This is an excerpt from the blog entry. Towey was president of the college and a former Bush official (head of faith-based initiatives). The business school dean is a libertarian economist named Gary Quinlivan.
"Among many other things, the complaint argues that
*after Father Mark became faculty spokesperson but before the July 2009 raid on the computer, he was subjected to a campaign of harassment inside both the monastery and the college. He was accused of being drunk and disruptive at a student function and of spreading rumors about the motives of the adminstration.
*after being accused of viewing child pornography, Father Mark suffered serious physical and emotional distress, which compelled him to seek therapy. He left the monastery for treatment in August 2009 but was ordered back by the archabbot, who then demanded that he admit himself to a place known for its treatment of pedophile priests. He refused. Later the archabbot forbade him to go back to his original treatment center, in effect guaranteeing his further mental and physical deterioration.
*in August 2009, Father Mark took his case to canon (Church) officials who, like the police, found no evidence incriminating him. The canon experts presented their report to the archabbot in September 2009.
*despite being aware of the police and canon official findings, Nowicki, Towey, and others continued to vilify Father Mark, by letter, email, in public forums, in the media, and in private conversations. The complaint says that Towey showed some faculty the images that were found on the computer and said that these were what Father Mark was looking at. One of these faculty, the dean of the business school, allegedly then told parents and others to stay away from Mark, implying that he was a child molester. The dean of the college is alleged to have done the same."