Edit: Presently, the Abbey is admitting there was wrongdoing but is describing the homosexual predation as a "minor boundary violation". The offending Monk, Travers, has been dismissed from his position and is on restriction.
The American Cassianese Congregation also contains the Monastery of Collegeville, which has wildly deviated from the mission of the Benedictine Order.
They may not have the financial problems and in "good standing", but it brings to mind another "Benedictine" Monastery which was in trouble recently.
The Catholic monk in charge of the Mary Mother of the Church Abbey in Goochland County, which owns and operates Benedictine College Preparatory school, has been removed from the position pending the outcome of an investigation into an allegation of sexual misconduct.Link to read further...
The Rev. Luke Travers, a former headmaster of the elite Delbarton School in New Jersey, was removed from his role as the Virginia abbey's canonical administrator Wednesday pending the outcome of the inquiry, said Hugh Anderson, president of the American Cassinese Congregation. Travers is also prohibited from having contact with juveniles or young adults.
The decision to remove Travers came after a letter was sent this week to Anderson and the Most Rev. Francis Xavier DiLorenzo, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, asking them to re-evaluate Travers' role. The letter from Patrick J. Marker, a resident of Washington who advocates for victims of monk misconduct, outlined allegations of misconduct by Travers against two unidentified male victims. Marker said the misconduct was sexual in nature, included the kissing of one victim's neck and ears and the touching of another victim's crotch, and happened in New Jersey.
Other developments here....
Here's a video of a Monk from the Monastery on EWTN:
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