Br. Gerard Aloysius Kealy
Retired by 1984. A man told the Archdiocese and the Order in 1989 that Kealy, a teacher at Bishop O’Dea High School in Seattle, had physically accosted him “in a sexual manner” in the early 1960s. The Order said Kealy was living in a supervised, church-run retirement facility in Ireland with no access to children. The same man filed suit in 2003. Kealy died 10/22/1996. Named in a new 11/22/2011 suit by 6 of 7 plaintiffs. On 6/25/2014 the Archdiocese announced a $12.1M settlement of 30 claims against the Order and the Archdiocese, Briscoe School in Kent Valley and Seattle’s Bishop O’Dea High School. Five of the claims involved abuse by “Feely Kealy.” Name included on the Archdiocese’s list 1/15/2016 of clergy and religious with admitted, established or credible allegations against them of sexual abuse of a minor. Worked at Briscoe Memorial School in the summers of 1958 and 1959, O’Dea High 1954-1963; 1977-1980.
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