Edwin Gaynor, the former catholic school teacher and coach implicated in a slew of sexual abuse cases throughout Westchester, has died, the Review has learned. Gaynor’s death—just weeks before the Ossining resident was scheduled for a deposition—has thrown a wrench into the proceedings of the Child Victims Act lawsuits that […]
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Gaynor deposition delayed by accuser’s death
On June 30, Associate New York State Supreme Court Justice Steven M. Jaeger ruled that legal proceedings against alleged sexual abuser Edwin Gaynor would be halted temporarily following last month’s death of Kevin Swayne, one of the plaintiffs in the matter. The decision came after lawyers for the Archdiocese of […]
Gaynor’s replacement testifies in abuse case
During a June 25 deposition in the ongoing abuse case against former Immaculate Heart of Mary gym teacher and coach Edwin Gaynor, Dan O’Hare—a former colleague who took over for Gaynor at IHM in the late 1960s—testified that Gaynor was dismissed from IHM following allegations of sexual misconduct. But despite […]
21st accuser comes forward against Gaynor, Archdiocese
The abuse accusations continue to pile up against former teacher and coach Edwin “Ted” Gaynor as yet another plaintiff came forward with claims of sexual misconduct last week. A lawsuit filed with the Westchester County Supreme Court on June 24 alleges that Gaynor used his position as a basketball coach […]
Defendants’ motion denied in IHM sex abuse case
A Feb. 14 ruling by the Supreme Court of New York has paved the way for the deposition of Edwin “Ted” Gaynor, a former teacher at the Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Scarsdale who has been accused of multiple accounts of sexual assault. Gaynor’s upcoming testimony could prove illuminating […]