WARNING: This story contains details of child physical and sexual abuse.
One of the most notorious child abusers in Newfoundland and Labrador history has popped up in another investigation into allegations of Catholic child abuse in the United States.
Ronald Lasik, a member of the Christian Brothers of Ireland until his death in 2020, is one of 451 men “credibly accused” of abusing children in Illinois while holding a position of authority affiliated with the church.
Lasik is well-known for his time at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s during the 1950s, where it’s alleged he abused at least eight boys in a violent and sexual manner. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 1999.
According to the report, Lasik also worked at Saint Laurence High School in Chicago. While it doesn’t get into details of the allegations against him, the Chicago Sun-Times has previously reported he was accused of abusing two boys between 1966 and 1968. Students say he disappeared from the school sometime during the 1967-68 school year without an announcement.
The attorney general of Illinois — in an effort to understand the full scope of the Catholic clergy abuse problem in the state — launched an investigation in 2018. The goal was to identify as many clergymen and members of lay orders as possible who were credibly accused of sexual abuse
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