As his mother neared death, Brendan Higgins called a priest he respected to administer last rites. The Rev. Philip Postell did the job with care and...
Postell’s involvement in keeping sex abuse claims quiet occurred before he led Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas beginning in 1992. Nevertheless, the school removed the priest’s name from its athletic stadium after a lawsuit brought by Higgins and eight other men shed light on Postell.The 15-member school board voted April 19 to remove Postell’s name and it was taken down April 25, said Tom Melsheimer, a lawyer who represented the school in the recently settled lawsuit.
The Dallas-area men filed the lawsuit against the school, the Jesuit Society headquartered in St. Louis, and the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, alleging they were abused by priests while students in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Decades-old records obtained from the province headquarters as a result of the lawsuit showed Postell moved at least one priest, Don Dickerson, after a sixth allegation of sexual misconduct toward boys when Postell served as the order’s director overseeing schools.Other records show Postell was involved in discussions about several other priests accused of sexual abuse over the span on his long career.
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