Christopher Keogan was forced out as principal of Cardinal Hays HS after inappropriate images were allegedly found on his computer.
The ‘Hayes Man’ Removed A Principal From School
The principal at a prominent Catholic boys’ high school in the Bronx was ousted late last week after photos of nude men were discovered on his computer, a law enforcement official confirmed on Wednesday.
No criminal charges were filed against the principal, Christopher Keogan of Cardinal Hayes High School, because the photos were of adults.
The dismissal, reported in The New York Post on Wednesday, deeply shook morale at the school, which prides itself on upholding strict codes of discipline and ethics, and sees its mission as plucking boys from struggling city neighborhoods and shaping them into ambitious young men. Among the school’s alumni, who refer to themselves as “Hayes Men,” are Regis Philbin, Martin Scorsese and the novelist Don DeLillo. George Carlin, the comedian, lasted three semesters at Cardinal Hayes before getting kicked out.
“I’m sad for the school, because it drags the school down, and there’s so much good that comes out of a place like that,” said Robert Budelman, who was the director of development at Cardinal Hayes from December 2000 until last September. “It’s got a tremendous reputation for educating the poorest kids from the poorest neighborhoods, and getting them into college and going on to achieve amazing things with their lives.”
Calls to Mr. Keogan’s cellphone were not returned on Wednesday, and the Rev. Joseph F. Tierney, the school’s president, would not comment. Jacqueline LoFaro, a spokeswoman for schools at the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, which oversees Cardinal Hayes, confirmed Mr. Keogan’s dismissal, but not the reasons behind it.
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