More recently, the seminary has been involved in a controversy with its former chancellor, the Rev. Miroslaw Krol, accused in a lawsuit of sexually harassing staffers. In the 2020 suit, two men claim Krol pressured them for sex and in an earlier stint at Orchard Lake recruited seminarians from Poland to study and then invited them to sex parties in Detroit, where the sex wasn t always consensual. Krol has denied the allegations.
Stephen Gross, chairman of the Board of Regents of Orchard Lake Schools, which oversees the seminary, the high school and a Polish Mission on the campus, said the closure was unrelated to the lawsuit, which is pending.
A former longtime teacher claims Orchard Lake St. Mary s Preparatory High School fired him after he relayed a student s account of being sexually assaulted by older classmates.
Donald Ambrose taught literature at the Catholic school for more than 20 years until May 2019. He claims in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that he was fired after pressing school officials to investigate the assault, which occurred on a weekend religious retreat.
The school, which had enrolled only boys until 2020, claimed Ambrose was terminated because of parental complaints about his performance and a run-in with a student who had been disciplined. The stated reasons for Donald Ambrose’s termination are mere pretext for unlawful retaliation for Donald Ambrose complaining of the unlawful sexual assault . and the deliberate indifference of the administration, the lawsuit claims.
Dec 18, 2020 catholic news service
Priests and seminarians of the Orchard Lake Schools, a private Catholic institution originally known as the Polish Seminary in Orchard Lake, Mich., participate in a procession on campus in 2014. (Credit:Michael Stechschulte/Detroit Catholic via CNS.)
The chancellor of the Orchard Lake Schools in Michigan is on administrative leave after a lawsuit filed in federal court Dec. 14 alleged he pressured two employees into sexual activities and retaliated against them when they rebuffed his advances.
DETROIT The chancellor of the Orchard Lake Schools in Michigan is on administrative leave after a lawsuit filed in federal court Dec. 14 alleged he pressured two employees into sexual activities and retaliated against them when they rebuffed his advances.
Ex-employees accuse Orchard Lake St. Mary s priest of sexual assault, harassment
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FOX 2 - Orchard Lake St. Mary s Preparatory is a prestigious Catholic high school in Oakland County where the top priest is accused in a lawsuit of hosting sex parties off-campus and on-campus, and allegedly sexually assaulted his employees - including two priests.
This was not an out of the blue, first-time allegation, said attorney Jennifer Salvatore.
Head priest of Orchard Lake schools accused of sexual assault by ex-employees
Orchard Lake St. Mary s is a prestigious Catholic high school in Oakland County where the top priest is accused in a lawsuit of hosting sex parties off-campus and on-campus, and allegedly sexually assaulted his employees - including two priests.
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The Rev. Miroslaw Krol, now on administrative leave, was appointed in 2017 to the top job at Orchard Lake Schools. A federal lawsuit accuses the chancellor of a West Bloomfield parochial high school of sexual misconduct and retaliation against two male employees who were fired. The civil case, filed Monday in Detroit, says the Rev. Miroslaw Krol used his authority to engage in a pattern of sexual misconduct with subordinates and retaliat[ed] against them after they reported the alleged conduct, The Detroit News writes. The lawsuit . names as defendants Orchard Lake Schools, a Catholic institution that was originally known as the Polish Seminary, and the Rev. Miroslaw Krol, who oversees the schools campus, which includes a seminary, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s High School and a Polish cultural center.