Joseph Burke (teacher)
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Joseph Burke (b ? - ) is a Canadian Christian Brother who was convicted in 1996 of "assault causing bodily harm" against a child as part of the Mount Cashel Orphanage scandal in Newfoundland, Canada.[1] He had been convicted of indecent assault against three children but the convictions were overturned on appeal after the testimony of the witnesses against him was found to have been unreliable[2].
He received a prison term of one month for his crimes.[3]
[edit] Time at Mt. Cashel Orphanage
In the 1990s, criminal proceedings began against members of the Christian Brotherhood in Newfoundland. The proceedings were based on allegations of sexual and physical abuse against boys at the Mount Cashel Orphanage. It was alleged that the Brothers were allowed to escape prosecution at the time (1980s) if they left Newfoundland[4].
[edit] Time at Saint Thomas Moore Collegiate (British Columbia)
Several Brothers left Newfoundland and went to teach at St. Thomas More Collegiate in British Columbia. These included Burke, as well as Edward English, Edward French, and Kevin Short[5].
The subsequent lawsuits[6] by the Mount Cashel victims against the Christian Brothers organization threatened to close STMC in 2004[7]. The story received considerable press coverage and was covered as widely as in Pakistan[8].
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ http://mountcashelorphanage.com/R_%20v_%20Burke.htm
- ^ http://mountcashelorphanage.com/R_%20v_%20Burke.htm
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/integrity2.htm
- ^ http://www.library.mun.ca/qeii/cns/archives/exhibits.php
- ^ http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2002/just/1213n07.htm
- ^ http://www.nopedo.org/english/pages/actualite12.html
- ^ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-5-2002_pg4_3
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