SEATTLE (WA)
Q13 Fox
[with video]
Hana Kim
Q13 FOX News reporter
10:54 p.m. PDT, October 31, 2012
SEATTLE—
The principal of Seattle’s O’Dea High School resigned his position Wednesday amid allegations that he sexually abused children in the early 1970s in Illinois, the Archdiocese of Seattle reported.
Karl Walczak is accused of sexually abusing a minor when he worked as a teacher in another diocese in the early 1970s. According to a statement released by the Archdiocese of Seattle, Walczak denies the allegations, but resigned his position.
Vice Principal Jim Walker was named acting principal.
A letter released by the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) claimed O’Dea officials and Seattle Archdiocese knew about the sex abuse allegations for more than two months, but decided to keep the issue quiet.
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