Rev. Augustine J. Ferretti, s.j.-Assignment

Rev. Augustine J. Ferretti ( A.J. or Fr. Freddy, also Feretti)

Summary: A woman filed suit in October 2008 against the Oregon Province of the Jesuit Order alleging that Ferretti sexually abused her on many occasions in the 1970s, when she was seven or eight years-old. Ferretti died in 1982. The plaintiff's attorney dismissed the suit in January 2009 and refiled it, adding the Boise diocese as a defendant. Two other women came forward with similar complaints in January 2009.

Ordained: 1942
Died: 1982

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1942 Seattle bishop was Gerald Shaughnessy, s.m. (1933-1950).	1943	Seattle College and Seattle Preparatory High School, administration building	Seattle	WA
1943	1944	Manresa Hall	Port Townsend	WA		This was the Jesuit Tertianship.
1944 Baltimore archbishop was Michael Joseph Curley (1921-1947).	1947	Georgetown University	Washington	DC
1947 Spokane bishop was Charles Daniel White (1926-1955).	1949	Mt. St. Michael's Scholasticate	Spokane	WA
1949	1951	Seattle University	Seattle	WA
1951	1952	Mt. St. Michael's Scholasticate	Spokane	WA
1952 Helena bishop was Joseph Michael Gilmore (1935-1962).	1953	St. Ignatius Mission	St. Ignatius	MT	5/5
1952	1953	Sacred Heart	Arlee	MT		This was a mission of St. Ignatius Mission in St. Ignatius.
1952	1953	St. John Berchman's	Jocko	MT		This was a mission of St. Ignatius Mission in St. Ignatius.
1952	1953	St. Leonard's	Dixon	MT		This was a mission of St. Ignatius Mission in St. Ignatius.
1953	1955	Seattle University	Seattle	WA
1955 Great Falls bishop was William Joseph Condon (1939-1967).	1957	St. Margaret Mary	Big Sandy	MT	1/1	Parish had a vacation school with 60 students.
1955	1957	St. Anthony's	Box Elder	MT		This was a mission of St. Margaret Mary in Big Sandy.
1955	1957	St. Mary's	Rocky Boy Indian Agency	MT		This was a mission of St. Margaret Mary in Big Sandy.
1955	1957		Hopp Warwick	MT		This was a station of St. Margaret Mary in Big Sandy.
1957 Boise City bishop was James Joseph Byrne (1956-1962), followed by Sylvester William Treinen (1962-1988).	1963	Sacred Heart, Coeur d'Alene Indian Mission	Desmet	ID	1/1, 1/2 Superior	Parish had a school with 16-15 boys and 30-60 girls.
1957	1963	Our Lady of Perpetual Help	Plummer	ID		This was a mission of Sacred Heart in Desmet.
1957	1963	St. Michael's	Worley	ID		This was a mission of Sacred Heart in Desmet.
1963 Helena bishop was Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen (1962-1975).	1969	St. Ignatius Mission	St. Ignatius	MT	1/4, 1/3, 2/5 Superior until 1968.
1963	1969	Sacred Heart	Arlee	MT		This was a mission of St. Ignatius in St. Ignatius.
1963	1969	St. John Berchman's	Jocko	MT		This was a mission of St. Ignatius in St. Ignatius.
1963	1969	St. Leonard's	Dixon	MT		This was a mission of St. Ignatius in St. Ignatius.
1969 Spokane bishop was Bernard Joseph Topel (1955-1978).	1978	Mt. St. Michael's Scholasticate	Spokane	WA
1970s			Lapwai • A woman claimed in an Oct. 2008 lawsuit that Ferretti sexually abused her in the 1970s, when she was about seven years old. (Associated Press, carried in The Olympian, October 13, 2008) • Two more women came forward in Jan. 2009 with allegations that Ferretti sexually abused them as seven year olds in the 1970s in Idaho. (Associated Press, carried in Idaho Statesman January 21, 2009)	ID		Per news reports, Ferretti served in and around Lapwai during the 1970s. (Seattle Times October 16, 2008)
1978	1979	Holy Cross	Keuterville	ID	1/1
1979	1980					Ferretti is not indexed in the 1980 Directory.
1980 Spokane bishop was Lawrence Harold Welsh (1978-1990).	1982	Gonzaga University	Spokane	WA		Per news reports, Ferretti died in 1982.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1943-1982).

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