Kennedy v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

The plaintiff seeks to reverse a decision of the Boston Retirement Board (board) denying her certain benefits. The facts, which we summarize, are not in dispute.

Bom in 1937, the plaintiff entered a Roman Catholic religious order known as the Marist Missionary Sisters in 1954. She lived in Massachusetts until 1962 when she was sent by her order to Peru where she taught second and fourth grades in Catholic schools until April, 1966. The plaintiff returned to Massachusetts and attended graduate school until 1968 when she resumed her teaching duties in Pem. In 1973, she returned to the United…