the improving US-China relationship. He became the last American missionary to be released by the Communist Chinese government. A primary school named Bishop Walsh Primary School was set up by the Maryknoll Fathers in Hong Kong in 1963. The school is now run by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong Unfortunately, as with many dioceses and religious orders within the Catholic Church around the world, Maryknoll has been tainted with sex abuse allegations among its clergy. About eight priests, all now deceased, were part of the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. Though Maryknoll is a foreign mission order, priests and brothers are assigned, at times, to dioceses around the country. From the time it was a U.S. territory, Maryknoll priests have served in Hawaii. According to the 2015 Maryknoll annual report, the organization charged a significant amount ($19+ million) to address claims in Hawaii. Currently, at its headquarters in New York, several priests are monitored as they have been associated with inappropriate engagement with youth or vulnerable adults either while serving overseas or in the U.S. An ex-Maryknoll priest, now deceased, recently was reported to have sexually abused a young boy for about eight years during the 1960s when he was assigned to parishes in Westchester County. This filing was reported in the June 13, 2019 issue of The Journal News. Another former Maryknoll priest, also deceased, has been cited for child sex abuse allegations in the Virginia Diocese of Richmond. He is one of six clergy recently added to the list priests from the diocese cited for 'credible and substantiated' allegations of sexual abuse against a minor. The announcement was made during June 2019. A deceased Maryknoll priest, was accused of abuse in a claim filed during 2019 by the son of lay missioners who lived close to the Maryknoll campus in Ossining, New York. The family ate their meals at the Maryknoll dining room. The claim was reported in the January 13, 2020 issue of The Journal News. Schools in Hong Kong Several notable schools in Hong Kong were founded by Maryknollers; and several are still run by them. Founded by the Maryknollers Bishop Ford Memorial School, a co-educational primary school. This is the first ever school founded by the Maryknoll Fathers in Hong Kong after the Second World War. It was founded in 1952 after the Maryknoller, Fr. Francis Xavier Ford for his