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Austin Preparatory School is a co-educational Catholic school located in Reading, Massachusetts. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. It was founded by the Order of Saint Augustine in 1961. The institution is colloquially referred to as Austin Prep and serves students in grades 6–12.

Turnbull Sexual Abuse Settlements The Augustinian Order has reached financial settlements with more than twenty sexual abuse victims of Robert Turnbull, OSA, an Augustinian priest who taught Math at Austin Prep from 1965–1981. At least eight of the victims were Austin Prep students at the time of the assaults. Robert Turnbull died in 2000.[3]

On January 20, 2022, the school announced that it would leave the Catholic Central League and Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to join the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council starting in the fall of 2022. The school will begin NEPSAC competition as an independent.[4]

Notable alumni

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Affording and Austin Prep Education"
  2. ^ NEASC-CIS. "NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools". Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  3. ^ "Father Turnballs and the Dark Past of Austin Prep." By David Rigby. Available at: robertturnbullosa.com
  4. ^ "Austin Prep to Join the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council". Austin Prep. January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.

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