Fr. Charles F. Dewey

Ordained: 1939
Status: Settled

Died: 09/15/1996
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Monsignor. Retired in 1987 and died in 1996. Accused by a male in a 2005 civil suit of abuse of minors at St. Mary’s in Dedham between 1971-1975. The suit involved multiple plaintiffs and named multiple priests as defendants. Attorney Durso said that almost all claims associated with the case were settled. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported that there was no formal determination of guilt either because Dewey died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.


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