Cedric Lodge, who managed Harvard's morgue for more than two decades before his 2023 arrest, has agreed to plead guilty to transporting stolen goods across state lines, according to a plea agreement filed on Wednesday in federal court in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Lodge, 57, faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. His lawyer declined to comment on Thursday.
Prosecutors said Lodge at times allowed potential buyers into the school's morgue to examine human bodies donated to Harvard and select what parts to buy. The buyers mostly resold the body parts, prosecutors said.
But a Massachusetts judge dismissed those cases last year, saying the lawsuits failed to plausibly allege Harvard failed to act in good faith in handling the bodies or was legally responsible for Lodge’s “horrifying” conduct.
Harvard Medical School Dean George Daley in a statement on Thursday called Lodge’s actions “morally reprehensible and a disgraceful betrayal” to the individuals who had chosen to have their bodies donated to the school.
An independent review Harvard launched of its cadaver donation program recommended in late 2023 that it implement more oversight and better documentation.
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