Andert had a great deal to drink and told the parents that his new assignment was his \u201cperfect dream job.\u201d And it was\u2026\u201cto be a prefect in a college dorm; have his desk across from the door of the showers where he could watch the young tight white asses of the boys going in and out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Abbot Kelly Covered Up Misconduct by Fr. Andert<\/strong><\/p>\n Excerpt from\u00a0St. John\u2019s Abbey Suffers Relapse<\/a><\/p>\n But Ned was finally able to share his concerns with his parents. Once Ned\u2019s parents heard his story they went to see Abbot Timothy. Their experience is still fresh and distasteful. Whether from information at this interview or from other sources, Abbot Timothy agreed to remove Andert from the prep school.<\/p>\n As he assured the parents, he \u201cpatted\u201d Ned\u2019s mother on the head and said, \u201cDon\u2019t worry, everything will be OK.\u201d She still shutters at the memory and finds the meeting \u201ccondescending.\u201d Ned and his parents felt intimidated and humiliated.<\/p>\n Abbot Kelly appointed Andert prefect in the freshman college dorm.<\/p>\n Ned\u2019s dad, an ardent long-time supporter of St. John\u2019s, was a class ahead of Andert when they were in Prep School. In hope\u2019s of smoothing the edges of the conflict of the demotion from headmaster, Ned\u2019s dad and mother invited Andert to supper at Pirate\u2019s Cove, an up scale restaurant in the area. Andert had a great deal to drink and told the parents that his new assignment was his \u201cperfect dream job.\u201d And it was\u2026\u201cto be a prefect in a college dorm; have his (my) desk across from the door of the showers where he (I) could watch the young tight white asses of the boys going in and out.\u201d The memory of that statement still haunts the parents.<\/p>\n Ned\u2019s father met again with Kelly and told him: \u201cFrom what I have seen this man is a threat to students.\u201d He meant even college students. Kelly said, \u201cWhat do you expect me to do?\u201d Kelly in turn chided Ned\u2019s father for talking to me about the situation and continuing concern.<\/p>\n After Kelly\u2019s indifference, his transfer of Andert simply to an older group of potential victims plus the lack of any response to several reports from other parents and even monks who turned to me for the same assistance I felt tremendous pressure. I had talked about all of it to Kelly in private. (Every private report was ignored and put down, even those later acknowledged and settled by the Abbey. No investigation.)<\/p>\n Here I was Chair of a project set up and widely publicized to protect children and help eliminate dangers, first and foremost at St. John\u2019s, but the head of the institution turned a deaf and defiant ear to the information that I was relaying to him. I polled the Executive Committee of the ISTI board for advice. They seemed supportive of my determination to speak with Kelly openly in an Executive Board meeting on September 18, 1995. The reaction of Abbot Timothy Kelly can only be described as verbally violent and rejecting. \u201cI will not be manipulated,\u201d are some of his words I remember.<\/p>\n Source: St. John\u2019s Abbey Suffers Relapse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Andert had a great deal to drink and told the parents that his new assignment was his \u201cperfect dream job.\u201d And it was\u2026\u201cto be a prefect in a college dorm; have his desk across from the door of the showers … Continue reading