St. Francis Prep, Your Faculty Handbook Page Regarding Child Sex Abuse Is Horrific

Note on March 2nd: St. Francis Prep has now password protected access to its Faculty Handbook, obviously as a result of this blog. So I apologize, but the link I mention below no longer works. I am glad though, that I took these screen shots. I also printed the entire copy of the Faculty Handbook. If anyone wants one, please let us know and I will be happy to send it to you. The Administration at SFP are cowards, liars, and idiots and they are running scared. Even St. Francis himself would not help them with what is coming next.

I know I said I was taking a break from blogging, and I will. I just had to publish this though because it is actually a perfect example of the hypocrisy I have been blogging about. There will be more very public examples of this hypocrisy soon, but for now just read this.

This is Section E-12 from St. Francis Prep's Faculty Handbook, and it discusses Child Abuse. The link is: http://www.sfponline.org/docs/FacultyHandbook.pdf

All staff members are REMINDED that they may never sexually abuse a child? And wait, here's the important reason why...because their INSURANCE doesn't cover it? Are you fucking kidding me?

Prep, really, you could not be more clear about your priorities - Money first, children second.

That's disgusting.

St. Francis Prep Administration, Meet Kevin Mulhearn, the Top School Sex Abuse Attorney in New York

This has been a long road, and it has taught me many things about myself. One very important thing I have learned is, that I want to be a woman who finishes what she starts, and sees things through to the end. So in this regard, let me introduce you to attorney Kevin Mulhearn.

Kevin is a smart man, a dedicated man, and a good man. Most importantly, he believes in putting the welfare of children first, and seeking justice, even when the odds are stacked against him. Last year, after a three year battle, he won settlements for a dozen men, who when they were boys, were molested by a coach at Kevin's alma mater Poly Prep in Brooklyn. Kevin recently filed an abuse lawsuit on behalf of a former student of Yeshiva University's High School for Boys in Manhattan as well.

Kevin is now officially examining a large amount of issues related to alleged misconduct at St. Francis Prep. When I sent Kevin some of the documentation I carefully amassed over the past two years, he could not say no. Ironically, someone had contacted Kevin about the former St. Francis Prep teacher and child predator Robert Stenger, months before I even knew Kevin's name. So when I sent Kevin the information I had about Stenger, he was not surprised at all.

Kevin was recently sent an email by a former student at St. Francis Prep who had been horribly sexually harassed by a teacher. I was cc'd on this email. It is the kind of stuff you see in movies, but you don't think would actually happen. It is the kind of stuff you don't want to believe could happen because it is so disturbing. It is sad, and upsetting, but it is reality. Now something has to be done about it.

Kevin's father graduated from Prep with Joe Torre, so Kevin is taking these matters at St. Francis Prep very personally. So I am here to tell you, if you have been sexually harassed and/or abused in any way by former teachers Eric Daza, Brother Ben O'Reilly, Robert Stenger, Tom Nuzzi, or any others from the past 30 or so years, please let Kevin Mulhearn know. He will help you. Kevin's email address is kmulhearn@ktmlaw.net and his phone number is (845) 398-0361.

As for me, I am taking a bit of a break from blogging. I am dedicating my attention to helping Kevin work through all the information I have for him.  There is a lot and it is going to take some time. However, if something irritates me enough that I feel I have to say something, you should know by now that I will.

So this is not goodbye, y'all. It's just goodnight.

EC Breaks Down the Legal Stuff in the Krolikowski Case, And Why St. Francis Prep's Defense Sucks

I am a lawyer. I am admitted as an attorney in New York and New Jersey. I hate lawyers, I think most of them are bloodsuckers, and ambulance chasers, and that's one reason I don't practice. But I have been a lawyer for about 20 years, and I know a thing or two. So that's why today I decided to break the legal aspects of the Marla Krolikowski case down, so we are all on the same page.

First, I want to say that New York is an employment-at-will state. That means, a person can be fired for any non-discriminatory reason. Your boss doesn't like your hair, you can be fired. If your boss thinks you have an annoying laugh, you can be fired. If you are really obese, you can be fired. If you forget to put on deoderant and stink up your cubicle, you can be fired.

That being said, yesterday Eyewitness News on ABC 7 in New York had a new development in the Marla Krolikowski case. They reported that St. Francis Prep called them and said they are filing in court to dismiss the case because they are a religious institution. Then Sarah Wallace, the reporter, tweeted that St. Francis Prep claimed they had "religious right" to fire Marla.  So what that means is, SFP is apparently claiming the religious exemption under the NYC Human Rights Law. Which sucks big balls, because that exemption allows Prep to legally discriminate.

The NYC Human Rights Law reads like this:

 8-107 Unlawful discriminatory practices.
1. Employment. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice:
(a) For an employer or an employee or agent thereof, because of the actual or perceived age, race, creed, color, national origin, gender, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation or alienage or citizenship status of any person, to refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from employment such person or to discriminate against such person in compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of employment.

Then it says this:

12. Religious principles. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to bar any religious or denominational institution or organization or any organization operated for charitable or educational purposes, which is operated, supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization from limiting employment or sales or rental of housing accommodations or admission to or giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination or from making such selection as is calculated by such organization to promote the religious principles for which it is established or maintained.

So by claiming the exemption, what St. Francis Prep is actually saying is Catholicism, just like it does not condone homosexuality, does not condone transgenderism, and so they can legally fire Marla because that goes against their mission as a Catholic institution. If they claim this exemption under that premise, they will have the case dismissed.

That's it in a nutshell. What is amusing is, Prep has no problem taking your tax dollars. This is from their January 29th  Facebook page post:

Sign a petition to tell the politicians in Albany to support
the Education Investment Tax Credit to save Catholic schools.

Catholic School Petition

As we celebrate National Catholic Schools’ Week and National School Choice Week, we ask for your help by signing our online petition supporting New York State legislation to save Catholic schools:

Recently, more than two dozen Catholic schools in New York have been earmarked for closure. This is a tragic loss for those communit...ies and the families who have sacrificed so much. The reason for the closures is simple: Fewer families can afford tuition. Academically, and in every other way, these schools are all excellent. They just could not attract enough students due to increasing tuition brought on by the rising costs.

To prevent such closures in the future, and to help give relief to the families who sacrifice so much, we are working on legislation to help families pay tuition and keep Catholic schools open. The legislation, called the Education Investment Tax Credit, will generate millions of dollars in scholarships for families who wish to give their children a Catholic school education. The bill has been approved by the New York State Senate but has not been voted on in the Assembly.

We are forming an “Invest In Education Coalition” – a broad-based coalition of individuals and organizations around the state to put needed pressure on Albany to get this important legislation enacted – but we need your help and ask that you join our effort by signing our online petition and then telling your friends.

Let's give families what they want and deserve – an opportunity to send their children to a quality Catholic school.

The Education Investment Tax Credit is the first step, but it won’t pass without your help. Please sign the petition today and support our fight to preserve Catholic education for our children. And don't forget to forward to your friends and family.

Thank you, and God bless you.

Sign the Catholic School Petition now!

St. Francis Prep wants separation of Church and State when it is convenient, but they want your tax money at the same time, to support their agenda. Like I have said from Day One, they are a bunch of hypocrites.

I hope that if this case is dismissed, Marla appeals it as a Constitutional issue, on the premise that Church and State should truly be separate, and that the anti-discrimination laws should apply to every organization seeking or receiving public tax dollars. I bet in this day and age, she will get pretty far with the support of so many people and organizations behind her. At least it will bring national attention to a long overlooked issue.

I am interested to see how this all will play out. The school has been very silent lately. That is because they are backed into a corner, and they know it. If they say they fired Marla by legally discriminating under the exemption, they look like disgusting bigots. If they try and say they had other reasons...well, we're all pretty sure there are no other reasons because the last two reviews Marla received were stellar, according to the articles I have read. So we know they are liars.

They look like liars now anyway, because they have been saying for the last month they fired Marla for "appropriate" reasons not related to the fact she is transgender, and then yesterday they apparently flipped their strategy 180 degrees.

While we are all waiting to see what happens, may I make a suggestion? Do not send one fucking dime to St. Francis Prep. They don't care who dislikes them, unless that person is a donor with a dollar. Donors and donations matter. Alumni without the ability to donate, they do not give a shit about.

Wow, I would like to be a fly on the wall at the Principal's Dinner for Benefactors and Trustees being held at the school on April 13th. There surely will be some lively topics of discussion that night among all the old, constipated white men- a transgender teacher and a lesbian bitch with a blog!

Alright, that's it y'all. Goodnight.

St. Francis Prep, Mark Krolikowski, Carolyn Szostek and the LGBT Teachers List

In early 2010 I was outed as a lesbian by a student in my Accounting class. This student was not happy with me. She had gotten a 90 for the first grading period and her average was below that for the second grading period. As I recall, her average was around 88 or so and no matter how much she begged and pleaded, I would not raise it. It was her average, and it was staying that way.

So one day, she decided to investigate me to see what would turn up. She googled me, and saw that I have a long list of LGBT rights activism. I have been on the cover of The Journal News in Westchester, in the New York Times, and on NBC4 and Channel 12 NY probably about a half a dozen times. She must have read the Journal News article about my plans to have a baby through artificial insemination, because out loud, during class, she asked me "Ms. C, who is your baby daddy?" Very appropriate for a student to act this way toward her teacher, no?

In any event, I didn't raise her grade. She decided to go to Patrick McLaughlin and complain about me, as well as Robyn Armon, the head of the guidance department. She told him I am a lesbian, and a horrible teacher, and that's why she couldn't get a 90 in my class. Pat called me in to his office to ask me how I felt about "the Google incident." I told him that I really didn't care. I also didn't care how much this student was going to complain about her grade, I wasn't going to raise it. Robyn Armon backed me up with Pat, and told him that the girl was a troublemaker, and a spoiled brat, and also a self-proclaimed math-phobic who never should have taken an Accounting class in the first place. And we all left it at that.

I had asked this girl's Economics teacher her impression of her. I was curious if it was just me she tortured, or if that was her m.o. Her Economics teacher told me that this student whined before every test, and begged her to change the test format from multiple choice to something else because she never did well with multiple choice. I said that I was concerned, because this kid was so caught up with her grades that I felt like she would possibly harm herself if she didn't get the grades she wanted. The response to that from the Economics teacher was, "You'd be better off if she did it."

That same year, the students in my other section of Accounting won the NYC Stock Market Game sponsored by SIFMA. We beat out 1,450 teams.

The first person I called to tell this news was Carolyn Szostek. She was the Assistant Vice Principal and Dean of Women at the time. She and I were very good friends. How good? Well, I am the person who set up and wrote Carol's profile for Match.com after her husband died. When her future son-in-law was in a car accident, I was the person who went to pick him up. Carol came to my son's birthday party and on another occasion when she stopped by, my wife sent her home with a pot of chili so she wouldn't have to cook for a while. We went to dinner every few weeks, went to the beach during the summer, and had coffee in the faculty lounge just about every day.  If we didn't have coffee, we spoke several times every day. I would say we were pretty damn good friends. So to everyone who commented on prior blogs, that I am full of shit, and no one at Prep ever "told" me anything, to you I say, "Really?"

Anyway, in October of that same year, I told Carol I was seriously thinking of coming out at the school. I had been so "out" before working at St. Francis Prep, in the news, an activist, and I couldn't really take it anymore. A student outing me and trying to hold my sexuality over my head as some sort of threat had pushed me over the edge. And it was ridiculous for me to stay in the closet. My whole LGBT history was right there on Google. Carol's response to me was "Don't do it." I asked her why. She said "Because we will probably have to fire you." "Why?" I asked her, "There are so many gay teachers here." "Yes, I know," she said, "and if you all come out we will probably have to fire all of you." Carol knew for sure that a few teachers were gay and she named them.  Then she asked me who was gay, other than the people she knew about. "Make a list," she said. I thought she was joking. "I am serious," she said. "Make a list of all the gay teachers. I want to know." "Why?" I asked her. "Because I want to know," she said. Now, let me tell you something. Carol and I were very good friends, but the work relationship was separate, as it should be. At work, what Carol wanted, Carol got. When Br. Leonard needed advice, he went to Carol. When anyone needed advice, they went to Carol. Carol had a lot of power, including being the Internal Coordinator for the Middle States Accreditation team for Prep, and serving on the Middle States Association team that travels and evaluates other schools.

I had to rationalize Carol's request, because deep down I didn't feel right about it. Maybe Carol wanted the list so she could slip it into conversation with these teachers that they should stay in the closet so they could keep their jobs? Maybe she was going to warn them. "Yes, that's it," I told myself.  And besides, she had never done anything that would make me think I couldn't trust her. So I went back to my desk in the Business office, and made the list. I borrowed the yearbook Jean keeps in her desk drawer, and I went through it page by page.

I went back to Carol's office with the list, and read it to her. I did not hand it to her, because I did not especially want a list of gay teachers with my handwriting on it floating around. She wanted me to just give it to her, but I explained that my handwriting sucks and she probably wouldn't be able to read it. And from prior experience, she knew this to be true.

Before I read it, I told her that this list was me just guessing, and I did not know for sure who was gay and who wasn't, and there really wasn't any way to definitely know. But Carol was comfortable with that, because we had discussed and joked many times that I have "gaydar" like most gay people do, and she trusted my judgment.

So I read the names, and Carol wrote them down. When we got to Mark Krolikowski, she said she had a hard time even looking at him anymore, because of his appearance.

And that was the first occasion that it occurred to me that Carolyn Szostek could be a real complete and total bitch.

I still do not know the real reason behind the request for the list. But what I am thinking now is, maybe the administration was going to use that list to fire people. Maybe Carol gave that list to Br. Leonard, so he would have a heads up. Maybe a parent hadn't complained about Mark's appearance, like his lawsuit says. Maybe they made that up as a way to get rid of him. Maybe I was on the administration's shit list because I was outed by a student, and then when my website launched, they were relieved they could use another reason to get rid of me. I do know, that in my meeting about my website with Br. Leonard, Patrick McLaughlin and Fr. Bill Sweeney, that I said to Br. Leonard "Are you sure the problem is my website, or is it that I'm a lesbian?" And I can tell you, the look of disgust on Br. Leonard's face at the word "lesbian" told me just where he's at on the diversity tolerance scale.

I'm thinking many of you are going to say now, "But they keep David Ganci, even after he was videotaped marching in the Gay Pride Parade." Let me clue you in on something. David Ganci, as the Director of Student Activities, has lot of information, including information about an anonymous letter on SFP stationery that went out to the Bishop a few years back, about something very, very naughty that had happened at the school. Could that be why there are never any repercussions for him?

All I know is, when I read that Br. Leonard "allegedly" told Mark Krolikowski he is "worse than gay," I had zero doubt it was true.  So I called Mark Krolikowski's attorney, and I told him this story. I told him I will sign an affidavit, testify in court, basically anything that he needs me to do, so that I can help Mark and prevent other people from being discriminated against by the administration at St. Francis Prep.

By the way, someone thought it would be cute to threaten me again through "unconventional" means a couple of weeks ago. To you, I say "Kiss my ass." Whatever you thought you were doing, you accomplished quite the opposite. I am on a mission for change.

Note: The following comment was posted on the Stenger blog this morning. Really SFP, how did you let this asshole work there for 47 years?

I was one the boys Stenger would invite out on a Friday night. I played football and graduated in the 80s. As a freshman stenger took me to several St.johns basketball games. I didn't think much of it at the time, until like the previous writer stated, I noticed He would always be there in the locker room after practice watching us/ me shower. It took a while for this then 15-year old to realize and accept the reality of this adult's perversion. Aside from Stenger, I have very mixed feelings about SFP. It definitely caters to a certain demographic. Bottom line, I would definitely not send my kids there.

A Compilation of Comments, So St. Francis Prep's Administration Can Continue to Shit Itself Over All the Bad Publicity

First, let me say over 60,000 people have read the Burn Blogs. That is truly amazing, and we are just thrilled that the horrible truth about St. Francis Prep is getting out there, not just locally, but nationally.

Someone recently posted on our website that students' comments about anything should not be taken at "face value." Then someone responded that is a shitty idea, that they all should be taken seriously. Perhaps the best route would be to take them seriously enough to seriously investigate and see if there is any merit to them. From what we have learned about SFP, that's the problem. Things are not investigated. Things are overlooked. Things are swept under the rug. Things are diminished. The reason this happens is, the administration wants to hide the truth. But the truth will continue to come out. We are going to make sure of it in the coming days, and we will have a few big surprises for you.

But, there are SFP zealots who don't want to accept the truth, in any form it is presented. It's kind of like the assholes at Penn State who didn't want to believe Jo Pa could ever do something to protect the trophies instead of the students.

This prompted us to compile a little list of comments for you tonight from various sources. These comments are the commentators' truth. It is what they lived, and what they know .

From Reddit, regarding the Metro article about Mr. K's lawsuit: Read the article...this guy served faithfully and did so with student's best interests at heart for over 30 years...he got close to retirement and they got rid of him. I went to this school...I never had him as a teacher, but he was well liked and respected by all the kids. I remember the positive energy around him. I also remember what a sniveling douche bag now principal Brother Leonard was. I also remember now-assistant principal Patrick McLaughlin. He was a fuckin' Gym teacher and struck my 17 year old self as a sleazy, self-serving weasel. I remember the Dean, Gaspar Abruzzo, who took me under his wing because he knew I was on the edge of not making it through this challenging school. He dropped dead in the late 80's. I remember how I felt when I heard about it: not good. About a month later, these assholes are sending out fund-raising letters invoking Mr. Abruzzo's name and suggesting donations be made in his name. FUCK YOU, St. Francis Preparatory School Fresh Meadows, Queens, NY

From a comment on one of our blogs:
Seriously? really?
I graduated 1986.. Stenger smacked a student in front of me and threw a chair because he was after third bell. Buddha threw numerous chairs across the room in cor to get to a kid and pin him against a wall. I was told to wear a shot skirt and a low cut blouse to drivers ed to pass. I was bullied beyond belief in Prep: my locker being broken into and pants having the crotch cut out, my diary being stolen and read by the football team, thrown into garbage bins, I could go on and on. My mother was called in and told that if I was more normal, I wouldn't have trouble and the culprits of everything were never even asked about it. Football players who cheated (three copied the same paper, two were given C's so they could play, and one an A because he changed one sentence). It was 4 years of hell.
 
Note from EC: Buddha is the nickname for Br. Richard Pinkus. He was my Earth Science teacher, too. He was f*cking nuts, and he did throw chairs, and grab kids by the arm so hard it looked like their arms were going to get pulled out of their sockets. Another nut job was Br. Ronald. He would hit us, every day, in Social Studies. He would hold our shoulder still with one hand, and use the other hand to jab his nuckles in. You could hear the thuds on our shoulders as he hit us.

From a comment on one of our blogs:
If you are a student please check Naviance, which Prep supplies you with!! Those colleges that you claim Prep helps people get into- bullshit!

In the past 9 years- 3 students were accepted into Harvard!
In the past 9 years- 2 students were accepted into Yale!
In the past 9 years- 6 students were accepted into Columbia (and I know 2 who go there that say PREP DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS)
In the past 9 years- 5 students were accepted into Notre Dame!

You and I both know the majority of kids end up at St. John's! Don't glorify a school that does not deserve glorification.

Also from a blog comment: All of you prep defenders talking about ignorance and respect.. calling someone a "lesbo" is both ignorant and disrespectful. Like prep, you are falling into hypocracy. Mr. C - male gym teacher, still works there - office is located in the boy's locker room.. constantly telling female students to go to his office for some bullshit - that's not creepy? Mr. K being fired for expressing himself, very Catholic of you. Why the fuck are you defending a school... a school that charges WAY too much in my opinion. All of the students there, probably you people included are minions of what is supposed to be. Life isn't perfect - what makes you think that every staff member of SFP are? If people who deserved to be fired were actually fired there wouldn't be a school.

My years at St. Francis Prep (2002-2006) were absolute HELL. I wasn't wealthy, so I was constantly put down by the students who were. The amount of cliques in that school and the teachers who were in them as well is disgusting. Student cliques are found everywhere, true; but for staff to get involved it's absolutely fucking ridiculous.

Go fuck yourself St. Francis Prep.

Also from a blog comment: Never had Mr. Stenger, but did have friends who years earlier were on one of the varsity football teams that kicked him out of the locker room, they knew he was a creep staring at them in the showers, never understood why he never got fired.

From Facebook: 
Mr. K is a wonderful, kind, knowledgeable individual. When I was a student at Prep and participating in scenic design for the theatre program, I always looked forward to working with him in the lighting booth. Though I never had him as a teacher, which I regret, we had many conversations about the social justice topics he believes so strongly in. I admire him and he's truly an inspiration. It's too bad that the administration of St. Francis Prep is closed minded. But in the end, Mr. K is better off teaching in an school where he'll be appreciated for all that he has to offer. It's SFP's loss of an amazing educator and the major gain of another school. While I attended Prep, I witnessed many teachers "reprimanding" heterosexual couples making out in the hallways by simply saying, "Make room for the Holy Spirit!" and then laughing and walking away. However, two lesbian friends of mine who gave each other a kiss goodbye before class were immediately dragged to the dean's office and belittled and told that their "behavior is completely unacceptable." The hypocrisy of that place always made me sick.
From former SFP art teacher Casey Smith, a wonderful teacher I had the pleasure of knowing, on Facebook:

Its taken me some time now to mull over the details and embrace the facts at hand objectively. Initially I was eager to lash out at the school for what I deemed disgraceful. This partially stems from my own experiences with Saint Francis Preparatory, its administration and its blatant hypocrisy, all of which ultimately lead to my resignation. However, in my time as a faculty member and furthermore my years as a student I had the pleasure of getting to know Mr. K and being taught through his positive demeanor and general respect for humans (as the bible taught). I was aware of his style choices and selection of attire and was not phased by it on any personal or professional levels, his personality and perseverance for excellence had long been set. Following a 32 year record of such excellence ; which has been marked by numerous accommodations and awards ; it wouldn't matter to me or anyone with a genuine soul if Mark choose a french manicure or a pink polka dotted dinosaur costume to represent himself. Following my departure from Saint Francis Prep I held my head knowing that I worked with a selection of NY's best and brightest educators and students. Today, I close my eyes and bow my head in shame to have been associated to the few at S.F.P. that wield hatred and discrimination as opposed to the acceptance and open arms that a christian should have. In time these atrocities will fade and we will remember minor details. But never forget that no matter who you are no one, no group, no collection of VIP's has the authority to judge or discriminate unless they are God him/her self.

From our website: The head of guidance is doing a wonderful job. I especially liked our counseling sessions back in the day, when she told me that one of my peers was born to a "crack ho" and that my best friend's mother was going to "kill the whole family." The administration is deplorable. The faculty is teeming with psychotic perverts and abusive assholes. What you did to Mr. K is one of thousands of examples of how poorly Prep treats their best teachers. You're too busy reprimanding good teachers for not meeting a quota of dress code detentions that you allow students to be preyed upon by pedophiles instead of learning. These are KIDS who should be getting an education and not worrying about why their teacher is looking at them the wrong way, making inappropriate comments- or that the head of guidance is quite possibly gossiping about their personal problems. Prep: Formally apologize and make a big change- or Burn and rot in hell!

Also from our website: Wow SFP.... WTF!?!? Alum here.. 80-84. We had a nun that taught religion holding hands with a nerdy math teacher at Great Adventure one year.... But at least they didn't hide it.... Everyone knew. Everyone knew Stenger was a perv that liked wieners (who doesn't)--- but I can't say I ever saw him lose his temper but thought he should be fired because he was an AWFUL teacher ... The worst! The only positive part of that is that it will "prep"you for those awful tenured college profs that stay 'till they are dead in the grave. Nuzzi was a pig that I had the misfortune to share a driver ed car with 3 attractive girls that he made so uncomfortable .... They must still be the worst parallel parkers if they can drive at all. There were cliques as in any school.... But not too intimidating as the jocks were Morons .. Ok 90 pct of them. I also had a Brother (GF) Offer to improve my 97(!) avg if I would accompany him up to the friary for dinner? Um..no. He should Burn and rot in hell!

Also from our website:

To SFP, Its been a while. But I just found out about this website. And I'm happy to hear about its popularity. When I was at prep, there was quite a bit of visible corruption. Big contributors to the school's foundation would be rewarded with easy As for their children. Kids who paid to dress down would be written off detentions left and right. I had a few late detentions and was offered time and time again to get them written off if I started to 'participate' in fundraisers. On numerous occasions when I pointed out the injustice going on I would suddenly find out my detentions were going up and be consequently shook down by one of the deans. I know more and it will come out. Ask yourself SFP, where did brother Benjamin (Spanish) go? Hes out there somewhere repeating his offenses on others. Everyone knew what happened but no one said anything. Parents pay SFP for a piece of paper and the illusion of shelter from the outside. Go Burn and rot in hell!

 

Of all the blogs, I think I like this one the best, because the words are not mine. They show such courage, and such raw honesty from others, that they have re-energized us. The wheels are in motion. There's no stopping them. Change is coming. 

 

 

 

Defamation for Dummies

It's been a long week, and I really didn't have any plans to blog tonight, but the urge struck me for two reasons.

One is, a jerk decided to threaten us last night. Now really, after all this time, and all that has been said, do you think that would scare us? I will blog, and blog, and blog, until my fingers fall off. And then, I will use my toes to blog. And after that, I will buy that cool thing Stephen Hawking uses. So don't waste your time, keep your threats to yourself, and stick them up your ass.

Secondly, lots of readers, whether on the website or in blog comments, or in a lovely letter posted on the St. Francis Prep website, like to throw around the term "defamation." Defamation means a false statement. It does not mean a statement you don't like, or a statement that makes someone look bad. True statements are not defamation. They are called "the truth", and that is what has been written in these blogs. In order to sue for defamation, someone would have to prove a statement is false, and that the person making the statement was negligent in making them.  Then, they would have to prove damages attributable specifically to the alleged defamatory statements.

There you go, a little course on defamation. It is my hope, dear readers, that you would use this term in proper context, and not throw it around so carelessly. Because, if you say we have "defamed" someone (which we haven't), you will actually be defaming us, and we can sue the crap out of you for any damages stemming from that.

OK, y'all, that's it now. 'Night!

Everyone's Favorite Science Teacher

When you become a student at Saint Francis Prep, or a teacher, you are told you represent the school 24/7. On school grounds, or off, you are a Terrier, bleeding red and blue. Keep that in mind.

Now I want you to know, this is someone's story that is being written here tonight. This is the story of a man in his mid 20's who wants the world to know about his last encounter with his former science teacher, David Ganci. He is extremely upset none of the gay teachers at St. Francis Prep (of which there are many) have come out in support of Mr. K. He is outraged that they want to live their nice little gay lives, and stay closeted at work, and not do a damn thing to fight for the rights of someone who worked with them for 32 years.

We want to clarify, we did not know this man before a few days ago. This man reached out to us, and asked us to tell his story. We promised we would keep his name confidential, and we will. He is concerned about the backlash he may face from "SFP Defenders" and others who may not be happy about the fact he is sharing this experience.

A picture speaks a thousand words, so here we go:

Now let's make this clear, from the point of this former student: He is not angry Mr. Ganci felt up his ass in the nightclub. He is however very upset he felt up his ass and then a week later, when Mr. Ganci was with his boyfriend, he basically ignored him like nothing had taken place a week earlier. This alumnus felt disrespected, insulted, and I am guessing hurt. Would you, if that had been your high school teacher?

We, on the other hand, are very upset Mr. Ganci felt up his ass. I mean, for god's sake, out of all the hundreds of men in a gay dance club in NY on any given night, you really have to cop a feel off a former student?  If the last time you saw someone, they were a 15 year old boy in your bio class, would YOUR natural reaction be to shove your hand down his pants and rub his ass?

And SFP, is this really the impression you want to make on young alumni?

We heard today that Mr. K's petition has almost 6,000 signatures. Good for all the alumni who have taken matters into their own hands. You do what you have to do to get your point across, exposing hypocrites.

And so will we.