Fr. Edward W. Sokol
Professed vows as a Marianist brother in 1962, Province of New York. Left the Order in 1986. Ordained for the Franciscans in 1987. Arrested in 4/2001 in a police sting after arranging over the internet to meet a 15-year-old boy for sex. Pleaded no contest to computer pornography in 12/2001; the judge allowed him to continue running a group home for disabled adult males. Ordered to leave the home in 3/2002 by social services. Also worked in the Boston archdiocese, at Perkins School for the Blind, and in NH. Briefly had privileges in Miami after the Franciscans withdrew his privileges. Included on the Marianists 6/24/2020 list of accused. Noted to be deceased.
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