Feds look to take Chang’s home; her son fights suit
Christopher Brito, News Editor
September 11, 2013
Filed under News
Federal prosecutors are attempting to seize the Jamaica Estates home of the late dean Cecilia Chang as well as funds tied with her embezzlement schemes, but her son has argued that he is the house’s “rightful heir.” An initial conference in the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court...
Harrington Steps Down Effective July 31
Kieran Lynch, Editor-in-Chief
May 8, 2013
Filed under Harrington Steps Down, Home Scroll, News
An earlier version of this story was published on May 3, 2013. The more recent version, below, appeared in the Torch's May 8, 2013 'Special Report' print edition. Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M., President of the University, announced in an email to the University community Friday that he will ste...
Harrington’s Actions Show Lack of Caring
Michael E. Cunniff, Editor-in-Chief, Emeritus
May 1, 2013
Filed under Opinion
I don’t think Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M. President of the University saw me as he left Newman Hall at precisely 4:45 p.m. Monday afternoon. I happened to be passing by when he walked out, strolled to the line of cars parked across the street and climbed into a late-model Audi before zooming off. Even...
Board of Trustees breaks silence over Chang, Harrington and Wile
Anthony O'Reilly, News Editor, Emeritus
April 10, 2013
Filed under News, Off campus, On campus
The Board of Trustees, in an email to the University community on Tuesday, broke its silence about its ongoing investigation in the wake of published reports detailing the roles of Rev. Donald J. Harrington and his chief of staff Robert Wile in the Cecilia Chang embezzlement scandal. Without...
Harrington Releases Statement Amidst Investigation
Anthony O'Reilly, News Editor
March 8, 2013
Filed under Crime, News, Off campus, On campus
Under scrutiny for accepting gifts from deceased dean Cecilia Chang, Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M., President of the University, released a statement in an email to the University community. In the statement, Harrington pleaded for patience as the investigation by Frank Wohl, of Lankler Siffert...
Wile Joins Harrington Under Scrutiny
Michael E. Cunniff and Nicole Valente, Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor
March 6, 2013
Filed under Home Scroll, News, Top Stories
The fraud perpetuated by former dean Cecilia Chang continues to haunt the University, leading to the Board of Trustees retaining outside counsel in the wake of another published report that details more questionable expense reports. The latest report, from New York Magazine, outlines more than $40,000...
Flames of the Torch: The Last Straw
March 6, 2013
Filed under Opinion
If there’s something we’ve learned this year, it’s that you never know what’s coming next. As the bizarre Chang saga continues, we’ve come to learn way more than we ever expected to about Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M. – his travel itineraries, his real estate investments, his designer suits...
Report: Rev. Harrington, Robert Wile Deeply Embedded in Chang’s Gift-Giving
Kieran Lynch, Features Editor
February 25, 2013
Filed under Home Scroll, News
Deceased former St. John’s dean Cecilia Chang showered President Rev. Donald J. Harrington and his chief of staff, Robert Wile, with extravagant gifts supposedly paid by “unnamed donors,” when they were really being charged to the University, according to a report in New York Magazine. The former...
Report: Chang wrote about sexual relationship with former St. John’s president
Anthony O'Reilly, News Editor
December 11, 2012
Filed under Home Scroll, News
Even after her death, Cecilia Chang continues to haunt St. John’s. Handwritten notes from the disgraced former dean, who committed suicide on Nov. 6, detail an intimate sexual relationship with the late former University president Rev. Joseph Cahill, C.M., according to a report in The New York Times. The...
EXCLUSIVE: Harrington and Oliva talk Chang investigation, trial and the “lavish” gifts Pres. received
Michael E. Cunniff and Nicole Valente, Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor
November 14, 2012
Filed under Home Scroll, News
The month-long courtroom saga now behind them, the University president and general counsel decided they are ready to tell their side of the Cecilia Chang story. In exclusive interviews with the Torch, Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M., President of the University, and General Counsel Joe Oliva detailed...
Q&A: Father Harrington: Torch talks Big East, Future of STJ and SGI with University Pres.
November 14, 2012
Filed under Home Scroll, News, Off campus, On campus, Sports
Torch: In a normal period, what does your daily schedule look like? Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M.: I spend a lot of time working with my direct reports so that’s the chief academic officer, the provost [Robert Mangione], it’s the chief operating officer [Martha Hirst]. Dealing with Joe [Oliva] ...
Cecilia Chang Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
Anthony O'Reilly, News Editor
November 6, 2012
Filed under Crime, Home Scroll, News, On campus, Top Stories
Cecilia Chang, the former dean of the Asian Studies Center on trial for allegedly embezzling $1.1 million from the University and forcing international students to work as personal servants, died in an apparent suicide in the early hours of Nov. 6. She was 59. An NYPD spokesperson confirmed only that...
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