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She Claimed A Fellow Theologian Sexually Assaulted Her In 1987. An Independent Investigation Determined Her Claims Were False.

Ashe Schow
She Claimed A Fellow Theologian Sexually Assaulted Her In 1987. An Independent Investigation Determined Her Claims Were False.
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A Boston College theology professor was cleared of wrongdoing after an investigator hired by the college determined the sexual assault allegations against him were “not only not credible but are also false.”

Starting on January 23, 2021, theologian Laura Grimes began posting YouTube videos accusing professor Richard Gaillardetz, who chairs the Boston College theology department, of sexually assaulting her in 1987 on Halloween and in December of that year. At the time of the alleged assaults, the two were students in the Notre Dame theology doctoral program.

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