Assignment Record � Rev. John H. Duggan, S.J.

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December 14, 2013

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Summary of Case: A Jesuit of the Maryland Province ordained in 1957, Duggan lived and worked in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey, and in Nigeria. In 2002 a man reported to the Baltimore archdiocese that his son was sexually abused by Duggan in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Duggan worked at Loyola High School in Towson, Maryland during those years. The Official Catholic Directory shows Duggan to have been at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania at the time of the report and until 2005. He is not indexed in the Directories beyond 2005.

Ordained: 1957

Start	Stop	Parish/Assignment	Town/Accusations	State/Country	Position	Notes
1957 Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970).	1958	Weston College	Boston	MA
1958 Albany bishop was William Aloysius Scully (1954-1969).	1959	Our Lady of Martyrs	Auriesville	NY	tertianship
1959 Scranton bishop was Jerome Daniel Hannan (1954-1965), followed by Joseph Carroll McCormick (1966-1983).	1970	Scranton Prep. High School	Scranton	PA		Scranton Prep. had 340-486 students, all male. Duggan is indexed in the Directories as at Scranton Prep. during these years, but he is not listed as there in the Scranton diocesan pages.
1968 Baltimore archbishop was Lawrence Joseph Shehan (1961-1974).	1972	Loyola High School	Towson • In 2002 a man told the archdiocese that his son had been sexually abused by Duggan in the late 1960s to early 1970s.	MD		Loyola High had 697-715 students, all male. The 1971 and 1972 Directories index but do not list Duggan in the Baltimore diocesan pages as at Loyola High.
1972 Philadelphia archbishop was John Joseph Krol (1961-1988).	1978	St. Agnes Hospital	Philadelphia	PA	chaplain	The 1973 Directory indexes Duggan as at St. Agnes Hospital, but does not list him as there in the Philadelphia archdiocesan pages.
1978	1979					Duggan is not indexed in the 1979 Directory.
1979	1980	Old St. Joseph's	Philadelphia	PA	2/14 minister
1980 Chicago archbishop was John Patrick Cody (1965-1982).	1981	Faber House	Chicago	IL		This was a Jesuit residence.
1981	1983		Jos	Nigeria, West Africa
1983 Camden bishop was George Henry Guilfoyle (1968-1989).	1984	Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital	Camden	NJ	chaplain
1984 John Joseph O'Connor succeeded McCormick as Scranton bishop (1983-1984), followed by James Clifford Timlin (1984-2003).	1989	Scranton Prep. High School	Scranton	PA		Scranton Prep. had 387-364 boys and 396-383 girls.
1989	1993	St. Paul's	Scranton	PA	3/4, 2/3	St. Paul's had a school with 301-317 students.
1993	1994					Duggan is not indexed in the 1994 Directory.
1994	1995	Jesuit Fathers and Brothers Maryland Provincial Curia	Baltimore	MD		Duggan is listed in the 1995 Directory under "Priests of the Province Serving Abroad", but his whereabouts are not specified.
1995 Joseph Francis Martino replaced Timlin as Scranton bishop (2003-2009).	2005	University of Scranton	Scranton	PA		The 2004 and 2005 Directories indicate Duggan was at Campion Hall. Duggan is not indexed beyond the 2005 Directory.

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1958-2005)

• Archdiocese of Baltimore, Sept. 25, 2002

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This assignment record was last updated on Dec. 14, 2013