Rev. Guido Caverzan, c.s.-Assignment

Assignment Record– Rev. Guido Caverzan, C.S.

Summaryof Case: In 1977 two East Boston families reported to Caverzan's order, the Scalabrinians, that Caverzan had molested their two sons, as well as a third boy. In 2004 a man came forward with accuasations that Caverzan had sexually abused him when he was an altar boy, aged 10-12, in New York in the 1960s. There are known to be at least two more accusers. Caverzan died in 1994.

Ordained: 1950
Died: September 24, 1998

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1950	1951	?	?	?
1951 Syracuse bishop was Walter Andrew Foery (1937-1970).	1953	St. Peter's (Italian)	Syracuse	NY	3/3
1953	1964	St. Mary of Mt. Carmel (Italian)	Utica	NY	3/3,2/4,2/3	Parish had a school with 481-351 students and a day nursery with 60-24 children.
1964 Hartford bishop was Henry Joseph O'Brien (1945-1968).	1967	St. Michael's (Italian)	New Haven	CT	1/3,1/2	Parish had a school with 351-325 students and a day nursery with 66-31 children.
1967 New York archbishop was Francis Joseph Spellman (1939-1967), followed by Terence James Cooke (1968-1983).	1970	Our Lady of Pompei (Italian)	New York (Manhattan) • In a 2004 lawsuit a man accused Caverzan of having sexually abused him from ages 10-12, when he was an altar boy in the 1960s at Our Lady of Pompei. (Complaint Feb. 26, 2004)	NY	1/9,1/7,1/2	Parish had a school with 402-215 boys and 269-230 girls.
1970 Boston archbishop was RIchard James Cushing (1944-1970), who was succeeded by Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983).	1978	St. Lazarus (Italian)	(East) Boston • In July 1977 two families reported to the Scalabrinians that their sons, both of whom were altar boys at St. Lazarus, and a third boy, had been molested by Caverzon. (Letter to Scalabrinian Provincial, 1977) Caverzan was accused in a 2003 lawsuit of having molested additional altar boy at St. Lazarus. His accuser said it took him so many years to come forward because of his feelings of shame. (Providence Journal-Bulletin [Rhode Island] January 30, 2003)	MA	1/2	Parish had a school with 279-259 students.
1978 Brooklyn bishop was Francis John Mugavero (1968-1990).	1989	St. Joseph Patron of the Universal Church	Brooklyn	NY	1/2,1/3	Parish had a school with 374-482 students.
1989 Venice bishop was John Joseph Nevins (1984-2007).	1994	St. Margaret's	Clewiston • A 1994 memo indicates there were two additional allegations of abuse against Caverzan. (Boston archdiocesan memo Oct. 1994)	FL	1/1,1/2	Parish had a C.C.D. program with 355-305 students Caverzan's order said they had removed him from this parish and allowed him to visit family in Italy for two months He died Sept. 28, 1994, at his order's Administration Center in Caracas. (Boston archdiocesan memo Oct. 1994)

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1951-1994).

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