“Listen, they represent the township,” he said. Steve D’Emilio, Ward 1 commissioner in Haverford, confirmed that the volunteer is Bruce McClay Jr., who held a leadership role at Bon Air. near Eagle and Steel Roads, declined to comment.Īccording to the township, the volunteer admitted to officials in mid-August that he had attended “several social gatherings” for the Proud Boys and passed two of the four steps in the initiation process, including hazing. Reached by phone, a representative of the Bon Air company, based at 541 Royal Ave. 4, 2019, the Bon Air Fire Company has been relieved of duty indefinitely.”

“Effective by close of business Wednesday, Sept. “Given the fire company board’s failure to act, the township is compelled to take action,” the township said in a statement. Haverford Township said Wednesday that one of its five fire companies had been “relieved of duty indefinitely” after officials were told by the organization that it would not dismiss a volunteer who admitted he had been in the process of joining the controversial far-right men’s group the Proud Boys.

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