Br. Edmundus (James) Murphy
First named publicly as accused in the PA Grand Jury Report 8/14/2018. Allegation to the Diocese in 12/2007 from Murphy’s Order that in 1964 Murphy sexually abused a male student at Sacred Heart High School in Girard. Murphy was the school’s wrestling coach. His accuser said Murphy had him wrestle naked like the ancient Greeks and Romans, then sodomized him. Per the Erie diocese, Murphy died in 10/2014. Included on the Divine Word Missionaries Chicago Province list of credibly accused, which notes that he died in 1998.
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