Fr. James Randal Gillette
Personnel file released in 1/2003, which contained a 9/2002 letter accusing Gillette of the sexual assault of a boy at St. Gabriel’s in Brighton in 1972 . Worked in the U.S. dioceses/archdioceses of Newark, Boston, Pittsburgh, New York. Assigned 1978-1987 to St. Patrick’s in Mexico City. Also worked in Honduras. Included on Attorney Garabedian’s list 3/28/2016 of accused clerics named in civil claims resulting in settlements or arbitration awards. Civil suit filed in 2014, claiming abuse of a boy, ages 9-13. Settled. Gillette pleaded guilty under a plea deal 1/2/2020 to “unnatural acts” with a child under age 16, 1972-1975. Sentenced to five years’ probation and GPS monitoring, to register as a sex offender, and to treatment. Two known victims.
- Boston Globe 01.18.03
- Boston Globe 11.20.11
- WBUR 03.28.16
- WBUR 03.28.16
- The Patch 03.28.16
- Boston Globe 03.28.16
- BishopAccountability 03.28.16
- Boston Globe 03.28.16
- Bostoncom 03.28.16
- Associated Press via Tribune-Review 01.06.20
- Boston Herald 01.06.20
- Boston Globe 01.06.20
- Associated Press 01.07.20
- MassLive 01.07.20
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