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Summary of Case: A Jesuit priest of the New England Province ordained in 1941, Dooley’s early career was spent in parishes and schools in Jamaica. Subsequently he was assigned briefly to Boston College High School in MA, followed by several-year stints at Cheverus High in Portland ME and Fairfield College Preparatory School in CT. He returned to Boston College High in 1958 where he remained until his death in 1983. In 2000 the Portland diocese received a call from a woman who said Dooley sexually abused her “many years ago.” Her age at the time of the alleged abuse was not ascertained. Another woman reported to the diocese in 2002 that Dooley sexually abused her when she was 3 to 11 years-old, from 1956-1964. She said the abuse occurred in Portland and on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
Ordained: 1941
Died: July 31, 1983
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