Br. Thomas Cuthbert Ford
Irish and U.S. citizen. Accused of beating and sexually abusing five boys at Mount Cashel orphanage in Newfoundland 1956-59. Worked as Dean at Damien Memorial School in HI 1972-75. Taught at Bergen Catholic in Newark archdiocese 1986-96. Indicted in Canada in 1996. In 2000 he agreed to return to Canada. Charges reduced. He pled guilty to brutally beating one of the boys in a shower and was sentenced to five months in jail in 8/00. Died 12/24/08. Named in a civil suit 4/4/14 as having abused one boy at Damien Memorial in about 1970. Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers in 2014 as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings.
- Associated Press 03.28.99
- Associated Press 04.02.99
- The Record (NJ) 08.02.99
- The Record 08.21.00
- NY Times 08.22.00
- Star-Ledger 08.25.00
- NY Times 08.26.00
- The Record 08.26.00
- The Record 12.27.08
- HawaiiNewsNow 02.10.12
- Complaint in John Roe No 27 v Congregation of Christian Brothers et al, Cause No 14-1-0855-4, First Circuit Court, Hawaii 04.04.14
- Irish Christian Brothers List 05.30.14
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