Students of Catholic schools in the Los Angeles area are being evacuated at about midday Monday after the Archdiocese of Los Angeles received “an email veiled threat.”
In a parent alert sent by Deb Stevens of Paraclete High School said they needed to evacuate campus “as a precaution” after the threat was sent to “100s of Archdiocesan and private schools,” according to a post to X, formerly Twitter, by independent journalist Anthony Cabassa.
A message to the Bishop Amat Memorial High School community clarified that the email was sent to “Catholic and non-Catholic schools.”
“While there is no current evidence to suggest that this threat was credible, law enforcement has been contacted and out of an abundance of caution and at the direction of the Department of Catholic Schools, we will be canceling classes for today,” school President Richard Beck wrote.
Damien High School in La Verne also canceled classes and “is working with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to ensure the safety of all students,” a school official said in an email.
Aerial footage from Sky5 showed a police presence near the Damien campus.
La Verne police, meanwhile, indicated that they do not believe the threat is real.
“Earlier this morning, the La Verne Police Department notified the Bonita Unified School District that Damien High School was being evacuated and closed for the remainder of the day in response to a threat against private schools in the area,” police wrote on Facebook. “Following further investigation, the threat appears to have come from overseas and has been deemed not credible by LVPD.
“Bonita Unified schools will remain open.”
Check back for updates to this developing story.
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