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  2. Boys Town (organization) - Wikipedia

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    Boys Town, Nebraska. Boys Town was founded on December 12, 1917, [1] as an orphanage for boys. Originally known as "The City of Little Men", the organization was begun by Edward J. Flanagan, a Roman Catholic priest, while he worked in the Diocese of Omaha.

  3. Sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...

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    Msgr. William Lynn, the pastor of St. Joseph Church in Downingtown, was arrested in February 2012, indicted in mid-March and, more than a week after the indictment, put on administrative leave by Archbishop Rigali. "According to a scathing grand jury report, Lynn, as secretary of clergy for the archdiocese, concealed the crimes of accused ...

  4. Edward J. Flanagan - Wikipedia

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    Spencer Tracy starred in Boys Town (1938), loosely inspired by the life and work of Fr. Flanagan, and Mickey Rooney starred as one of the boys. After Tracy won an Oscar for his performance, MGM arranged for another statuette to be inscribed and gave it to Flanagan at Boys Town. It read: "To Father Flanagan, whose great humanity, kindly ...

  5. Reports of sex abuse at iconic Boys Town youth home in Omaha ...

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    Donors across the country, moved by the mission and legend of Boys Town founder Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan, continue to shower the nonprofit with contributions and bequests ― almost $817 million ...

  6. Two well-compensated Boys Town investment executives also ...

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    In 2021, Boys Town lowered the two men's salaries, but made a separate $750,000 payment to Prodigy, where Ruden and Eglseder are cofounders and managing partners, according to the company's website.

  7. Boys Town spent almost as much on fundraising as on youth ...

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  8. Boys Town, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    The village of Boys Town was established on December 12, 1917 as the headquarters of Father Flanagan's Boys' Home (), founded by Father Edward J. Flanagan. [6]The village houses the national headquarters of Boys Town, homes for the youth served and the families that care for them, a church, a museum (The Hall of History), a school, a post office, a fire station, visitor’s center, cafe and ...

  9. Msgr. Bryan Walsh Children's Village - Wikipedia

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    Msgr. Bryan Walsh Children's Village (formerly Boystown) is a facility run by Catholic Charities in Cutler Bay, Florida. The facility was opened in 1964 and modeled on the Boys Town of Nebraska . In 2018, unaccompanied minor immigrants and migrant children separated from their families at the border were housed at the center.