New Hampshire Catholic schools won’t be requiring students to wear masks in the fall. Instead, they’re leaving it up to parents to decide whether their children should wear a face covering to class next year.David Thibault, superintendent of schools.
Brother Robert Ryan (inset), shown in the 1960s. He died in 2017 at 83. A recently filed lawsuit says he sexually abused students decades ago at Marist High School on the Far Southwest Side, where he was an assistant principal for part of the 1970s, and at other schools run by the Marist Brothers religious order to which he belonged.
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After Brother Robert Ryan died in 2017, a relative posted an online tribute, calling him “the favorite uncle” who “lived a giving life” and “selflessly” served God.
Two lawsuits paint a different picture of Ryan, one that’s become public only after his death at 83. They accuse him of having molested children over a yearslong span in which he was a member of the Marist Brothers Catholic religious order.
One of the U.S. Catholic Church's most infamous agitators, known for aggressive smear campaigns against church leaders and organizations, may soon face a reckoning in court as a result of a rare lawsu.
Pandemic boosts N.H. Catholic school numbers
Bishop Brady Principal Andrea Isaak Elliot stands in the computer classroom at the school in August 2020.
Bishop Brady Principal Andrea Isaak Elliot points to small circle stickers used to color code lockers in the hallway of the school in August before the start of the school year.
Bishop Brady Principal Andrea Isaak Elliot talks about the Concord’s schools reopening ahead of the school year in August.
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CONCORD The COVID-19 pandemic has not been easy on education. But for New Hampshire’s Catholic schools, this year has been among their most successful.