 Before public accusations surfaced that he committed sex abuse at Boston College High School, James Talbot had been accused of molesting a student at Cheverus.On September 24, 2018, Talbot pled guilty to the sex abuse charges in Maine and immediately began serving two concurrent three year prison sentences.By the time Talbot was implicated in the Archdiocese of Boston's infamous Spotlight scandal in 2002, the amount of settlements which the Diocese of Portland had given to Cheverus victims had reached a cumulative seven figures, with additional counseling still ongoing.