the allegations some 15 months after he originally received and did not investigate them. He still has not reported the allegations to authorities that he claims he feels are credible,” says the letter.
According to
Chiffriller violated the law because in addition to not reporting the alleged injuries, he instructed members of the Josephites Society’s General Council to keep silent about the allegations in Applewhite’s report.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Archdiocese of New Orleans said, "The archbishop has received a copy of the
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