Fr. William J. Cummings

Ordained: 1968
Status: Settled

Died: 05/21/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Member of the Singing Priests; died of AIDS in 5/1994. Personnel file released in 1/2003; it contained allegations that Cummings abused a 10-year-old boy in Somerville, MA in 1982. Lawsuits filed in 6/2002 and 8/2002. Both later settled, one in a massive Boston settlement in 2003 and the other in a private settlement in 12/2003. A third suit was pending in 12/2003. The Boston archdiocese’s list in 8/2011 reported that there was no formal determination of guilt because Cummings died prior to a canonical investigation.


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