Accused was making transition from St. Pius to parish work
Ottawa Citizen
July 15, 2010
By Kristy Nease, The Ottawa Citizen
The principal at St. Pius X High School from the early 1970s until 1984 — including the time when teacher Rev. William Joseph Allen is alleged to have assaulted two teenage students — said he was never made aware of any misconduct or suspicion of misconduct by the Catholic priest.
Msgr. Len Lunney said by phone Tuesday that when Allen left the school to assume duties at the Resurrection of Our Lord parish in 1975, Allen’s “involvement at the school was very limited.”
During Lunney’s early tenure, Allen had been making the “natural evolution” from teaching to increased parish work, Lunney said.
Allen, 80, was arrested Monday