{"id":7703,"date":"2013-12-17T00:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T08:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?p=7703"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:40:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:40:39","slug":"regarding-father-licari-and-the-review-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/regarding-father-licari-and-the-review-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Prep School Headmaster’s Exit from External Review Board"},"content":{"rendered":"[Webmaster’s Note: According to an October 22, 2013 email from Abbot John Klassen, “Fr. Jonathan voluntarily submitted to an evaluation by a qualified, highly-regarded therapist. This evaluation was thorough and covered all relevant issues.” The “evaluation” came after Fr. Jonathan\u00a0Licari’s removal from the External Review Board in September of 2003, following an allegation of misconduct involving a minor.]\n[Webmaster’s Note: Father Jonathan Licari, OSB is currently headmaster at Saint John’s Preparatory School, a school for grades 6-12 in Collegeville, Minnesota (USA).]\n

Regarding Father Licari and the Review Board<\/strong><\/p>\n

In September of 2003, an “issue” was reported, involving Father Jonathan Licari and a minor. The issue prompted Father Licari’s exit from his position on the\u00a0Abbey’s External Review Board (ERB), to which he had been appointed to a minimum two-year term by Abbot John Klassen in June of 2003.<\/p>\n

Below are the excerpts from the ERB minutes related to Father Licari’s exit:<\/p>\n

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*** Friday, September 19, 2003\u00a0(Fourth Meeting)<\/p>\n[Redacted] reported that he had met with the Abbot prior to this\u00a0meeting and was told that there was an outside issue regarding a Board\u00a0member and that the Abbot would be here shortly to discuss it with the\u00a0Board. The Abbot met with the Board to present his understanding of the\u00a0issue and to ask the Board how they wished to handle it. Since the\u00a0Board Member in relation to his status on the Board was not present at\u00a0the meeting, the Board requested the Abbot invite the Member to be\u00a0present today at 11:00am to discuss the issue.<\/p>\n

*** Friday, September 19, 2003<\/p>\n

There was open discussion with the Board Member regarding the issue at\u00a0hand, and it was mutually agreed by the Board that Father Jonathan\u00a0Licari\u00a0will no longer be a member of the Board. The Abbot will be\u00a0asked to name a replacement.<\/p>\n

*** Friday, October 17, 2003<\/p>\n

Discussion centered around how to tell the council about the issue\u00a0with the former Abbey Board Representative. The Board felt it was\u00a0important that the Abbot tell the Senior Council and other community\u00a0members about the issue immediately. Language and a letter would be\u00a0drafted by the Abbot for review by the Board. The Abbot reported that\u00a0he would need to make a recommendation for replacement on the Board to\u00a0the Senior Council and then to the Board. He is currently working on\u00a0this issue.<\/p>\n

*** Friday, November 21, 2003<\/p>\n

Abbot John joined the Board. Abbot John presented his nomination for\u00a0the new board member. Board members reviewed the information and\u00a0discussed the nomination. Barbara Illsley moved that the Board accept\u00a0the nomination. Charles Flinn seconded the motion. The Board passed\u00a0the motion to accept the nomination of Father Dale Francis\u00a0Launderville, OSB.<\/p>\n

The Board discussed transition issues as the new Board member is\u00a0announced. Abbot John reported that he told the Senior Council today\u00a0about the change in Board membership and will tell the Chapter at the\u00a0next Chapter meeting.<\/p>\n

*** \u00a0Friday, May 20, 2005<\/p>\n

Jonathan\u00a0Licari: The Abbot reported that after he left the Board,\u00a0Jonathan had an evaluation and went to therapy.<\/p>\n

*** END Excerpts<\/p>\n

Posted October 20, 2013
\nRevised October 21, 2013
\nRevised December 9, 2013
\nRevised December 17, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Webmaster’s Note: According to an October 22, 2013 email from Abbot John Klassen, “Fr. Jonathan voluntarily submitted to an evaluation by a qualified, highly-regarded therapist. This evaluation was thorough and covered all relevant issues.” The “evaluation” came after Fr. Jonathan\u00a0Licari’s … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,97,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-john-klassen","category-jonathan-licari","category-review-board","wp-image-borders"],"views":4310,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7703"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8161,"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7703\/revisions\/8161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}