BOSTON (MA)
Boston Globe
January 16, 2018
By Laura Crimaldi
Scholarships were given in their names, and Catholic institutions in Massachusetts tapped them as leaders.
But after the publication this week of the names of 50 Jesuit priests who were credibly accused of molesting children since 1950, organizations statewide have stripped the men of honors bestowed upon them years earlier. Twenty-two of the Jesuits had local ties, including five who are living.
On Wednesday, Boston College High School in Dorchester said it had discontinued a scholarship named for the late Rev. Leo Pollard, a German teacher and longtime hockey coach who molested children, according to the USA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus.
Colleen Carter, a spokeswoman for the school, said BC High suspended the scholarship on Jan. 9 when the Jesuits provided its list of accused clergy.
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