MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Globe
MARCH 28, 2016
This list contains settlements reached since December 2014 that involve allegations of sexual abuse by priests and members of religious orders. The list includes the accused, dates of the alleged abuse, where the clergy were assigned at the time, when the settlement was reached, and whether the accused is deceased. The information was provided by Mitchell Garabedian, a Boston lawyer who represented the claimants.
Rev. Ronald Atwood
1975-80
Bishop Ready High School, Columbus, Ohio
February 2015 settlement with Diocese of Columbus
Rev. James Braley
1974-76
St. Peter’s Church, Cambridge, Mass.
May 2015 settlement with Archdiocese of Boston
Rev. Joseph Brennan (died 1976)
1957-59
St. Maurice Church, Brooklawn, N.J.
January 2016 settlement with Diocese of Camden, N.J.
Rev. Andrew Brizzolara
1979-82
St. Tarcisius Church, Framingham, Mass.
January 2015 settlement with Scalabrinian Missionaries
Rev. Richard Butler (died October 2012)
1967-68
Blessed Sacrament Church, Cambridge, Mass.
June 2015 settlement with Archdiocese of Boston
Rev. Joseph F. Byrne (died June 2014)
1969
St. Matthew’s Church, Dorchester, Mass.
June 2015 settlement with Archdiocese of Boston
Brother Damien Chong
1984-86
Crespi Carmelite High School, Encino, Calif.
March 2015 settlement with Carmelites
Rev. John Connor
1986-88
St. Alphonsus Church, Wexford, Pa.
October 2015 settlement with Diocese of Pittsburgh
Rev. Richard T. Coughlin
1957-62
St. Patrick’s Church, Stoneham, Mass.
April 2015 settlement with Archdiocese of Boston
Rev. Robert Gibney (died 2012)
1961-63
Sacred Heart Church, Vailsburg, N.J.
November 2014 settlement with Archdiocese of Newark
Rev. Randal Gillette
1971-74
St. Gabriel’s Passionist Monastery and Retreat House, Brighton, Mass.
St. Anthony’s Church, Revere, Mass.
June 2015 settlement with Archdiocese of Boston, Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., and the Passionists
Rev. James L. MacGuinness (believed deceased)
1938-40
St. John’s Church, Roxbury, Mass.
December 2014 settlement with Archdiocese of Boston
Rev. Philip Mathews
1966
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Berlin, N.J.
February 2015 settlement with Diocese of Camden, N.J.
Brother Timothy O’Sullivan
1972-73
Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell, N.J.
December 2015 settlement with Bergen Catholic High School
Rev. Joseph Rocha
1968-69
St. Stephen’s Priory, Dover, Mass.
November 2015 settlement with Dominicans
Rev. Martin Walsh (died 2007)
1975
Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church, Waltham, Mass.
December 2014 settlement with Archdiocese of Boston
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