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Assignment Record– Rev. John J. Gallagher, O.S.A.
Summary of Case: A priest of the Augustinian order, Gallagher was named in a 2005 lawsuit as having sexually abusing a girl at St. Mary's in Lawrence, MA between 1972 and 1978. In July 2018 the Augustinians settled with three were women who claimed Gallagher abused them as girls at St. Mary's, when they were between the ages of 9 and 12.
Ordained: 1945
Died: December 12, 2006
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Town/Accusations |
State |
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1945
Baltimore-Washington archbishop was Michael Joseph Curley (1921-1947). The diocese split in 1947. Washington D.C.archbishop was Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle (1947-1973). |
1948 |
Augustinian College |
Brookland |
Washington D.C. |
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This was the motherhouse of the Augustinian Order in the United States. |
1948
Philadelphia archbishop was Dennis Joseph Dougherty (1918-1951). |
1951 |
Augustinian Monastery |
Villanova |
PA |
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1951
Dougherty was succeeded by John Francis O'Hara, C.S.C. (1951-1960). |
1953 |
Villanova College |
Villanova |
PA |
Board of Student Counsellors |
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1953 |
1956 |
Archbishop Prendergast High School for Boys |
Drexel Hill |
PA |
6/12, 6/19, 7/23 |
School had 600-
1, 610 students. |
1956
New York Archbishop was Francis Joseph Spellman (1939-1967). |
1965 |
St. Nicholas of Tolentine |
New York |
NY |
5/8, 9/11, 9/12, 10/14, 7/18 |
Parish had a grade school with 503-820 boys and 715-814 girls, and a high school with 228-303 boys and 314-373 girls.
The 1963 Directory indexes but does not list Gallagher in the New York archdiocesan pages as at St. Nicholas of Tolentine. |
1956 |
1958 |
Sisters of St. Dominic Convent |
New York |
NY |
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This was a chapel of St. Nicholas of Tolentine in New York. |
1956 |
1958 |
Christian Brothers |
New York |
NY |
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1958 |
1965 |
Our Mother of Good Counsel Convent |
New York |
NY |
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1963 |
1965 |
Convent of St. Nicholas of Tolentine |
New York |
NY |
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1965
Philadelphia archbishop was John Joseph Krol (1961-1988). |
1966 |
Monsignor Bonner High School |
Drexel |
PA |
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1966
Miami bishop/archbishop was Coleman Francis Carroll (1958-1977). |
1968 |
Biscayne College (Men) |
Miami |
FL |
6/11, 5/13 |
College had 333-360 students. |
1968
Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970). |
1970 |
Merrimack College |
North Andover |
MA |
24/24 |
The 1970 Directory indexes but does not list Gallagher as at Merrimack College. |
1970
Albany bishop was Edwin Bernard Broderick (1969-1976). |
1971 |
Immaculate Conception
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Hoosick Falls |
NY |
2/3 |
Parish had a grade school with 235 students, and a high school with 135 students. |
1971
Boston archbishop was Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983). |
1979 |
St. Mary's |
Lawrence
• Gallagher was accused in a 2005 lawsuit of having sexually abused a girl at this parish between 1972-1978.
• In July 2018 the Augustinians settled with three women who said Gallagher sexually abused them in the 1970s at St. Mary's when they were between 9 and 11 years old. |
MA |
6/7, 5/7, 6/8, 6/9 |
Parish had a grade school with 315-208 students, and a high school with 604-457 girls. |
1971 |
1979 |
Immaculate Conception |
Lawrence |
MA |
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This was a mission of St. Mary's. |
1979 |
1986 |
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Gallagher is not indexed in the 1980 through 1986 Directories. |
1986
Krol was replaced as Philadelphia archbishop by Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (1987-2003), followed by Justin Francis Rigali (2003-2011). |
2006 |
St. Thomas Monastery |
Villanova |
PA |
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Gallagher died Dec. 12, 2006
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Priests
in a Parish: We use the following convention to show a priest's
place among the clergy of a parish: 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 at the parish. The shorthand 3/4
means that the priest is listed third on a four-priest roster. See our sample
page from the Directory.
Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1946-2006)
• Rev. John Joseph Gallagher, OSA, Stretch Funeral Home, December 15, 2006
• JOHN DOE Nos 30 - 68 and MARY ROE Nos 6 - 8 v Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, December 31, 2007
• Letter to Dr. Mary Jane Doherty, Chairperson of the Archdiocese of Boston Review Board, July 27, 2011
• Mass. Group Discloses New Names of Accused Priests, By Jay Lindsay, Boston Globe, July 28, 2011
• Catholic Order Pays $1m Settlement to 8 Victims of Clergy Sex Abuse Dating Back Decades, Boston Globe, July 17, 2018
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This assignment record collates Gallagher's career history as it is represented
in the Official Catholic Directory with allegations as reported in
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This assignment record was last updated on November 25, 2019. |
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