Former Lansdale Catholic Lacrosse Coach Charged with Making False Sex Abuse Claims

By Pamela Lehman
Morning Call
July 17, 2012

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Tim Udinski, the former lacrosse coach at Lansdale Catholic High School, is charged with making false sexual abuse allegations against school officials

Authorities charged a former Lansdale Catholic High School lacrosse coach with making false accusations of sexual misconduct against school officials.

Tim Udinski was charged Tuesday with stalking and harassment charges. He is free under $25,000 unsecured bail.

While Udinski served as the former head coach, he was fired in October after "repeated heated arguments" with players and staff, according to a news release from Montgomery County Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman.

According to the release:

The firing left Udinski "extremely upset," accoridng to Principal Tim Quinn.

From October through May, on seven different occasions, authorities said Udinski sent anonymous emails to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia accusing a coach of sexual misconduct and the school's principal of ignoring the complaints.

In one of the emails, Udinski wrote a sexual assault happened while the coach and player were at Lehigh University.

In an interview with detectives, Udinski said he made the false reports because, "I was mad at the school for the way I was treated," he said. "I was just furious."

A dozen Montgomery County detectives and staff members were tasked with investigating the claims. After interviewing 97 people and executing 10 court orders, investigators determined the claims were false.

The estimated cost to county taxpayers is more than $8,000, but Ferman noted the "cost to the men subjected to the false accusations is impossible to measure."