{"id":3340,"date":"2011-04-19T13:01:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T20:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2013-06-06T03:18:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T10:18:25","slug":"st-johns-adds-an-offender-38-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/st-johns-adds-an-offender-38-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"St. John’s Names an Offender, 38 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The letter that St. John’s Abbey agreed to send to former St. Prep School students for whom the St. John’s alumni office had current addresses (approximately 64% of graduates and 15% of non-graduates) went out this week.<\/p>\n

However, instead of including the names of seventeen offending monks as originally announced, the list includes eighteen names.<\/p>\n

St. John’s Abbey included the name of Fr. James Kelly, a professor in the music department at St. John’s University in the 1950’s.<\/p>\n

Fr. Kelly reportedly left the monastary in 1973 after allegations of misconduct surfaced.\u00a0In the 37 years since he left the monastery, St. John’s made no effort to make Fr. Kelly’s misconduct known.\u00a0James Kelly died\u00a0at the age of 95.\u00a0According to his obituary<\/a>, Kelly “served as music director at St. John’s University, then taught piano privately until 2010.”<\/p>\n

After leaving St. John’s, James Kelly reportedly abused at least one of his piano students. Kelly’s relationship with the abbey at the time of the abuse is unknown. In any case, St. John’s Abbey made no effort to protect children and vulnerable adults from James Kelly, or even make his name public, until after his death.<\/p>\n

Other offending monks mentioned in the abbey’s letter:<\/p>\n

Brother Andre Bennett
\nBrother Isaac Connolly
\nRev. Richard Eckroth
\nRev. Thomas Gillespie
\nBrother John Kelly
\nRev. Brennan Maiers
\nRev. Dunstan Moorse
\nRev. Francisco Schulte
\nRev. Bruce Wollmering
\nRev. Michael Bik
\nRev. Cosmas Dahlheimer
\nAbbot John Eidenschink
\nRev. Fran Hoefgen
\nBrother Steve Lilly
\nRev. Finian McDonald
\nBrother Jim Phillips
\nRev. Allen Tarlton<\/p>\n

The list of names is not comprehensive. [ View<\/a> ]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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