Catholic Priest

Robert "Br. Edmund" Coakley

Ordained:

Scoutmaster and teacher. Accused of abuse of of 2 brothers, one of whom killed himself at age 12. Died 1988. Civil suit filed and appealed to NJ Supreme Court. Dismissed because of NJ Charitable Immunity Act. Coakley’s name appeared in the Boy Scout Perversion files released in 2012.