MARYLAND
North East Reporter
09/15/05
by jennifer przydzial
Calvert Hall College High School officials are standing behind Principal Louis Heidrick in the face of a call for his dismissal.
A group of former students who allege they were abused by former teachers of the school is asking the school to remove Heidrick from his position.
"We have full confidence in Lou Heidrick," said Brother Benedict Oliver, president of Calvert Hall. "It is impossible to believe that a situation like Kurt Gladsky described occurred."
Gladsky, a 1971 graduate of Calvert Hall, alleges he was sexually abused at the school by Brother Xavier Langan in 1967. He said that during one of the alleged abuse incidents, which occurred in a locked classroom, Heidrick walked in.
"My major beef is that they knew this was going on," said Gladsky, who came forward with his own allegations in 2002.