Rev. Francis R. Lamothe-Assignment

Rev. Francis R. Lamothe

Ordained: 1933

At least nine men filed suit in 2002 alleging sexual abuse by Lamothe when they were children. The plaintiffs' attorney stated that Lamothe had "many, many victims", and that he gained the confidence of boys by taking them on outings, buying them ice cream, and being their "friend". Lamothe died in 1995.

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1933 Salt Lake bishop was James Edward Kearney (1932-1937), followed by Duane Garrison Hunt (1937-1960)	1938	Cathedral of the Madeleine	Salt Lake City	UT	4/4, 3/4, 2/5, 2/6	The Cathedral had a high school with 211-147 students and a grade school with 230-268 students.
1938	1941	Our Divine Savior	Salt Lake City	UT	2/2
1941	1944	Notre Dame de Lourdes Stations-Castle Gate, Spring Canyon, Standardville, Scofield, Kenilworth, Hiawatha, Sunnyside, Green River, Columbia, Dragerton, Sunnydale.	Price	UT	2/3	Parish had a junior high school with 29-70 students and a grade school with 165-132 students.
1941	1951	St. Anthony's	Helper	UT	1/1, 1/2	From 1941-1944 St. Anthony's was a mission of Notre Dame de Lourdes in Price. Beginning in with the 1944 Directory, Lamothe is listed at St. Anthony's, for the first two years as Administrator, then as Pastor.
1951	1952	On Duty Outside the Diocese	?	?
1952	1954	St. Ambrose	Salt Lake City	UT	2/2
1954? Manchester bishop was Matthew Francis Brady (1944-1959), followed by Ernest John Primeau (1959-1974)	1962	St. Mary's	Claremont • Accused in 2002 of sexually abusing a boy at this parish in 1959 and 1960. (Union Leader (Manchester NH) May 29, 2002) • Another man in 2002 named Lamothe as having sexually abused him as a boy from 1958-1963. (Associated Press May 15, 2002)	NH	4/4	The 1955 and 1956 Directories do not list where Lamothe served in New Hampshire. St. Mary's had a grade school with 383-312 boys and 370-347 girls, and a high school with 90-123 boys and 108-137 girls.
1962	1967	Sacred Heart	Greenville • Accused of molesting a boy at this parish from 1963-1970, on a weekly basis, in the rectory, the church, and in Lamothe's car. (Union Leader (Manchester NH) May 29, 2002) • Another man accused Lamothe in 2002 of sexually assaulting him at this parish from 1964-1967, beginning when the man was 9 years old, and ending when he was 12. (Union Leader (Manchester NH) June 20, 2002) • Yet another man in 2002 alleged sexual abuse by Lamothe at Sacred Heart from 1971-1972. • Three more men filed suit in 2002 accusing Lamothe of molesting them when they were altar boys at Sacred Heart in the 1960s. (Manchester Union Leader July 30, 2002) • A 1993 memo from Msgr. Francis Christian regarding Lamothe reveals that a man reported that, beginning 24 years previously at Sacred Heart, when the man was 6-12 years old, Lamothe sexually abused him many times in the rectory.	NH	2/2	Sacred Heart had a school with 91-85 boys and 68-82 boys. One Lamothe survivor wrote a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General in 2002, describing Lamothe's abusive behavior toward him and other boys at Sacred Heart.
1967	1968	St. Francis Xavier	Nashua	NH	3/3	Parish had a school with 242 boys and 20 girls.
1968	1974	Sacred Heart	Greenville	NH	2/2
1974 Manchester bishop was Odore Joseph Gendron (1974-1990)	1975	St. Margaret Mary Stations-Spofford Lake, Westmoreland	Keene	NH	2/2
1974	1975	St. Margaret Mary	Chesterfield	NH		This was a mission of St. Margaret Mary in Keene.
1975 Gendron was replaced as bishop by Leo Edward O'Neil (1990-1997)	1991	Retired	N. Swanzey • Named in a 2002 lawsuit as having sexually abusing a boy between 1979-1982. (Associated Press May 15, 2002)	NH
1991	1995	Retired	Jaffrey	NH		Lamothe was a resident of the Good Shepherd Nursing Home until his death April 20, 1995

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1934-1995).

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