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Assignment Record– Rev. Raymond A. Boulanger, S.M.
Summary of Case: A Marist priest ordained in 1951, Boulanger worked in parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston and in parishes and high schools in Portland ME and Detroit MI, where he also served as a hospital chaplain. Boulanger was accused in a 2002 lawsuit of having engaged in sexual misconduct toward girls at a Massachusetts parish in the late 1960s. Boulanger's response to the accusations was that he used to give girls "affectionate hugs" which "one of the mothers must have misinterpreted." He died February 12, 2010.
Ordained: 1951
Died: February 12, 2010
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Start |
Stop |
Assignment |
Town/Accusations |
State |
Position |
Notes |
1951
Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970). |
1952 |
Marist College and Seminary |
Bedford |
MA |
7/9 |
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1952
Portland bishop was Joseph Edward McCarthy (1932-1955), followed by Daniel Joseph Feeney (1955-1969). |
1954 |
St. Mary's |
Van Buren |
ME |
8/8,7/7,7/9,5/7,6/7
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Residence of Marist priests who taught in Van Buren's Boys' High School (public). Boulanger is indexed but not listed as at St. Mary's in the Portland diocesan pages of the 1958 Directory. |
1952 |
1954 |
Van Buren Boys' (Public) High School |
Van Buren |
ME |
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1954 |
1955 |
Marist College and Seminary |
Bedford |
MA |
7/9 |
62 postulants. |
1955
Portland bishop was Joseph Edward McCarthy (1932-1955), followed by Daniel Joseph Feeney (1955-1969). |
1958 |
St. Mary's |
Van Buren |
ME |
8/8,7/7,7/9,5/7,6/7
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Residence of Marist priests who taught in Van Buren's Boys' High School (public). Boulanger is indexed but not listed as at St. Mary's in the Portland diocesan pages of the 1958 Directory. |
1955 |
1958 |
Van Buren Boys' (Public) High School |
Van Buren |
ME |
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1958
Detroit archbishop was John Francis Deardon (1958-1980). |
1976 |
Notre Dame High School for Boys |
Harper Woods |
MI |
4/18,7/22,6/22,7/21,6/21,4/20,
4/17,2/14,2/15
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School had 843-1065 students. The 1967-1971 Official Catholic Directories refer to Boulanger as "Very Reverend" and indicate he was Vice Rector. He is indexed in the 1972-1976 Directories as being at Notre Dame High School, but is not listed there in the diocesan pages. |
1971 |
1975 |
Queen of Peace |
Harper Woods |
MI |
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This assignment is per a Notre Dame Academy 2010 death notice. |
1976
Boston archbishop was Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983). |
1979 |
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel |
Methuen
• Boulanger was named publicly in 2002 as having been accused of sexual misconduct toward girls at this parish in the late 1960s. He said in 2002 that he often gave girls "affectionate hugs" and that "one of the mothers must have misinterpreted" his actions. |
MA |
1/2,1/3 |
Parish had a school with 206-208 students. |
1979
Portland bishop was Edward Cornelius O'Leary (1974-1988), succeeded by Joseph John Gerry (1988-2004). |
1992 |
St. John the Baptist |
Brunswick |
ME |
4/5,3/5,2/4,2/3,2/6,2/5 |
Parish had a school with 385-224 students. |
1979
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1992 |
St. Andrew's |
Pejepscot |
ME |
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St. Andrew's was a mission for St. John the Baptist in Brunswick ME |
1980 |
1985 |
Diocesan Human Relations Services District #3 Advisory Board |
Portland |
ME |
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Diocesan Executive Board |
Portland |
ME |
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Diocesan Personnel Committee |
Portland |
ME |
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1986 |
1992 |
Regional Hospital |
Portland |
ME |
Chaplain |
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1992
Medeiros was replaced as Boston archbishop by Bernard Francis Law (1984-2002). |
1994 |
St. Joseph's (French) |
Haverhill |
MA |
5/5 |
In residence. Parish had a school with 279 students. |
1992 |
1994 |
St. Louis' |
Lowell |
MA |
Parochial Vicar |
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1994 |
2005 |
The Marist House |
Framingham |
MA |
9/9,11/11,9/10/8/8,6/8,
6/13,6/12,7/13,8/15
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The Marist House was a retreat center. |
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2010 |
St. Patrick Manor |
Framingham |
MA |
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Boulanger died February 12, 2010. |
Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York:
Kenedy & Sons, 1952-2005).
• Attorneys Release Records on 10 More Priests, Brothers, By Michael Rezendes and Matt Carroll, Boston Globe, December 17, 2002
• Newly Released Files Identify More Alleged Abusive Priests, By Robin Washington and Marie Szaniszlo, Boston Herald, December 17, 2002
• Please Pray For..., NDPMA.com, October 27, 2010
• The Missing Names from Cardinal O'Malley's List of Accused Clerics, Boston Globe, November 20, 2011
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1/2 means that he is the first priest listed in the Official Catholic
Directory (usually the pastor) and that there is a total of two priests
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This assignment record was last updated September 1, 2015.
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