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May 10, 2022 · A Santa Ana Police Department document obtained by The Times alleges several Mater Dei football players sexually assaulted a teammate in the locker room of the high school athletic powerhouse.
Jun 20, 2022 · On Aug. 31, 2021, Mater Dei football players forced a teammate to the ground, exposed their genitals and "began humping him" through their pants, according to the Santa Ana police document...
Nov 30, 2021 · A scandal involving one of the top high school football programs in the country involves allegations of a brutal hazing ritual that left a former player with a traumatic brain injury,...
Dec 22, 2021 · Dec. 5, 2021. School administrators have said little about the alleged hazing. The silence reminds some critics of how an earlier era of Mater Dei officials handled allegations of sexual...
Jan 2, 2022 · Father Walter E. Jenkins, president of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, has left his job in the wake of a hazing scandal involving the school's storied football program.
Jan 2, 2022 · A former player sued Mater Dei and the Diocese of Orange for brain damage and a broken nose after a hazing ritual with a teammate. The school's president, Fr. Walter Jenkins, resigned from his position in January, but the school denied any cover-up.
May 11, 2022 · A former Mater Dei High School football player whose family previously claimed he suffered brain damage during a hazing ritual last year -- and that the school tried to cover it up --...