Harvard hospital morgue head Cedric Lodge pleads guilty to selling human body parts

The manager of Harvard Medical School’s morgue has pleaded guilty to selling human remains.

Cedric Lodge, 57, admitted he took parts of donated cadavers after they had been used for research and sold them rather than have them disposed of in accordance with the donors’ agreements, the Justice Department said Thursday.

That included organs, brains, skin, hands and faces, prosecutors said.

He and his wife sold the parts to a network of body parts dealers, according to court documents. Some of those in the network still face charges while one has already pleaded guilty.