Fr. Benjamin J. McMahon, Jr.
Arrested in 1985 for a sex act with a man. The archdiocese and court kept the arrest quiet. Took leave from the priesthood in 1986. In 1991 a family complained to the church that McMahon had sexually abused three of their sons in the late 1970s – early 1980s, while assigned to Immaculate Conception in Marlboro. He was a family friend who often went on vacations with them and slept in the same room as the boys. No criminal charges because of statute of limitations. Voluntary laicization in 2010, announced 6/13/2011. Per the Boston archdiocese’s list in 8/2011, the case concluded canonically.
- Boston Herald 12.18.02
- Boston Globe 12.18.02
- Milford Daily News 12.22.02
- The Day 01.30.03
- Statement by Archdiocese of Boston 06.13.11
- Metrowest Daily News 06.13.11
- Brockton Enterprise 06.14.11
- Boston Globe 06.14.11
- Boston Archdiocese List 08.25.11
- National Catholic Register 08.25.11
- The Patch 09.02.11
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