Rev. Ronald Dorsey, c.s.s.-Assignment Record

Assignment Record– Rev. Ronald Dorsey, c.s.s.

Summary of Case: A Stigmatine priest ordained in 1956, Dorsey was accused in a 2004 lawsuit of having sexually abused a 12-year-old boy in the 1950s in Massachusetts. He moved to Jallisco, Mexico in 1969, having apparently left the priesthood. He was involved in local parish and co-founded and directed Niños de Chapala, an organization its website says was established to assist underprivileged children and young adults with their educational needs. Dorsey died in July 2008.

Born: November 26, 1929
Ordained: 1956
Died: July 19, 2008

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970).	1956	Stigmatine Fathers Seminary	Waltham • Dorsey was accused in a 2004 lawsuit of having sexually abused a boy, beginning when the boy was 12 years-old in about 1955, at Camp Wyoma in Hinsdale, MA.	MA	seminarian
1956	1969
1969	1984	Escuela de Artesaniea	Ajijic	Jalisco, Mexico	volunteer English teacher and principal	Dorsey appears to have left the Stigmatines at some point. He moved in 1969 in the Chapala region of Jalisco, Mexico, where he lived until his death in 2008.
1969	2008	San Andreas Catholic Church	Ajijic	Jalisco, Mexico	parishioner	Dorsey reportedly was quite involved at this parish, including publishing the parish bulletin.
1974	1999 or so	Niños de Chapala	Ajijic and Chapala	Jalisco, Mexico	co-founder, director	Per its website in November 2010, Niños de Chapala is a charitable organization that "assists qualifying, needy children and young adults in the Lake Chapala area to achieve their maximum educational potential... ." Dorsey died July 19, 2008

Sources:

• Ronald Dorsey, Long-time Lakeside resident Ronald Dorsey passed away on Saturday, July 19 following a short illness , Guadalajara Reporter, August 2, 2008
• Alleged Sexual Abuse Victim Suing Diocese: Leonard Claims Legal Action Is Only Way to Get Affirmation of 'Terrible Things That Happened', By Robert Cristo,
Troy Record, July 15, 2004
• NCA (Los Ninos de Chapala y Ajijic A.C.), www.lakesideninos.org

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This assignment record was last updated on November 29, 2010.