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.
Amanda Vestri wins women’s 5,000 meter by 19 seconds at Virginia Grand Prix
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Amanda Vestri has won all three 5,000-meter races she’s participated in, including the ACC Indoor Championships.
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Amanda Vestri continued her outdoor campaign at the Virginia Grand Prix on Saturday. After winning the 10,000-meter at the Virginia Challenge two weekends ago, Vestri won the women’s 5,000-meter by 19 seconds.
Between this year’s indoor and outdoor season, Vestri has won all three 5,000-meter races she’s participated in, including the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships in February. In two weeks, Vestri will have the chance to win another 5,000-meter title at the ACC Outdoor Championships.
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The boy wasn’t wearing gloves, he reeked of gasoline, and his face was crusted with dirt.
“He was crying. As his tears rolled down, it would make a clean path,” Chicago Police Sgt. Rhianna Hubbard recalls.
That was three weeks ago. The snow had finally stopped, followed then by punishing cold.
That day, Hubbard did something cops rarely do for their own safety: She got in the back seat of her squad car behind “the cage,” opened the door and beckoned the boy to come in from the cold.
He hesitated. She told him: You’re not in any trouble. So he got in.
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