Recent Controversies
On August 5, 2009, a young woman committed suicide by jumping in front of a truck on 9w. Both Benedictine Hospital and newspaper the Daily Freeman, along with several witnesses documented that the young woman was extremely depressed and expressed an urge to kill herself prior to the incident because the hospital had released her back to Cabrini, despite her wishes not to return. A former employee also notes that staff had been instructed to give the same story in response to a similar incident.
On April 13, 2010, cottage supervisor Howard Wilson was arrested and faces felony charges of raping a 16-year-old female resident of the facility. As of January 2011, the case is still pending.
On April 19, 2011, Wilson pled guilty to felony rape chagres and will be sentenced on August 12 in Ulster County Court. The investigation revealed Wilson “would utilize his supervisory position to transport the victim away from the campus”.
On September 4, 2010, there was a rock and debris throwing incident which led to a NYS Trooper's patrol car being hit with a cinder block chunk. In addition to the alleged perpetrators, two Cabrini staffers and were also arrested on charges of acting in a manner injurious to a minor for, as police put it, "doing little or nothing to stop the girls during the roughly two hours that they threw rocks and other debris at cars zipping along the highway." Both highly regarded employees are expected to be cleared of all charges. St.Cabrini administration has backed both staffers completely.,
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