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March 23, 2021

Santa Clara University President Placed on Leave

The president of Santa Clara University (CA), the Reverend Kevin O’Brien, is on leave pending an investigation. According to a notice from the chair of the university’s Board of Trustees, the university was informed that the Jesuit Provincial Office “recently received accounts that Father O’Brien exhibited behaviors in adult settings, consisting primarily of conversations, which may be inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols and boundaries,” The Mercury News reported.
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