BREAKING: School Investigation Clears Covington Boys of Wrongdoing in March for Life Standoff

Calvin Freiburger : Feb 13, 2019
LifeSiteNews.com

"These young high school students could never have expected what they experienced on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial while waiting for the busses to take them home. Their stance there was surely a pro-life stance." -Bishop Roger Foys

[LifeSiteNews.com] Third-party investigators commissioned by the Diocese of Covington and Covington Catholic High School to investigate the conduct of a group of students involved in a high-profile encounter at the March for Life have released the findings of their report, which concludes the students did not commit the offensive acts initially attributed to them. (Image: via LifeSiteNews)

Last month, the kids found themselves in the middle of a firestorm after reports claimed a video showed them harassing elderly Native American veteran Nathan Phillips. But additional video and firsthand accounts soon revealed Phillips was the one who waded into the group and beat a drum inches from student Nick Sandmann's face, and members of the Black Hebrew Israelites fringe group shouted racial taunts at the kids. The boys said they were performing school cheers to drown out the harassment.

Among those who condemned them based on false initial reports were the Diocese and school themselves, who issued a statement that their behavior was "opposed to the Church's teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person," and suggested they could potentially be expelled. After the original narrative fell apart, Bishop Roger Foys announced an "independent, third-party investigation is planned to begin," and that it was "important for us to gather the facts that will allow us to determine what corrective actions, if any, are appropriate."

Many criticized the community's Catholic authorities for rushing to judgment, leading Foys to eventually issue another statement apologizing...

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