Br. Fidelis DeBerardinis
Worked in Boston MA, Honduras, Guatemala, Trinidad, Israel and NY. Charged in 2002 with the sexual assault of as many as 7 altar boys 1968-1973. Left MA in 1973, which stopped the statute of limitations. The Franciscan order said that it settled a sexual misconduct claim against him “a decade ago” involving one of the men who filed criminal charges in 2002. Pleaded guilty in 2004 to assaulting 8 youths; sentenced to 8 years in prison and 10 years probation. Still in custody in 11/11. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.
- Boston Herald 08.15.02
- Boston Globe 08.15.02
- New York Times 08.15.02
- Associated Press 08.22.02
- Boston Herald 12.17.02
- Boston Herald 01.14.03
- Boston Globe 01.14.03
- Boston Globe 02.05.03
- Boston Herald 02.05.03
- Associated Press 02.06.03
- Boston Herald 02.07.03
- Suffolk Co DA Press Release 05.26.04
- Associated Press 05.26.04
- Boston Herald 05.27.04
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 05.31.04
- Boston Globe 01.28.10
- Boston Globe 11.20.11
- Boston Globe 11.20.11
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