10 hours ago, No Hiding Here....BC 21 said:

I have heard that he is attending.

Coach Ruthsatz has been to several of his son's games both home and away.

From Nick Ruthsatz accompanied by a video

 

Part 1/2 of Videos.. updates from meeting. Long post but here’s what we are going through. Please share this post whether publically or privately to help our voice be heard if it wasn’t for the past support we wouldn’t have made it this far. Really means a lot

Next video will go over how to get a coach under investigation in the Covington diocese. Lastly will be reaching out to past alumni, players & parents to confirm if they were involved in making allegations or not. Will go more into detail in video.

Its been 9 months since my dad was told their were “Allegations”. Still unfinished to this day.

Note theres is not one video,text,email or phone call of any evidence of “verbal abuse.” From past CCH parents & players…Nothing….

Everything is “he said she said”. Think about that…

Remember this could all be solved rather quickly. Every single “Verbal Abuse” situation there were multiple people in the room. My dad was well aware that he could not be with a student alone.

All situations had MULTIPLE WITNESSES…

Its all really simple….

Bring the disgruntled CCH parents in a room. Bring in the other CCH coaches,players & staff that were in that same room. Let the disgruntled parents & players explain what happened.. Then let the other CCH players, coaches & staff confirm or not. Done.

Let’s reiterate my dad was never sent to the diocese ever in his 13 years before last May.

These people’s “Allegations” are he said she said.. 0 facts to back anything up…

At the meeting the bishop asked if we wanted them to finish the investigation. Basically him saying do you want me to do my job…yes sir 8 months ago would of been nice. The human side of the diocese staff has to have some empathy & not make our family have to post on social media and get lawyers involved to get a response or any movement on these “allegations”.

At this point our family doesn’t believe we can trust anything except action. Even then the diocese hasn’t been transparent the entire process so why would they start now? Our family has done everything we can & ready to move on.

If you want our family to have any association with Covington Catholic in the future it will take past players,coaches, alumni & CCH students that had him in class stepping up. Our family isn’t from here & don’t have the alumni generations that many families do at Covcath. It’s going to take some people that have been deep in the community for decades to make a stand. It takes too much energy & money for our family to try and make the diocese do their job.

At the end of the day its a hall of fame. My family has new opportunities to look forward to & can’t be worrying about things they can’t control.

We have reached out to past coaches & players from the years my dad coached. From now on myself & other coaches will be in charge of all reunions and get togethers. Not CCH.. well they can certainly try LOL…Look forward to doing things & treating people the right way

Full timeline to now as I see it:

•May 2011: Scott Ruthsatz was hired at Head Boy's Basketball Coach at Covington Catholic

•May 2013: Scott hired Joe Frederick, who helped him in the job interview process 12 months prior, as his top assistant.

-So for 11/13 years of success (the 1st 2 years being when Fredericks' son was on the team), Frederick was the top assistant 

•March 2024: Joe Frederick resigned/was let go (see Meeting with Diocese at bottom of post)

•Early May 2024, Scott Ruthsatz was called to the Diocese to meet with 2 'higher up ladies,' who asked him questions about specific practice drills and the culture of his program

•May 28th, 2024: Scott Ruthsatz resigns from Covington Catholic as Head Boy's Basketball Coach, citing the desire to spend more time in his family's business and with his family (father of 7 children)

-Over the previous 13 seasons, he accumulated a 363-79 record (82%), winning two state titles, making it to four Final Fours, and winning 6 region titles/10 district titles - the all time winningest coach in school history

-The statement from Covington Catholic was “We are actively searching for a new head basketball coach,” said Bob Rowe, principal. "I thank Coach Ruthsatz for his years of service at Covington Catholic.”

•December 2024: Covington Catholic announces Scott Ruthsatz to be inducted into the CCH Hall of Fame (photo)

•January 14, 2025: Nick Ruthsatz posts the first of many posts, calling out the CCH administration for publicly announcing that his father would be inducted, and then privately telling the family he would not be inducted and instructing them to LIE about the reason for him not to attend. When pressed (according to Nick's posts), CCH administration pointed to the Diocese as the reasoning.

-Nick Ruthsatz independently reaches out to the diocese, and was told by Julie Finehower, that the only thing in Scott's file at the Diocese is that he resigned at his own discretion

•January 15-February 10, 2025: Nick continues to post screenshots of his text conversations, the CCH website, and other videos/memes expressing his frustration about the injustice done to his father and family

•February 11, 2025: Nick posts a 2nd video to thank supporters, and also tells viewers that the Diocese has agreed to meet with Scott Ruthsatz to give their side of the story

•March 2nd, 2025: Nick posts another video, summarizing what was revealed from the Meeting with Diocese:

-In March 2024, Bob Rowe, Tony Bacigalupo, Bob Hoffer, and Deacon Jim Fortner called Scott Ruthsatz in and told him there were allegations from the Diocese about Joe. Later that day, Tony and Scott met with Joe to explain to him he will be fired because of the allegations

-Joe then met with Deacon Fortner after resigning, where the Deacon told him that indeed it came from the Diocese

-Joe then contacted the Diocese himself, and received a signed letter proclaiming his innocence, and that no such allegations exist, and that he is free to teach or coach at any Diocesan school

-According to the caption of Nick's video, 9 months ago the Diocese presented Scott with 'allegations of verbal abuse.' It is my understanding that Scott, after 13 years of never being sent to the Diocese, and 0 evidence of verbal abuse, was placed on suspension, which led to his decision to resign. 

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It will be interesting to see what Nick's 2nd video reveals, whenever he decides to post. 

@InItToWinIt great timeline but I think more has to be added to be complete, from two posts ago:

At the meeting the bishop asked if we wanted them to finish the investigation. Basically him saying do you want me to do my job…yes sir 8 months ago would of been nice. The human side of the diocese staff has to have some empathy & not make our family have to post on social media and get lawyers involved to get a response or any movement on these “allegations”.

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I want all of us to understand where we stand.  Is it correct to state that the Bishop is going to finish the investigation of Coach Ruthsatz?  And if so, do we have any timeline for the completion of the investigation and what will happen/be revealed once the investigation is complete?

19 hours ago, theguru said:

@InItToWinIt great timeline but I think more has to be added to be complete, from two posts ago:

At the meeting the bishop asked if we wanted them to finish the investigation. Basically him saying do you want me to do my job…yes sir 8 months ago would of been nice. The human side of the diocese staff has to have some empathy & not make our family have to post on social media and get lawyers involved to get a response or any movement on these “allegations”.

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I want all of us to understand where we stand.  Is it correct to state that the Bishop is going to finish the investigation of Coach Ruthsatz?  And if so, do we have any timeline for the completion of the investigation and what will happen/be revealed once the investigation is complete?

As far as I'm aware, the Bishop asked Ruthsatz, "do you want us to finish this investigation?" to which he replied yes. No time table was set.

 

Nick does bring up an interesting point, that Virtus rules require more than 1 adult to be present with any diocesan student (player) and coach....Why would CCH not ask bystanders about the specific 'verbal abuse' incidents?

 

3 minutes ago, InItToWinIt said:

As far as I'm aware, the Bishop asked Ruthsatz, "do you want us to finish this investigation?" to which he replied yes. No time table was set.

Thank you and like you stated, it will be interesting to see what Nick's 2nd video reveals, whenever he decides to post. 

4 minutes ago, InItToWinIt said:

Nick does bring up an interesting point, that Virtus rules require more than 1 adult to be present with any diocesan student (player) and coach....Why would CCH not ask bystanders about the specific 'verbal abuse' incidents?

Just speculating but maybe some type of whistleblower/privacy protections for anyone that complained to the Diocese.

2 hours ago, theguru said:

Just speculating but maybe some type of whistleblower/privacy protections for anyone that complained to the Diocese.

That could be a factor, but it still doesn't make sense to take into account allegations to open an investigation, and then just sit on the investigation for 9 months. My guess is if Scott hadn't resigned, they would have moved on the investigation.

 

However, it would/could have impeded his ability to seek a coaching job elsewhere the last 9 months had he been looking for one. 

5 minutes ago, InItToWinIt said:

That could be a factor, but it still doesn't make sense to take into account allegations to open an investigation, and then just sit on the investigation for 9 months. My guess is if Scott hadn't resigned, they would have moved on the investigation.

However, it would/could have impeded his ability to seek a coaching job elsewhere the last 9 months had he been looking for one. 

Or it would make sense if the investigation was actually completed months ago, the "whistleblowers" were the basis for the investigation/actions taken, and now the Bishop/Diocese is not being truthful with Coach Ruthsatz about the "status" of the investigation.  Of course that is all speculation on my part.

Is Jeff Ruby or a member of his family involved in this in any way?

On 3/5/2025 at 5:46 PM, Jack of all Trades said:

Is Jeff Ruby or a member of his family involved in this in any way?

Ruby is not a family member with the Ruthsatz.... Believe he had a grandchild/step-grandchild who attended and played basketball at CCH.... Not sure how or why he would be involved with this.

24 minutes ago, InItToWinIt said:

Ruby is not a family member with the Ruthsatz.... Believe he had a grandchild/step-grandchild who attended and played basketball at CCH.... Not sure how or why he would be involved with this.

I was asking if the allegations against Ruthsatz started there.

Was Nick present for all of these conversations?

Evidently the leader in the efforts against Scott has been identified. My source says that "up to 20 former players" were involved in going to the Diocese. 
 

Strange to me, that even if 20 players were actual "victims" of "verbal abuse" (more like hard coaching / unequal playing time, in my opinion), that even though basketball is a team sport and Virtus requirements dictate multiple coaches or people present in high school athletics program, that the other 180+ players to play at CCH in 13 seasons haven't come forward about it. 
 

In my opinion, the supposed 20 players were likely not starters on the 2014 or 2018 teams. Just speculation. 

From Nick Ruthsatz on Facebook:

Nick Ruthsatz  doesn't recommend Diocese of Covington Office of Catechesis and Evangelization.

Total lack of transparency & integrity throughout multiple members of the staff. Confirmed directly from the diocese of safe environment on LYING from its Chief Operating Officer lying directly to staff. Diocese Staff knew when asked in person about the lying but did nothing..

We have a letter from diocese confirming this if anyone wants to see.

0 accountability. The type of place that tries to put out fires quickly with only hearing one side so they can avoid all problems. But then they forget the repercussions & hide behind lawyers when held accountable. The same way they handled the Nick Sandmann issue a few years ago.

Ask yourself the next time you think about donating. Is my money going to the covington community? Or to fund the lawyers of the diocese against its own people in its parish.