Woman details sexual harassment at state's largest Catholic hostpital chain

[Ian David]

Woman details case against Haddad
Ex-Caritas worker files bias complaint

By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff | February 1, 2007

A woman who worked for the state's largest Catholic hospital chain for 20 years has filed a sexual harassment complaint against the organization and a former chief executive, Dr. Robert Haddad, detailing behavior that she said occurred over 15 months and ended when she was laid off, allegedly in retaliation for complaining to hospital executives.

Haddad was forced to resign in May after four other women made similar accusations of sexual harassment. Judith Ann LaBelle, 52, who was director of security and communications at Caritas Holy Family Hospital in Methuen until March 2006, filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, which is investigating her charges. She also alleged age discrimination.

Her complaint provides the first detailed account of the harassment allegations against Haddad and depicts LaBelle's fear of losing her job if she confronted him.

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After that, she alleges, Haddad frequently kissed and embraced her over a 15-month period, and to avoid him, she said she sometimes hid in the mailroom across the hall from her office. At times he asked in front of other employees whether she was "behaving herself," the complaint says.

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