MARYLAND
Baltimore Sun
By Anica Butler
Sun Staff
Originally published June 17, 2005
A former Roman Catholic priest who was accused in January of sexually abusing a former Calvert Hall College student has been charged in Baltimore County, according to charging documents.
Jerome F. Toohey Jr. is accused of abusing the student between 1987 and 1989 when Toohey was a chaplain at the boys high school in Towson. He was charged May 26 with child abuse, third-degree sex offense and perverted practice, and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing next month, according to charging documents.
It is the second time Toohey has faced allegations of sexual abuse. In 1993, the priest was accused of abusing a former student at John Carroll School in Bel Air.
A lawsuit brought by that former student against Toohey was dismissed because state law requires that civil suits be filed within three years of an alleged incident.
In the new allegation, the former student told police that he first met Toohey at his mother's 25th high school reunion, and that his mother asked Toohey to help him gain admission to Calvert Hall, which he did, according to the charging documents.