MEDIA RELEASE – MAY 17, 2016

Road to Recovery
May 17, 2016

http://www.road-to-recovery.org/

Boston Archdiocesan senior priest, Fr. Arnold E. Kelley, currently in residence at All Saints Parish, Haverhill, MA, is accused of sexually abusing a minor child from approximately 1973-1976 according to a lawsuit filed recently in Essex County, Superior Court, Salem, MA

“John Doe” of Massachusetts has accused Fr. Arnold E. Kelley of sexually abusing him from approximately 1973-1976 when he was approximately 10-13 years of age at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Jamaica Plain, MA

What A press conference alerting parishioners, the general public, and the media of the recent filing of a lawsuit in Essex County, Superior Court, Salem, MA, against Fr. Arnold E. Kelley by a man who claims to have been sexually abused as a minor child for approximately three years by Fr. Arnold E. Kelley at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Jamaica Plain, MA

When Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 11:00 am

Where On the public sidewalk outside All Saints Roman Catholic Church, 120 Bellevue Avenue, Haverhill, MA 01832

Who Members of Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity based in New Jersey, that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families, including its co-founder and President, former Catholic priest Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D.

Why As early as 1997, the Archdiocese of Boston was made aware of an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor child by Fr. Arnold E. Kelley at St. Rita’ s Parish in Lowell, MA. It is believed that Fr. Arnold E. Kelley arrived at St. Rita’s Parish in approximately 1980. Recently, a man came forward to report that he was sexually abused as a minor child from approximately 1973-1976 when he was approximately 10-13 years of age by Fr. Arnold E. Kelley at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Jamaica Plain, MA. Attorney Mitchell Garabedian recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of this man in Essex County Superior Court in Salem, MA, against Fr. Arnold E. Kelley for sexual abuse. “John Doe” was active in St. Thomas Aquinas Parish as a parishioner, band member, and religious education student. “John Doe” alleges that he was sexually abused as a minor child by Fr. Arnold E. Kelley at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish School and St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Demonstrators will demand that Fr. Arnold E. Kelley be recognized by Cardinal O’Malley as a sexual predator, and that John Doe’s claim be validated and settled fairly by the Archdiocese of Boston.

Contacts Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., Road to Recovery, Inc., 862-368-2800