Joseph Burke (teacher)

Joseph Burke (teacher)

Joseph Burke born 1947 is a Canadian Christian Brother.

Time at Saint Thomas More 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 [ [http://www.library.mun.ca/qeii/cns/archives/exhibits.php Presented to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System June 28, 1989 - June 29, 1990 - Exhibits ] ] .Verify source|date=October 2007

The subsequent lawsuits [ [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2002/just/1213n07.htm Mount Cashel ] ] by the Mount Cashel victims against the Christian Brothers organization threatened to close STMC in 2004 [http://www.nopedo.org/english/pages/actualite12.html] . The story received considerable press coverage and was covered as widely as in Pakistan [ [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-5-2002_pg4_3 Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan ] ] .

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