WHDH
May 25, 2006
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO20112/
BOSTON (AP) -- The chief executive of a Catholic hospital network has resigned, avoiding a potentially embarrassing legal battle with the Boston archdiocese.
Doctor Robert Haddad had been accused of subjecting more than a dozen female employees to unwanted hugs and kisses.
Haddad announced his resignation early this morning after a five-hour meeting of the board of Caritas Christi Health Care.
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A spokeswoman for Haddad says he was given the option of being fired or resigning with a severance package that would include ten months pay plus benefits.
He chose to resign, effective immediately.
Haddad has denied acting inappropriately. A Medford native of Lebanese descent, he said a cultural misunderstanding was at issue. He said in his culture, hugs and kisses among men and women are warmly given and received.
Cardinal Sean O'Malley says all sexual harassment complaints brought before the archdiocese are taken seriously.
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