| Mount Saint Michael Academy | |
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| Location | |
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4300 Murdock Avenue , 10466 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°53′55″N73°50′32″W / 40.89861°N 73.84222°W /40.89861; -73.84222 |
| Information | |
| Type | |
| Motto | Ad Astra Per Aspera (To the Stars Through Difficulties) |
| Religious affiliation | Catholic (Marist Brothers) |
| Established | 1926 (99 years ago) (1926)[2] |
| Oversight | Archdiocese of New York |
| President | Br. Michael Flanigan, FMS.[1] |
| Principal | Br. Steve Schlitte, FMS |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrollment | 700+[2] (2020) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colors | Blue and gold |
| Athletics conference | Catholic High School Athletic Association |
| Nickname | Mountaineers |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3] |
| Newspaper | The Tower |
| Tuition | $7,000 (Grades 6–8)[a] $10,500 (Grades 9–12)[b] |
| Website | mtstmichael |
Mount Saint Michael Academy is an all-boys'private,catholic,college preparatory school in theWakefield neighborhood of theNew York Cityborough of theBronx. The school's campus also borders the city ofMount Vernon in neighboringWestchester County and is administered by theArchdiocese of New York.
The school opened on September 13, 1926, originally staffed by fourteenMarist Brothers, and dedicated toSaint Michael the Archangel.
TheU.S. Department of Education named it aNational Blue Ribbon School in 1992.[4]
In 1988, an Irish-born Catholic priest and a Marist brother were indicted on charges they sexually abused boys at the school. Irish ReverendBernárd Lynch, who served as the chaplain, and Brother Timothy Brady, the acting principal, were accused of molesting three boys. Lynch was acquitted while Brady was sentenced to prison. Following Brady's release from prison, Marist Brothers reassigned him to a Catholic high school in Chicago from 1993 to 2005.[5][6]
In 2011, Marist Brother Lawrence Gordon, the assistant principal, was criminally charged for possessing child pornography. Gordon accidentally left a USB drive plugged into a library computer on Valentine's Day, which held sexually explicit images of underage boys. Gordon pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year atSt. Luke Institute, an institution known for treating priests accused of child sexual abuse.[7][8]
In 2019, Father Bernárd Lynch was accused again of sexually abusing a different teen student at the school 40 years ago, according to the lawsuit. The 57-year-old plaintiff, then a 16-year-old at the school, alleged the sexual abuse occurred in 1978 and 1979. The lawsuit was dropped in 2021.[9][10]
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Paul Grassi '96, hasn't been back to the Mount since his graduation in June 1996 – 15 years.
