Report: Two female coaches at Moore Catholic High School accused of sexual relationships with students

By Mira Wassef
Staten Island Advance
August 30, 2014

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Megan Mahoney, a former basketball coach at Moore Catholic High School, allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student according to a report in the Post.

Richard Postiglione, the AD at Moore Catholic HS, allegedly knew about the inappropriate relationships between coaches and students, the Post reported.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.-- Two female former basketball coaches at Moore Catholic High School are accused of having sexual relationships with students, and the NYPD is investigating the allegations, according to a report Saturday in the New York Post.

Megan Mahoney, 25, who was an assistant basketball coach and gym teacher at the Graniteville school, is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student that lasted months, and Moore's athletic director, Richard Postiglione, allegedly failed to report the the accusation, the article states.

The report said Postiglione and the principal, Bob Manisero, both knew about the allegations of faculty-student relationships.

The Post reports that the boy's mother claims she informed the Archdiocese in April, but got no reply. The Archdiocese told the paper it contacted the Staten Island District Attorney's office when it learned of the allegations.

Ms. Mahoney resigned from Moore in January.

Accusations of a relationship between Ms. Mahoney and another student date back to 2012, and in 2006 or 2007, another female coach under Postiglione was accused of sleeping with a student, the report alleged.

Postiglione, 57, who is married, is also accused of inappropriate behavior. A complaint filed by Sabrina Panfilo, the former development director at Moore, says Postiglione touched her buttocks and insisted she sit on his lap, the paper reported.

Moore Catholic's Board of Trustees issued a statement Sunday acknowledging it was aware of the complaint filed by "a former school employee" against Postiglione and said the school would cooperate fully with the state's investigation into the allegations.

The board also said that the school reported allegations made against "a now-former teacher" regarding an improper relationship with a student to the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. The Archdiocese, it said, had reported the allegations to the Staten Island District Attorney's Office.

Media reports of sexual hijinks between "that teacher" and another student are unsubstantiated, the board said. As are reports that another female coach was reported years earlier for allegedly sleeping with a student and resigned under mounting pressure. 

"No allegation has ever been made regarding a relationship with a student or students," the board said of that former coach, who it said left the school in 2011.

Postiglione and Manisero did not return calls from the Advance.