Br. Robert Coakley
Diocese: Archdiocese of Newark NJ
A/k/a Br. Edmund. Scoutmaster and teacher. Accused of abuse of of two brothers, one of whom died by suicide at age 12. Coakley died in 1988. Civil suit filed and appealed to NJ Supreme Court. Dismissed because of NJ Charitable Immunity Act. Coakley’s name appeared in the Boy Scout Perversion files released in 2012.
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