Fr. Robert V. Gale
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News reports in 2002 cite numerous complaints about Gale’s abuse of young boys in 1979, 1981, 1983 and 1987. Removed from ministry in 1991 but allowed to reside at a parish. Accusations of abuse from that parish in 1994, 1995 and 1996 lawsuits. Arrested in 2002 on charges of raping an altar boy 1980-1984. Pleaded guilty in 2004. Sentenced to 4-5 years in prison and probation. Voluntarily laicized in 2006. Named in the 2003 NH Attorney General’s report. Released from treatment in 3/2009. On Sex Offender Registry as of 5/15/2011. On the Boston archdiocese’s list of accused 8/25/2011.
- Boston Herald 03.15.02
- Patriot Ledger 08.28.02
- Manchester Union Leader 09.13.02
- Deposition of Cardinal Bernard Law 10.16.02
- Boston Herald 01.10.03
- Manchester Archives 03.03.03
- Boston Herald 07.24.03
- Boston Globe / AP 11.30.04
- Boston Globe 12.02.04
- The Pilot 10.13.06
- Patriot Ledger 10.20.08
- Union Leader 03.18.09
- Union Leader 03.19.09
- Patriot Ledger 03.20.09
- Union Leader 03.24.09
- Union Leader 03.25.09
- Foster’s Daily Democrat 04.03.09
- Foster’s Daily Democrat 05.02.09
- Jamaica Plain Gazette 05.29.10
- Boston Archdiocese List 08.25.11
- Metrowest Daily News 08.26.11
- WSAV 07.25.16
- WTOC 08.08.16
- Patriot Ledger 12.05.19
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