Br. Jerome Heustis
Entered the Christian Brothers in 1960, made final vows in 1967. Taught in Newark NJ, Chicago IL, Montebello and Salinas CA, Seattle WA. Accused of molesting a boy 1963-1967 at Essex Catholic High School in Newark. The boy died by suicide in 1978. The boy’s cousin later filed a civil suit against the NY Archdiocese, Newark and and the order alleging abuse by several in the Order. Heustis died in 2/2005. Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers in 2014 as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report, which notes at least two “reported survivors.”
- Seattle Times Obituary 02.20.05
- Renew America 05.17.06
- Hoatson v NY Archdiocese et al, Cause No 07-102959, 08.14.07
- KSBW 02.27.12
- The Californian 02.27.12
- Monterey Herald 02.27.12
- The Californian 02.28.12
- Monterey Herald 02.28.12
- Monterey Herald 07.30.12
- Santa Cruz Sentinel 03.28.13
- Monterey Herald 09.06.13
- Monterey Herald (AP) 10.12.13
- Irish Christian Brothers List 05.30.14
- IL Attorney General’s Report 05.23.23
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