- Kevin Short
Kevin E. Short (b ? - ) is a
Canadian Christian Brother who was involved in theMount Cashel Orphanage scandal in Newfoundland,Canada . [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 ] ] . Short was convicted in 1991 for crimes committed against children at Mount Cashel Orphanagehttp://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/pdfs/ubyssey/UBYSSEY_1992_04_03.pdf] . In a separate case of abuse, Short was convicted of abuse against children that occurred at St. Thomas Moore Collegiate inBurnaby , British Columbia, Canada. He served three months in prison for his crimes at St. Thomas Moore.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 Short, as well as Joseph Burke,Edward French , andEdward English .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 ] ] .
Footnotes
ee also
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Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal
*Roman Catholic priests accused of sex offenses
*Joseph Burke (teacher)
*Edward English
*Edward French
*Crimen sollicitationis
*Pontifical Secret
*Deliver Us from Evil (2006 film)
*Sex Crimes and the Vatican (Panorama Documentary Episode)
*Barbara Blaine founder of SNAP (Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests)
*Red Hot Catholic Love , "South Park" television episode
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