"Throughout the year, as a boarder, I was under Fintan's authority at all times outside the classroom, including an hour every evening while the primary-age boarders had to sit silently in a classroom until bedtime. ... just blocks from the De La Salle Institute, a high school for boys. He is on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland’s list of “credibly accused clerics.” On its website, the diocese says about those on the list that after a “review of the reasonably available, relevant information, there is reason to believe the allegation is more likely than not to be true.”. I then did post-graduate research, gaining higher degrees. Therefore, since 1993, Broken Rites research has supported many of the Catholic Church's victims, as shown on this website. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group), CONCORD, CA: OCTOBER 23: Jay Hoey, his attorney Dr. Joseph C. George, whistleblower priest Tim Stier, and Melanie Sakoda, of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) take part in a press conference near De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. CONCORD, CA: OCTOBER 23: Melanie Sakoda, of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) listens during a press conference near De La Salle High … During the 1930s Brother Fintan became the principal of St Ignatius primary school in Richmond (in inner-Melbourne). Oakland Police Department launches new 911 text service, Alameda police ask for help finding two suspects in robbery and shooting, Peninsula shoplifting suspect with machete flees on MUNI bus, Police arrest San Mateo man suspected of car theft, following charges of package theft days earlier. Any spam posts or photos will result in an instant ban! The plaintiff, who attended De La Salle from 1981 to 1985, says he was about 15 the first time Langenstein abused him in the principal’s office. "But I will never forget. For 50 years since the abuse started, he has suffered at times from anxiety, depression and even suicidal thoughts, Hoey said. During the 1930s Brother Fintan became the principal of St Ignatius primary school in Richmond (in inner-Melbourne). The reason for this change is unclear. A De La Salle High School football player has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teen girl. Emily Turner reports. In 1942 the school lacked sufficient pupils from the local catchment area, so it augmented its enrolment by taking in boarders from other areas. Brother Fintan ordered me to stop crying. The residence was called a "novitiate", where they began training a few Australians to become Brothers. My experience of child-abuse at St Bede's (and the cover-up) left me cautious about trusting anybody ever again. I felt hurt not only by the clumsy sexual attack but also by the whole year of neglect and emotional cruelty. Founded in 1912, De La Salle is an independent Catholic College for boys in Years 5 – 12. "Finally, giving up on me, he ordered me back to bed, while I was still sobbing. Research by Broken Rites indicates that Brother Fintan was transferred from St Bede's at the end of 1942. Father Jim said that Brother Fintan mauled Jim's genitals, in an attempt at masturbation, in much the same way that Bernard was molested. This was two days before classes began. I was one of the youngest boys in the school and possibly the youngest boarder. It did not then have the benefit of Federal Government funding that it began receiving thirty years later. It’s not just a few “bad apples,” George emphasized Wednesday. When my children were in their teens, I told them about 1942 and the cover-up. These victims also contacted the newly-formed Broken Rites. Hoey’s lawsuit seeks damages for trauma and severe mental, emotional and physical pain, as well as compensation for a loss of earning capacity resulting from the abuse. Eventually, Brother Fintan Dwyer was transferred from teaching to the new role of "vocations director", which involved visiting the De La Salle schools around Australia. “I hope other survivors watching this or reading this will find the courage in themselves to come forward,” Sakoda said. Jay Hoey alleges he was victim of sexual abuse by theology teacher and counselor Joseph “Jesse” Gutierrez at the school when he was a student in the 1960’s. Hoey alleges he was victim of sexual abuse by theology teacher and counselor Joseph “Jesse” Gutierrez at the school when he was a student in the 1960’s. It said: "Sexual abuse by a considerable number of the De La Salle brothers on the children and consequently between children is rampant." It is a matter of enduring regret and profound sorrow that children were so betrayed by those charged with their care. He was with a handful of other boys when Gutierrez took them in his Toyota to San Francisco, handed them each a white pill — a Quaalude, Hoey said he learned later — and brought them to a club in downtown San Francisco. Anyway, she would not have believed that a Catholic religious Brother would do such a thing. I was forced to raise myself. In 1943, Brother Fintan Dwyer taught at De La Salle College in Armidale, New South Wales. Every Catholic boys high school in the diocese had abusers in its midst, he said. "At the end of the year at St Bede's, when I was just eight, my mother had recovered sufficiently from her bereavement to take me back to our house in inner-Melbourne with my sisters. A group for De La Salle College on Weaste Lane in Pendleton, Salford. I was feeling hurt not only by Fintan's assault but also by the cover-up and by the gullibility of my relatives. Thereafter, I had a career as a full-time academic and researcher in social studies. As a De La Salle sexual offender, Brother Fintan Dwyer was no "Robinson Crusoe". Joseph George, Hoey’s attorney, said he is representing other victims of Gutierrez and last week filed a lawsuit on behalf of three victims against the Oakland Diocese, alleging that it knew about decades of abuse by a monsignor there and did nothing. So, like most other young church-abuse victims, I remained silent — and feeling hurt. "I was unable to tell anybody about Fintan's sexual attack. Central to our mission is … But, as this article explains, Fintan Dwyer was no saint. Jay Hoey, center, speaks to the media as he’s flanked by attorney Dr. Joseph C. George, left, and Melanie Sakoda, of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) during a press conference in front of De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Tim Stier, who left the priesthood under the Oakland Diocese in 2005 because he could not tolerate a “practice of aiding and abetting” child abuse, talked Wednesday about how widespread abuse by priests has been in the area. Melanie Sakoda, a coordinator for the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, praised the law Newsom signed earlier this month. De La Salle College is committed to the safety and protection of all children and young people in our care. The De La Salle expansion into Australia was a career opportunity for working-class boys in the 1920s and especially during the 1930s Depression. "We will not go quietly into the night - we have survived and lived to tell the tale in the light of day" adgw. This photo demonstrates why Broken Rites was needed. In 1980, when I was 45, I finally told my mother, then aged 70, about the reality of 1942. In 1944 Fintan Dwyer was located at De La Salle College, Malvern, in Melbourne (this was a day school). He said he hopes the lawsuit and his public statement will urge other victims of sexual abuse by Gutierrez or others in the religious order to come forward. De La Salle ran the schools from the early 1950s. When he joined the De La Salle order, Louis Dwyer adopted the "religious" name Brother "Fintan" (in honour of Ireland's ancient "Saint Fintan".). My best mate also a Tim survived, but like me was touched by those angels of mercy NOT!. Fintan had a perverted idea of punishment. Anyway, there was nobody to whom I could complain. (Brother Fintan Dwyer should not be confused with another teacher, named Brother Finian Allman, who was born about 1920 — fifteen years later than Fintan Dwyer.). I was also hurt by the cover-up and the hypocrisy. Was it because of complaints about his molesting of pupils? Brother Fintan Dwyer's real name was Louis Victor Dwyer. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. Nowadays, this Armidale school has been reconstituted as O'Connor Catholic College (also known as O'Connor Catholic High School), a co-educational school. His story is an interesting case-study in how the church came to have sex-offenders within its religious orders. A couple of other young boys, who had arrived on the Sunday, like me, were already in bed in that room. I then transferred to a local parish school to do Grade 4. She was devastated by the news and she felt guilty. The De La Salle order then turned this teenager loose on pupils in De La Salle schools in New South Wales. The suit alleges the groups covered up abuse by a DeLaSalle brother that led to another student being abused. The loss of her trust in the Catholic Church was a great upheaval for her. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! Bernard says: "In 1948, I was friendly with a Malvern student, who remarked to me that there had been a Brother Fintan at Malvern, who was exposed as a child-molester. In the 1920s, Brother Fintan taught at Cootamundra, Surry Hills (Sydney), Armidale (a De La Salle boarding school in northern New South Wales, now called O'Connor College) and Haberfield (a day school in Sydney). (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group), CONCORD, CA: OCTOBER 23: Jay Hoey, left, listens as Melanie Sakoda, of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) speaks during a press conference near De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. The contrast between the abusive Fintan and my loving father made me grieve for my father even more. "In my late teens I studied part-time on my own, and qualified for university entrance at age 21, gaining a government scholarship to study for a Bachelor of Arts degree. BoysTown "Limited" Until 1920, the De La Salle Brothers in Australia were all from Ireland. His training took place in Cootamundra, a country town in southern New South Wales. His client Jay Hoey alleges he was victim of sexual abuse by theology teacher and counselor Joseph “Jesse” Gutierrez at the school when he was a student in the 1960’s. When I went home for the Easter break and for the end-of-term holidays, I knew that I was not allowed to tell my mother. According to this media statement, the De La Salle religious order has stood this man down. I now know that his action was a criminal offence, called indecent assault. And I will never forgive the Catholic cover-up and hypocrisy.". He lives at a Christian Brothers residence in Chicago, a block from the De La Salle Institute high school. In fact, survival has been the main driving force in my life ever since then. Brother Fintan told me to get undressed and get into bed. Jay Hoey alleges he was victim of sexual abuse by theology teacher and counselor Joseph “Jesse” Gutierrez at the school when he was a student in the 1960’s. Father Jim told Bernard: "I too was a sexual victim of Fintan Dwyer at school when I was about ten.". There were maze-like rooms with various people performing sex acts and drinking, he said. For 25 years, the Catholic order of De La Salle Brothers had a sex-offender (Brother Fintan Dwyer) as their "vocations director", recruiting Australian teenagers to become trainee Brothers. Registered Member. For two years starting in 1969, Hoey said during a press conference Wednesday at the high school, Joseph “Jesse” Gutierrez abused him, touching his genitals during school time and forcing him to fondle Gutierrez’s genitals. So he sees them as a force for good and speaks highly of … Yet typing in “abuse de la Salle brothers” into Google will find you plenty of other poor souls. "Later, when I had children of my own, the cruelty and neglect of 1942 became even clearer to me. “It’s an institutional failure.”, Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. Was the De La Salle order seeking to protect itself from legal liability for its negligence in inflicting Fintan on victims? Later, Gutierrez took Hoey and other minor students on a trip to San Francisco, where he gave them drugs and alcohol, brought them to a club and sexually abused Hoey, according to a lawsuit filed by Hoey against Gutierrez, the Brothers of the Christian Schools order, and De La Salle High School. Some of the boarders in 1942 were disadvantaged boys from broken homes or boys whose families were disrupted by World War 2. Fintan Dwyer received "religious education" at the Cootamundra novitiate, plus some work experience as a trainee teacher at the primary school. "After I returned to my mother, she forced me to keep going to Mass and Confession throughout my school years but (in order to evade this) I left school at 14 and left home at 16 and took jobs in the country, living in boarding houses. HEAD OF THE DE LA SALLE BROTHERS IN THE UK AND IRELAND. Since 1993, Broken Rites Australia has been researching the cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. That same year, the De La Salle order arrived in Australia from Ireland and began establishing schools here, including one in Surry Hills (St Peter's school), where Dwyer became a pupil. Likewise, Fintan's younger sibling, John Alphonsus Dwyer (Number 8 in the family, three years younger than Fintan) became Brother "Alban" in the De La Salle order (adopting the name of England's ancient "Saint Alban"). Of the remaining Dwyer siblings, two became priests and one became a nun. The first (and only) adult I encountered there on that evening was Brother Fintan. It was a theology class during Hoey’s junior year in room 201 at De La Salle. Early in his teaching career, Brother Fintan Dwyer developed a reputation in several De La Salle schools around Australia (especially in boarding schools) for indecently and invasively touching boys' genitals. “It is mind-boggling what (Gutierrez) was able to get away with.”. There were no desks and chairs, but rather pillows and couches, and a lot of meditation during which Gutierrez would sometimes massage the boys and touch their bodies. Gavin Newsom this month that gives survivors of childhood sexual assault a one-time, three-year window to sue perpetrators or those aware of the abuse and extends the statute of limitations for them to do so. Welcome. I became a loner and my main instinct was survival. “I felt totally ripped off,” Hoey said Wednesday about learning that other clergy members had allegedly known about Gutierrez’s past misconduct but still transferred him from St. Mary’s High School in Berkeley to De La Salle. The protection of young people in our care is a fundamental priority. Too often, the church supported the offending clergy while ignoring the victims. Hoey said he was touched sexually “in places I had never been touched before.”. The story of Brother Brendan Carroll can be seen HERE. Two former De La Salle students joined Barbour in his suit lodging allegations of sexual abuse against two other Christian Brothers. My aunt said that the saintly Brothers could be trusted to look after me well. The Christian Brothers knew they were a danger,” he said. This is a criminal offence, for which the legal term is "indecent assault". Hoey alleges he was victim of sexual abuse by theology teacher and counselor Joseph “Jesse” Gutierrez at the school when he was a student in the 1960’s. I was too embarrassed to tell this boy that I, too, was a Fintan victim.". Downpatrick Crown Court, sitting in Belfast, heard that Carton, who taught at St Colman's College in Newry and De La Salle in Downpatrick, committed the offences during private tutoring. Annie Sciacca covers local government in Oakland and the East Bay. I achieved these things on my own, despite my Catholic upbringing, not because of it. This prevented me from telling anybody about the sexual attack because any complaint would have resulted in me being punished for defaming a Brother. Located on three campuses in Malvern and Malvern East, our College provides a respectful and encouraging environment where strong family values are reinforced. Brother Fintan returned to St Bede's in 1942. The De La Salle Brothers and the modern Boys Town organisation have a zero tolerance policy on any form of abuse. Rose, 76, has not faced criminal charges in connection with the accusations of sexual abuse. In 1996 Bernard spoke to an Australian priest (Father "Jim", who had been a pupil at a De La Salle school in the 1940s). Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Of the ten Dwyer children, five took up careers in the church. ABUSE CRISIS PRAYER. Brother Alban, too, has been accused of being a child-sex abuser. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group), CONCORD, CA: OCTOBER 23: Attorney Dr. Joseph C. George speaks to the media during a press conference near De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. The letter states that “we changed Brother Joseph from Berkeley to Concord two years ago because he became emotionally involved with some students. For example, Broken Rites has shown how the church shielded the criminal priest Father Gerald Ridsdale for 32 years without reporting his crimes to the police. Fintan never touched me again sexually but, throughout the year, he continued labelling me as naughty, as though it was I, not he, who was the offender. But I have never recovered from the cruelty and hypocrisy that I encountered under Brother Fintan Dwyer, during my time of bereavement, at the age of seven. Click here if you’re unable to view the photo gallery on your mobile device. Our hearts go out to all those who have suffered abuse ... DE LA SALLE INSTITUTE. De La Salle Abuse From its Australian foundation in 1906 onwards, the De La Salle Brothers (like the Christian Brothers and the Marist Brothers) had an entrenched culture of sexual opportunism. By a Broken Rites researcher (article updated 22 April 2016). Hoey alleges he was victim of sexual abuse by theology teacher and counselor Joseph “Jesse” Gutierrez at the school when he was a student in the 1960’s. I have posted this in other folders...but am looking for other survivors of abuse by the De LaSalle Christian Brothers - who have schools across America. St Ninian's was closed in 1982 but after a Sunday Mail probe, more than 100 Scots have come forward wit accusations of torture, sexual abuse and physical beatings. Evidently the Catholic Church helped to solve the problem of how to feed, and provide for, such a large family. One disadvantaged pupil, Bernard, says: "My father died, from an illness, in 1941, when I was seven, and my mother had to go to work to support my two young sisters — the younger sister had just been born. This involvement had sexual overtones.”, It goes on to say that Gutierrez was not “honest” with Coleman when he discussed complaints of his behavior with him but noted that while an “excellent” teacher and counselor, there was “question of the harm he may have done to those with whom he allowed himself to be deeply and emotionally involved.”. James Mara. St Bede's then consisted of an old derelict beachside house, surrounded by a few temporary wooden buildings. Fintan replied that I was a naughty boy and had been punished. https: ... St. Joseph’s Old Boy related to me how – in the same era as myself – the Knights saved him from very serious abuse by the De La Salle Brothers. In the photo, Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale (left, in sunglasses and hat) walks to court, accompanied by his support person (a bishop), when Father Ridsdale was pleading guilty to his first batch of criminal charges in May 1993. "When I arrived, it was already past bed-time. Gutierrez left the order in 1985 and worked at the Hanna Boys Center in Sonoma as a counselor, according to information from news archives, the diocese and Hoey’s attorneys, who believe Gutierrez was most recently working as a consultant in Sonoma County. De La Salle Abuse . He was born into an Irish-Catholic family in inner-Sydney's working-class Surry Hills area in 1905. In 1942 Brother Fintan was in charge of St Bede's boarders and was the most conspicuous Brother under the principal. He recruited many of the De La Salle Brothers who taught a generation of Australian boys in the succeeding decades. (11/30/16) He held this position for 25 years until he retired in 1970. Just then, another Brother came to the bedroom and asked Brother Fintan why I was crying. Finally, in 1993, some Father Ridsdale victims contacted the police. He was not to be my class teacher but, as he was in charge of boarders, he took me to a small bedroom containing four beds. One of Fintan's colleagues among the first bunch of Australians to be recruited as a De La Salle Brother was Brother Brendan Carroll, who became a molester of girls. “Jay should never have suffered this abuse. Armidale was then a boys' boarding school, so Fintan had opportunities there for molesting, similar to the opportunities he had had at St Bede's. Dear God, Please show us your face during this very troubling time. I was also badly damaged and I had to make desperate efforts to survive. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group), CONCORD, CA: OCTOBER 23: Whistleblower priest Tim Stier speaks during a press conference near De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. "My mother was always hurt by the fact that I steered clear of the Catholic Church and that I sent my children to government schools. Hoey, now 65, only found out about that letter several months ago. We acknowledge and own the crimes of abuse in the past, apologise to any and all victims and commit to any support we may be able to provide. But no bishop accompanied the victims, who felt deserted by the church leaders. But during Fintan Dwyer's career, the Catholic Church's holy image discouraged victims from reporting Dwyer's crimes to the police. According to his death notice (in the Sydney Morning Herald in April 1990), Fintan Dwyer was the seventh of ten children in the Dwyer family. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! In 1942, St Bede's was basically a primary school, catering mainly for students aged from seven to 14 years (Grades 3 to 8), with only a few older boys. For these disadvantaged boys, especially the very young ones, being a boarder at St Bede's in 1942 was like being in an orphanage. In 1945, he was given the role of touring Australia as the De La Salle order's recruiting officer. “So many feel that they don’t have an outlet,” Hoey said. She never went near a Catholic church again. Aged 7, I was due to start Grade 3, which was the youngest grade at St Bede's. Bernard has since met other ex-pupils from several De La Salle schools who remember Brother Fintan having a reputation as a molester. Hoey alleges he was victim of sexual abuse by theology teacher and counselor Joseph “Jesse” Gutierrez at the school when he was a student in the 1960’s. Mont La Salle 4401 Redwood Road Napa, CA 94558 707.252.0222 Covington 104 W. 11th Avenue Covington, LA 70433 985.892.2004 The neglect and cruelty were more damaging than the sexual attack. Brother Fintan Dwyer and Brother Brendan Carroll set the pattern for later De La Salle offenders, such as Brother Ibar Keating. Hoey alleges he was victim of sexual abuse by a priest at the school when he was a student in the 1960’s. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group), CONCORD, CA: OCTOBER 23: Attorney Dr. Joseph C. George, second from left, speaks to the media as he’s flanked by client Jay Hoey, left, whistleblower priest Tim Stier, and Melanie Sakoda, of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) during a press conference near De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Tony said: "I'm not surprised at the allegations surrounding the List D schools in Scotland. "I was delivered to St Bede's (about 20 kilometres away from my family's house) after dark on the first Sunday night in February 1942. Broken Rites is continuing its research on Brother Fintan Dwyer (and also on his sibling, Brother Alban Dwyer, who worked at BoysTown in Beaudesert, Queensland, from 1961). (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group). Later she developed dementia, so she had forgotten my story by the time she died. 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