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Terry McKiernan February 19, 2021

311 Accused in This Diocese

Fr. John H. Acres

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1983
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a 2002 lawsuit of the abuse of students at Boston College High School in the late 1980s. Claims were referred to the Suffolk District Attorney. Left the order in 1995. Included on the Northeast Jesuits list of credibly accused 1/15/2019, which notes he admitted to the abuse. Included on the Fall River diocese's list in 1/2021.

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Fr. Joseph Angeli

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Ordained: 1942
Status: Sued

Died: 05/5/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

From Italy. Priest of the Diocese of Tacna, Peru. Assigned in Boston MA in 1959 after 27 years in South America, transferred to the San Antonio archdiocese in 1960, was in the Diocese of El Paso by 1965, then the Las Cruces diocese when it was created in 1982. Died 5/4/1993. Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian 01/19/2011. Per Garabedian, at least one claim settled with the Boston Archdiocese. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database because he was a "visiting priest." In 12/2015 a woman stated publicly that she was abused as a minor in the early 1960s in Hondo, TX by Angeli; she called on the San Antonio archdiocese to verify her allegations and settle her claim. On the San Antonio archdiocese's list 1/31/2019. On Las Cruces diocese's list 6/24/2019. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 7/2024 of sexually abusing an altar boy, age 10, multiple times around 1980. The boy was from Tortugas.

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Fr. John T. Atwater

Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Died: 11/7/2006
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Documents revealed in 2002 that in 1993 Atwater was accused of abuse of a 14-year-old boy, who was a Cardinal Cushing Academy boarding student in 1971 when Atwater was the school's Director. Atwater denied the allegations. He retired in 2002. Sent to treatment where it was determined that he "had no sexual conflicts." In 2/2002 another man alleged he was abused by Atwater at the same school some time after 1967. In 9/2004 a man said he was abused by Atwater at age 12 in approximately 1969. Atwater died in 2006. Canonical investigation not complete at the time of his death. Included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2011.

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Fr. Charles E. Aubut

Ordained: 1941
Status: Accused

Died: 04/19/2002
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused of abuse on an unspecified date and location per diocesan records. Supervisor of credibly accused priest Paul Desilets. (Desilets was transferred to Canada after parents complained to Aubut.) Aubut was named in at least one lawsuit because he was Desilets' immediate supervisor. Retired in 1984. Died 4/19/2002. Included in 8/2011 on the archdiocese's list. No formal determination of guilt either because he died prior to canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Leonard Bacigalupo

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1930
Status: Accused

Died: 10/10/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Died 10/10/94. Per 1/03 articles, Bacigalupo was accused of unspecified abuse at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Boston in 1969 or 1970. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database because he was an Order priest.

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Fr. Eugene Bailot

Ordained: 1937
Status: Sued

Died: 07/23/1983
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Bailot(or Baillot) was one of 16 priests named for the first time in numerous sexual abuse lawsuits filed in 1/2003 in Boston. A woman said Bailot abused her and her brother as children in the 1950s after establishing himself as "a darling" in the eyes of their family. He retired in 1975 and died in 1983. Included in 8/2011 on the archdiocese's list. No formal determination of guilt because he died prior to canonical investigation.

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Fr. Gary E. Balcom

Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused

Died: 10/18/2002
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a 1993 lawsuit of sexually abusing an altar boy in the 1970s, including showering with the boy, fondling him, giving him alcohol and threatening him. Balcom admitted to molesting 8 or 9 children. Placed on sick leave in 1985, privileges removed in 1992. Voluntarily laicized in 4/209. Per the Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011, Balcom's case was concluded canonically. He died in 10/2002.

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Fr. Pasquale J. Barletta

Ordained: 1962
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Subject of a settlement in the mid-to-high five figures in 6/2023. Accused of sexually abusing a boy, about ages 14-16 in 1963-1965. Barletta was assigned to St. Patrick's in Watertown during the time in question. The abuse allegedly occurred in Barletta's car. He is said to have fondled the boy after plying him with alcohol. Absent on leave 1969-1970. Not listed in the Official Catholic Directory after 1971.

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Fr. Frederick L. Barr

Ordained: 1976
Status: Unsubstantiated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Placed on leave in 8/2009 from St. Patrick's in Watertown after recent allegation that he sexually abused a minor in the late 1980s. Barr was parochial vicar at St. Luke's in Belmont 1985-1990, when the abuse was alleged to have occurred. Still on administrative leave as of 8/2015 and canonical proceedings in process, per Boston archdiocese's list. The list in 1/2020 shows the allegations to have been found unsubstantiated. Ministry restricted.

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Fr. Robert E. Barrett

Ordained: 1963
Status: Settled

Died: 03/28/2008
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 1993 of molestation during a 1960s camping trip. Settled in 1994 for $30K. Alleged in a 1997 lawsuit to have abused a 15-year-old youth for almost two years, in 1967-1968, while working as priest and coach of a Framingham, MA church swim team. Placed on permanent disability in 1995 and spent time in a psychiatric hospital. More allegations in 2002 of prior abuse. Assigned to a life of prayer and penance in 2004. Died in 3/2008. Included on the archdiocese's list 8/25/2011.

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Fr. Gerard D. Barry

Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused

Died: 09/4/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as accused by Attorney Mitchell Garabedian 5/7/19. Died 9/4/2010.

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Fr. Richard J. Barry

Order: OMI
Ordained: 1978
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Worked in MA, PA, DC, MI. Personnel file review in 2002 showed Barry allegedly raped and assaulted a youth at St. William's in Tewksbury, MA, where he was assigned 1978-1981. Transferred to Dallastown, PA. Included in 3/2003 NH A.G. report. Per documents, the same man claimed Barry raped and sexually abused him beginning at age 16 or 17 in NH. Name omitted from 2011 Boston AD database because he was an Order priest. Included on Harrisburg PA diocese list released 8/1/2018. Per attorney Mitchell Garabedian, there was a settlement in 2021 in the mid-five figures of a claim of abuse of a boy, age 14, while on a camping trip in NH in 1981.

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Fr. Settimo Basso

Order: CS
Ordained: 1941
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Arrived in the U.S. from Italy in 1947. Worked in Boston for 23 years before transferring to RI. Later went to Canada before returning to RI. Died in Italy in 1999. Accused in a 2005 civil suit of abuse of a boy at St. Lazarus Parish, East Boston between1960-1961. The suit involved multiple plaintiffs and named multiple priests as defendants. Attorney Durso said in 7/11 that almost all claims were settled. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database because he was an Order priest.

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Fr. Sydney H. Bayers

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Ordained: 1937
Status: Accused

Died: 03/23/1979
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

In 1994, three sisters reported to the archdiocese sexual abuse by Bayers when they were children in the 1970s and their father was terminally ill. In 1996 a man reported that Bayers sexually and physically abused him, beginning in 1960 when boy was 11, after the boy's father died. He said Bayers "practically lived" at his home and went drinking with his mother. Bayers died in 3/1979. Included in 8/2011 on the archdiocese's list of accused.

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Fr. Robert P. Beale

Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused

Died: 05/7/2019
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Removed in 7/2002 after credible allegations surfaced that he molested a minor in the 1970s. At the time of his suspension he was director of Our Lady's Hall, a rehabilitation center for priests accused of molesting children. Long-time chaplain at Norfolk County House of Corrections. Last known to be living in Quincy and Stoughton, MA. Voluntary laicization announced 8/20/2010. Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 says case concluded canonically. Beale died 5/7/2019.

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Fr. Leon F. Beauvais

Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued

Died: 03/23/1997
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Beauvais was one of 16 priests newly identified in 1/2003 litigation as having sexually abused minors. He died in 3/1997. Name included in 8/2011 on the archdiocese's list. No formal determination of guilt because he died prior to a canonical investigation.

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Fr. George C. Berthold

Ordained: 1963
Status: Sued

Died: 03/10/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A lawsuit filed in 2000 claimed molestation of a boy in 1972 while Berthold was assigned to St. Joseph's in Woburn. The Archdiocese said it learned of the allegations in 1999. While dean of St. John's undergraduate college in Brighton in 1995, Berthold was accused of improper advances towards a freshman seminarian. Cardinal Law dismissed him but then allowed him to teach in NC in 1997. The Archdiocese later withdrew permission and he was fired. Personnel file released in 12/2002. Included in 8/2011 on the Boston archdiocese's list. On the Charlotte diocese's list 12/29/2019. Berthold died in 2020, canonical case not completed.

Fr. Joseph E. Birmingham

Ordained: 1960
Status: Settled

Died: 04/19/1989
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused of abusing more than 50 boys and one girl, beginning in seminary. The Archdiocese first learned of abuse in 1964 when he admitted abusing two boys. Transferred, reoffended and was transferred again. Sent for treatment in 1987 after he admitted abusing a boy the same year. Died 4/19/1989. Survivor Paul Cultrera located other victims in 1995 and filed suit. Claim settled in 1996 for $50K. Hogan complaint filed in 2002 by 53 victims; settled in 2003. Another lawsuit naming Birmingham and two others was settled for $475K in 12/2008. Name included on the Archdiocese's list in 8/2011.

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Fr. John Bocciarelli

Order: CS
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Died: 04/19/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Archdiocese received a report in 1997 that Bocciarelli performed oral sex on a 9- or 10-year-old boy in the late 1960s. Same plaintiff also alleged abuse by Joseph Fugulo in the same time period. Only first name and parish noted in Boston documents; identity of priest confirmed through Official Catholic Directory. Returned to Italy in 1995 or 1997, per obituary. Died 4/19/98 in Arco, Italy. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database, possibly because he was an Order priest.

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Fr. Paul J. Bolduc

Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Died: 12/29/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused on 8/21/2002 of sexually abusing a minor in approximately 1961. Put on administrative leave 8/27/2002 by Cardinal Law. Died in 12/2009. The Boston Archdiocese's list in 8/2011 notes no that there was no formal determination of guilt either because Bolduc died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death. Bolduc's obituary says he was cleared by the Review Board in 7/2003 and allowed to return to public ministry without restrictions.

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Fr. Barry F. Bossa

Order: SAC
Ordained: 1981
Status: Convicted

Died: 05/20/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Pleaded guilty in 1974 to a charge of misdemeanor sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy. No jail time. Order knew but allowed ordination. Two victims filed suit in Boston in 2002. They alleged he performed oral sex on them as 8- and 10-year-olds in Bridgewater in the 1970s when he was a "parish brother." Was working in the in NY archdiocese in 2002. Transferred to Rome after NY archdiocese pulled his privileges. MA charges filed and attempts made to extradite him. Died in 5/2007. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database. Included 1/24/2023 on the St. Benedict's Abbey (Benet Lake WI) list of credibly accused.

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Fr. Clarence R. Boucher

Ordained: 1940
Status: Accused

Died: 10/18/2001
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A woman gave public testimony in 2/2007 that Boucher had touched her inappropriately when she was 13. Incidents were said to have occurred at St. Jean the Baptiste in Lynn. His behavioral habits with young girls were allegedly well-known within the parish. He retired in 1982 and died in 2001. The Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 reported that there was no formal determination of guilt because Boucher died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Raymond A. Boulanger

Order: SM
Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused

Died: 02/12/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Boucher's personnel file was one of several released to the public in 12/02 because it contained allegations of sexual abuse. Boulanger, then 81, said he used to give girls affectionate hugs and believes that one of the mothers must have misinterpreted what he was doing and filed a complaint. He denied misconduct. Reportedly, no clear accusations were found in his file. Died 2/12/10. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

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Br. Xavier Leonard Boulanger

Order: FMS
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

In a 2005 civil suit a man alleged that he was abused as a minor by Br. Leonard Xavier, a teacher at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, in 1967-68.The suit involved multiple plaintiffs and named multiple priests as defendants. Attorney Durso said that almost all claims were settled. Br. Leonard died in 1987. His obituary gave his name as "Xavier Leonard Boulanger." Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database. A man in his 60s sued in 5/17, alleging abuse at Central Catholic as a boy by Boulanger and three other Marist brothers. Said he told the principal, but no action.

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Fr. Real B. Bourque

Order: OMI
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Died: 07/22/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Assigned in Boston MA, Manchester NH, Birmingham AL, Portland ME, Washington DC and Belleville IL. Accused in 1979 and 1994 of abusing male minors in the late 1970s at the Oblates' center in Natick MA, where he was Director. Abuse alleged also from his time as Director of a retreat house in ME. Bourque was reassigned by Cardinal Medeiros after allegations in 1981 and continued in ministry until admitting abusing teens in the 1990s. Sent to treatment in 1979 and again in 1994. Employed by EWTN for 12 years, prior to and after his 1994 treatment, including appearing on TV and youth ministry. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database because he was an Order priest. Died in 2014. Included on the Diocese of Belleville's 9/2022 list of credibly accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. James E. Braley

Ordained: 1975
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Pastor of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Plymouth when removed in 2/2012 after a recent allegation of abuse of a minor in the early 1980s. The Archdiocese notified civil authorities and began its own investigation. Braley denied the allegation. Assigned to St. Peter Parish in Cambridge 1975-1981 and Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree 1981-1986. As of 11/1/2013, both a man and woman alleged abuse between 1975-1981. Included on Attorney Garabedian's list 3/28/2016 of accused clerics named in civil claims resulting in settlements or arbitration awards. Status on the archdiocesan website changed in 3/2016 from "Case in Process" to "Found unsubstantiated; Restricted; Senior Priest." Status remains the same on the archdiocese's list in 8/2022.

Br. Brendan Brennan

Order: FMS
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Joined the order in 1955, made final vows in 1962. Taught at Marist schools in the Bronx, Poughkeepsie, and Lincolnville NY, Lawrence MA, Eugene OR, and Chicago IL. Accused in a 2023 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, age 16, in 1980. Brennan's alleged victim was a student and athlete at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence MA; Brennan was a teacher and the head athletic trainer. Brennan died 10/19/2020 at age 84 in the Bronx, NY.

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Fr. Philip Calixtus Breton

Ordained: 1936
Status: Settled

Died: 04/13/1984
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Philip or Philippe. Worked in 14 parishes. Placed on leave and returned to ministry three times, in 1950, 1951, and 1957. Retired in 1978. Died 4/13/1984. Personnel files released in 12/2002. Accused of abusing altar boys in both the Boston archdiocese and the Manchester NH diocese. Four claims were included in the NH 10/2002 settlement for $950K. Abuse dates back to the early 1950s; Boston, at least, knew then. The Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 reported that there was no formal determination of guilt because Breton died prior to a canonical investigation.

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Fr. Andrew Brizzolara

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Order: CS
Ordained: 1976
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Brizzolara resigned from his parish assignment in New Haven, CT 1/04 after allegations surfaced that he had molested a child in early 1980s when he was working in Boston Archdiocese. He was ordered to leave CT and to reside with members of his order in NY state. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database because he was an Order priest. Included on Attorney Garabedian's list 3/28/16 of accused clerics named in civil claims resulting in settlements or arbitration awards, related to 1/16 settlement with Scalabrinians.

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Brother Albert

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Order: FMS
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Brother Albert (no last name known) was named in 2005 civil suit as having abused one man at Central Catholic High School, Lawrence, during the years 1969 - 1971 when the accuser was a student and Albert taught there. The suit involved multiple plaintiff

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Brother John

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Order: OSA
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A civil suit filed the against Order settled for $100K in 10/11. It alleged abuse of a youth by a Brother John and by Fr. Alfred Murphy between 1966-1968 at St. Mary Parish.

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Brother Regis

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Order: SC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A man filed a civil suit in 3/11 alleging that Br. Regis, also known as Raymond Richard, sexually abused him for several months when he was a 7th grader at Sacred Heart Boarding School in Sharon, MA in the 1950s. The man said he told a priest during confession at the school and was then confronted by the priest, Regis, and the school director. When he returned from Easter break, Regis was gone. Suit announced in 11/11. School has been closed for many years. Regis is deceased.

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Fr. William M. Brown

Order: OMV
Ordained: 1994
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Executive Director for Mission and Apostolate for the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, St. Ignatius Province. On 9/19/2023 the Oblates of the Virgin Mary announced that Brown had been placed on leave due to an allegation that he sexually abused a minor three decades prior. No information as to where the alleged abuse occurred. (Placing Brown in the Boston archdiocese for now, where the Province is based.) Brown denied the allegation. Assigned 1995-1997 to two parishes in Alton, IL and thereafter in Boston.

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Fr. Anthony L. Buchette

Ordained: 1957
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Retired in 1997. Personnel file produced in 12/2002. Accused of molesting two teenage brothers after using trophies to lure them to his room at St. Hugh's in Roxbury in the late 1970s. Suit filed in 2002 and settled. Two accusers filed suit in 5/2003 and four more subsequently came forward. Four of seven accusers participated in the first Boston settlements. Others didn't file in a timely manner. His 2005 involuntary laicization was announced in 3/2006. Included on the archdiocese's list 8/25/2011.

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Fr. Lawrence Buckley

Order: CSsR
Ordained: 1949
Status: Settled

Died: 10/11/2008
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Worked early in his priesthood in Puerto Rico, in 1955-72 in the Virgin Islands, and then in Boston for the over 30 years, per his obituary. He died 10/11/08. Accused in a lawsuit that settled in 2020 for $85K of sexually abusing an altar boy at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Roxbury, beginning when the boy was age 7 in 1987. The abuse allegedly continued for four years. Buckley's accuser came forward to the archdiocese in 2019.

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Fr. Myron F. Bullock

Ordained: 1953
Status: Settled

Died: 04/17/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 1/19/2011. Garabedian said he had settled at least one claim with the Boston Archdiocese regarding allegations against Bullock. Also worked in the Washington DC Archdiocese. Died 4/17/2007. The Archdiocese's database in 8/2011 reported that there was no formal determination of guilt either because Bullock died prior to canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Richard A. Buntel

Ordained: 1971
Status: Settled

Died: 11/1/2022
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 1994 of abusing a boy 1979-1985, beginning when the boy was age 14. Alleged to have given the boy cocaine and violent porn and abused him often, including oral sex. Buntel admitted drug use and claimed sex was 1984-1985 only. Settled in 5/1996 for $55K. Accused in 2002 of abusing a homeless male, age 21. Treated at Our Lady's Hall in 1983 for drugs and personal problems. Drugs and boys date to 1971-1978 assignment. Evaluated at St. Luke's Institute in 1994 and 1997. Removed in 2002. Allegations found unsubstantiated by the Archdiocese. Status per archdiocese list in 12/2011 is "Found Unsubstantiated; Restricted; Senior Priest." Buntel died 11/1/2022. (His obituary does not refer to him as a priest, and does not mention his priesthood.)

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Br. Robert Burgess

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Order: SDB
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Made his profession as a Salesian brother in 1967. Withdrew from the order in 1976. A plaintiff's attorney notified the Boston DA in 3/2002 that his client had been abused in 1970 by Burgess and another Salesian brother. The abuse by Burgess allegedly occurred on a trip back from a camp in NH and in Burgess' room at rectory in Boston. Documents were included with the Manchester AG report in 3/2003 and the NH AG Audit Report of 3/7/2009. Lawsuit settled. Allegations referred to Suffolk DA. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database because he was a member of an Order. Included on the Salesians list of credibly accused in 3/2020.

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Fr. Richard J. Butler

Ordained: 1962
Status: Settled

Died: 09/30/2012
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Included on Attorney Garabedian's list 3/28/2016 of accused clerics named in civil claims resulting in settlements or arbitration awards. Allegedly abused a child in Cambridge MA. Not included on the archdiocese's list of accused as of 3/28/2016. Added by 10/11/2018. Assigned to parishes in Foxboro, Cambridge, Sharon Rockland. Pastor or Administrator for parishes in Cambridge, Lexington, Brookline, Norwood, Stow and Melrose. Served as a hospital and high school chaplain. Held a number of leadership positions in the archdiocese. Died 9/30/2012.

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Fr. William L. Butler

Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Died: 12/17/2017
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 8/2002 of molesting a 13-year-old boy in 1966 while in Canada during a trip to Butler's family property. Suspended by Cardinal Law. Butler denied the allegations, saying he never took trip with the boy. Believed to be living near Revere MA as of 10/2008. Still on administrative leave as of 10/2015; canonical proceedings \in process per the Archdiocese's list. Died 12/17/2017.

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Fr. Joseph F. Byrne

Ordained: 1969
Status: Settled

Died: 06/18/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Received probation in 2005 for theft of parish funds. Lived at St. Patrick's in Falmouth MA (Fall River diocese), helping as a fill-in priest in retirement. Removed in 5/2012 due to an allegation that he sexually abused a child in the early 1970s. Reinstated 5/22/2013 after the Review Board deemed the allegation unsubstantiated. No charges by the District Attorney's office due to the statute of limitations. Removed in 2/2014 after a second allegation of child sexual abuse, occurring in the early 1970s. Died 6/18/2014. Included on Attorney Garabedian's list 3/28/2016 of accused clerics named in civil claims resulting in settlements or arbitration awards. Included on the Fall River Diocese's list in 1/2021.

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Fr. George J. Callaghan

Order: OSA
Ordained: 1956
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel files released in 12/02. Accused of sexual advances in 1983 toward a 17-year-old boy in a rectory bedroom of a Lawrence MA parish. Matter settled. Same youth accused Rev. Alfred M. Murphy O.S.A., assigned to same parish, of repeatedly sexually abusing him a few months later during a cross-country trip. Callaghan was accused also of sexually harassing a 22-year-old male employee of the MA parish. Settled 1993 for $17K. Transferred late 1980s or early 1990s to Augustinian headquarters in PA, then to nursing home due to Alzheimers disease. Died 12/24/08. Name omitted from 2011 Boston AD database because he was an Order priest.

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Fr. Alan E. Caparella

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

In 9/13 attorney Mitchell Garabedian announced a settlement on behalf of one individual who alleged abuse by Caparella at some point during 1979-83, while Caparella was assigned to St. Leonard's in Boston. He was assigned to Holy Ghost Church in Whitman at the time of his death in 4/91.

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Fr. Michael John Carew

Order: SVD
Ordained: 1946
Status: Accused

Died: 08/6/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Worked in the Archdiocese of Accra, Ghana, from the late 1957 until his transfer to Boston in 1957. Incardinated into Boston in 1964. Voluntarily laicized in 1971. Went on to marry and raise a family. Accused in 2002 of sexually abusing two girls in the early 1960s. There may also be a third female victim. Carew was assigned to Immaculate Conception in Newburyport 4/1960-2/1963. Per the Boston archdiocesan list on 8/25/2011, he was publicly accused after his laicization on other grounds. Carew died in 2015. Included on the Order's list of credibly accused.

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Fr. John P. Carroll

Ordained: 1953
Status: Unsubstantiated

Died: 07/8/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Removed from Boston assignment in 1963 after "true allegation of sexual misconduct with an adult woman." Sent as extern priest to the Pittsburgh PA diocese and worked in at least six parishes. Returned to Boston in 1972. Accused in 1997 of raping a boy in the early 1960s at St. Michael's in Elizabeth PA. Carroll denied the allegation, told Cardinal Law. Kept in ministry until December 2003. The Pittsburgh Diocese waited 11 years after learning about allegations before notifying parishioners in 2014. In 9/2015 Carroll remains on administrative leave while steps being taken toward laicization. Living at a private assisted-living facility. In 9/2020 the Boston archdiocesan website shows that the allegation was unsubstantiated, and Carroll's status was senior priest, ministry restricted. Carroll died 7/8/2021, at age 92.

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Fr. Frederick J. Cartier, Jr.

Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Died: 03/12/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 1/2003. Accused in a recent letter of repeatedly molesting a teenage boy at St. Barbara's rectory in Woburn and on overnight camping trips to NH in about 1970. Name on list of MA priests revealed as abusers in the 3/2003 report on the Manchester Diocese issued by the NH AG's office. Also named in the NH AG Audit Report 3/7/2009. Voluntary laicization announced 2/11/2011. Per Boston archdiocese's list in 820/11, case concluded canonically. Died in 2020. Per his obituary, Cartier "changed careers" in 1979, working in the computer industry then as a dog groomer.

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Boston Globe 01.18.03
Documents from 03.03.03
Union Leader 03.04.03
Boston Herald 02.11.11
The Enterprise 02.11.11
Statement by Archdiocese of Boston 02.11.11
Boston Globe 02.12.11
Boston Archdiocese List 08.25.11
National Catholic Registry 08.25.11
MetroWest Daily News Obituary 03.12.20

Fr. Walter E. Casey

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Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Name publicly as accused by Attorney Mitchell Garabadian 5/7/19. Casey died 2/21/08.

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Mass Live 05.07.19

Fr. Guido Caverzan

Order: CS
Ordained: 1950
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a 7/18/77 letter to Order of sexually abusing three boys. A 10/11/94 memo refers to two other allegations. In 1/03 a man brought suit claiming abuse in the mid-1970s. Those documents were publicly filed later in 2003, and on 2/26/04 Caverzan was accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, age 10-12, in the NY archdiocese, beginning in 1966. Removed from parish in Venice FL. Died 9/28/94 in Caracas at Order's headquarters. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database because he was Order priest.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. John C. Chaisson

Ordained: 1966
Status: Unsubstantiated

Died: 12/27/2019
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Allegations surfaced in 1974; kept in active ministry. Exonerated after church investigation. After a review of case files in 2003, Archbishop O'Malley decided the case warranted further review and placed Chaisson on leave, pending a new investigation. Per the 10/2015 Boston archdiocese list, the Review Board either found the allegations unsubstantiated or Chaisson was acquitted by a canonical process. Retired, privileges still restricted. His status is the same on the list in 8/22, although he died 12/27/2019.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Edmund P. Charest

Ordained: 1960
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 1/2003 of repeatedly molesting a 15-year-old boy in about 1971. Allowed to continue working by Bishop Lennon but placed on indefinite leave by Archbishop O'Malley, as announced 8/23/2003. Reportedly sued by two additional men alleging Charest molested and raped them as boys. Charest was living in Boston's Back Bay area near an elementary school as of 5/2008. Included on the archdiocese's list 8/25/2011. "Dismissed" in 2015.

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Fr. Joseph K. Coleman

Ordained: 1981
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Admitted to molesting two boys at Mattapan's St. Angela's parish in the early 1980s. A 1987 church memo from Rev. John B. McCormack (who went on to become Manchester NH bishop) said Coleman admitted to a strong attraction to boys and that he had touched other young boys. Coleman was treated at Institute for Living, then allowed to work at two hospitals. Privileges removed in 1996 and 2003. Voluntarily laicized in 2005. The Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 notes that the case concluded canonically. Reportedly there was a settlement for $72K with one alleged victim in 2018.

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Fr. Jeremiah J. Collins

Ordained: 1939
Status: Sued

Died: 01/2/1982
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Died in 1982. Named as an abuser in a suit filed in 2002. A man said Collins molested him when he was about 13 in 1968 in Waltham MA and at a cottage in NH. Collins was not named as a MA abuser in the report released in 2/2003 by the NH Attorney General's office. Served as assistant at St. Joseph's in Amesbury MA 9/1952-2/1958. The Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 noted that there was no formal determination of guilt either because Collins died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. John Kevin Connell

Ordained: 1965
Status: Settled

Died: 11/23/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a 2002 lawsuit of abusing a 12-year-old boy during a trip to FL in 1975 or 1976 and in Plymouth, MA. Removed as St. John's Prep school chaplain by the Archdiocese 1994 or 1995 after church officials received a complaint against him. More allegations in 1997. The suit settled for $45K in 6/1998. Another allegation surfaced, of abuse in 1982. Connell received treatment and was reassigned in 1984. Retired in 11/2001. Voluntary laicization announced in 6/2005. Died in 2007. Per the Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011, the case concluded canonically. Named in a lawsuit settled in 11/2021 in the high five figures. The suit also named Rev. Brian Gallagher.

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John Doe VI v Boston Archdiocese and Columbans 11.03.21

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Fr. James E. Connelly

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Ordained: 1943
Status: Settled

Died: 10/8/1985
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 01/19/2011. Garabedian said he had settled at least one claim with the Boston Archdiocese regarding allegations against Connelly. Died 10/8/1985. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list notes that there was no formal determination of guilt either because Connelly died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Denis A. Conte

Ordained: 1975
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 12/2002. Removed from active ministry in 1994 after the Archdiocese received a demand letter from the attorney for a man who said Conte had sexually abused him when he was 11 or 12. He admitted sharing a bed with the boy and kissing him on the lips but denied sexual abuse. Settled in 1995 for $150K. Also accused of abuse in NH. Voluntary laicization in 2004 announced in 6/2005. Boston archdiocese list in 8/2011 says case concluded canonically. Settlement in 11/2022 in the high five figures of a claim that Conte sexually abused a boy, ages 12-15 during 1978-1981, while assigned to St. Anthony's in Revere. The abuse allegedly occurred in St. Anthony's rectory and in a house in New Hampshire.

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Mr. Robert Cornigans

Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019, which notes a report in 2003 of abuse in 1976. Cornigans was a teacher at Boston College High School at the time of the alleged abuse. He later taught at Fairfield Prep in CT, and left the Jesuits in 1981. He was on the faculty of a private school in Dobbs Ferry, NY from 2004 until forced to resign in 1/2019 after news of the allegations. (Referred to as "Mr." on the Jesuits' list; although news accounts say he is a former priest, he is not found as such in the Catholic Directory. May have been a scholastic.)

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Fr. John M. Cotter

Ordained: 1960
Status: Settled

Died: 02/23/1989
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

First accused publicly in a 1993 lawsuit of repeatedly molesting a boy 1968-1975 from age 7, including oral, digital and anal rape. Boy Scout leader William Reynolds was also accused of abusing the boy. Many other victims came forward, male and female. The Archdiocese is alleged to have known by 1974. CYO, Boy Scouts and confession were used in abuse. In 1994, the first plaintiff sent a letter about the abuse to Pope John Paul II. In 1995-1998, 7 settled for $575K; 4 others for $361K. Cotter died in 1989. Victims continued to come forward. Included in 8/2011 on the Archdiocese's list.

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Fr. Richard T. Coughlin

Ordained: 1953
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Coughlin went from Boston to the Diocese of Orange in 1965 and established the All American Boys Chorus. Excardinated to Orange 1971. Allegations in 1993 that he abused several boys who were members of the choir 1970-1983; at least three suits were filed in 1993 and 1994. The L.A. Archdiocese report noted six accusers. Also accused of abuse in Boston MA and NH before his time in CA. Named in a 2002 Boston suit. Over $3M in settlements. Permanently restricted from ministry per Boston AD database 8/2015. Included on Attorney Garabedian's list 3/28/2016 of accused clerics named in civil claims resulting in settlements or arbitration awards. One plaintiff, from Boston, said Coughlin abused him 1957-1962. A suit filed in Orange County 2/3/2017 alleged abuse of a Boys Choir member beginning at age 10. Status as of 8/2016 was "Life of Prayer and Penance." The Diocese of Orange list in 12/2020 shows that Coughlin had been laicized.

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Fr. Gerard E. Creighton

Ordained: 1951
Status: Settled

Died: 12/29/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A 1973 memo to Cardinal Medeiros complained that Creighton had been transferred 17 times in 22 years and that the priest was sick. In 1977 a woman told the archdiocese that she had seen two girls imitating oral sex and that they said they were imitating Creighton and their mother. Creighton retired in 1985. He was placed on leave in 1997. A woman filed suit in 1998 claiming abuse by Creighton as a 17-year-old; dismissed in 5/2003 due to the statute of limitations. Creighton died 12/29/2004. His name was included in 8/2011 on the Boston archdiocese's list.

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Fr. Edmund W. Croke

Ordained: 1928
Status: Sued

Died: 04/21/1971
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Croke's personnel file was one of 16 released in Boston in 1/2003. Accused in a 2003 lawsuit of sexually abusing at least one child. Died in 1971. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported that there was no formal determination of guilt either because he died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Deacon Joseph I. Crowley, Jr.

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Ordained: 1980
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Ordained for the permanent diaconate in 1980; assigned to St Anne's in Readville 1980-1992. Also worked as a chaplain at Franciscan Children's Hospital in Brighton (1989-1994) and Children's Hospital in Boston (1994-1998). Arrested 8/26/1998. Pleaded guilty in 2/99 to six counts of rape and seven counts of indecent assault and battery on a child younger than 14. His victims were two family members. Sentenced to three successive 2 1/2-year terms and 10 years probation. Voluntarily laicized per 3/18/2006 article and the Archdiocese of Boston list released 8/25/2011.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. William J. Cullen

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Died: 05/25/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as accused by the Northeast Province Jesuits on its list 1/15/19. Credibly accused in 2016 of abuse of a minor 1995-96, while assigned to Nativity Prep in Boston. Cullen died 5/25/10. On the Norwich diocese's list 2/22/19. No known allegations there. Noted to have been removed from ministry in 2005. Included on the Fall River diocese's list in 1/21.

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Br. Eugenio Cumerlato

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Order: CFX
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Native of Italy, Worked in Italy, Mexico, possibly Bangladesh, and the U.S. Lived in the 1949-55 and the 1980s at Xaverian's Mission Animation Center in Holliston, MA. At least one lawsuit settled naming Cumerlato as perpetrator of sex abuse. Died in Italy 12/4/89.

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Fr. William J. Cummings

Ordained: 1968
Status: Settled

Died: 05/21/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Member of the Singing Priests; died of AIDS in 5/1994. Personnel file released in 1/2003; it contained allegations that Cummings abused a 10-year-old boy in Somerville, MA in 1982. Lawsuits filed in 6/2002 and 8/2002. Both later settled, one in a massive Boston settlement in 2003 and the other in a private settlement in 12/2003. A third suit was pending in 12/2003. The Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 reported that there was no formal determination of guilt because Cummings died prior to a canonical investigation.

Fr. John Curley

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Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Pastor at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Braintree in the late 1960s. Started the Pilgrim Center for troubled youth. Worked with later convicted priest Paul Shanley 1967-69. Died in 11/99. One of nine priests previously not known to have been accused whose names were released in 3/11 by BishopAccountability.org. Names were in a little-known archdiocesan report from 2001 which summarized accusations against priests and their treatment, and the cost of victims' treatments and settlements. Settlement in the high five figures in 11/20 with a man alleging sexual assault by Curley at age 12 in 1981, while the boy was living at the Pilgrim Center.

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Fr. Thomas M. Curran

Ordained: 1970
Status: Unsubstantiated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Removed by the Archdiocese in 8/2002 due to a recently received allegation of abuse of a minor in the 1970s. A second allegation of abuse was made in 2004. The Archdiocese announced in 3/2007 that it could not substantiate either of the allegations. Curran's status then changed from "on leave" to "permanent disability" but he was limited to family only when celebrating sacraments. New allegations were raised in 9/2010; all privileges removed. Still on administrative leave as of 8/2011 and canonical proceedings were still in process per the Archdiocese's list. In 8/2022 Curran's status is "Found unsubstantiated; Restricted; Senior Priest." (His name on the list is spelled "Tomas.")

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Br. Francis E. Dailey

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Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Died: 11/18/1961
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Br. Cosmas. Joined the Xaverians in 1900. Died in 1961. Named publicly as accused by the order on its list 7/12/19. It notes an allegation reported in 1999 of abuse 1951-1955 in Danvers, MA.

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

Fr. Robert F. Daly

Ordained: 1967
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused of abuse with numerous other priests in a 1/2005 lawsuit. Placed on leave in 1984 after four years at St. Anne's in Readville. On 6/13/2011, the archdiocese announced that Daly had been voluntarily laicized and stated that "he was accused of sexually abusing minors occurring in the 1970s and early 1980s," when he was assigned in Brockton, Plymouth (briefly), and Readville. Working as school psychologist at Silver Lake Regional High School in Kingston MA when laicization announced. Placed on leave by school after it learned of early civil suit. Was expected to retire at year's end. The Boston archdiocese database in 8/2011 says case concluded canonically.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Agnes Daniels

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Order: CSJ
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Attorney Garabedian announced a settlement in 9/13 on behalf of one accuser who alleged abuse by Sr. Agnes while she was working at St. Mary School in Boston.The abuse said to have occurred at some point between 1963 and 1985.

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The Republic (AP) 09.04.13

Fr. Stephen F. Dawber

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Died: 04/29/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Dawber and two other Jesuits at Boston College High School were accused of molesting several students in the 1970s. He is also alleged to have arranged to have one of the other Jesuits, James Talbot, transferred with him to Cheverus High in Maine where Talbot abused again. Dawber is not known to have abused at Cheverus before returning to Boston College High. He was suspended in 3/2002 from his position at the school. Died 4/29/2010. Included in 1/2019 on the Northeast Province Jesuits' list of credibly accused. On the Fall River diocese's list in 1/2021, where he worked at Bishop Connolly High School 1985-1990.

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Deacon William R. Emerson

Status: Settled

Died: 03/4/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a lawsuit settled in 6/21 in the high five figures of sexually abusing a boy, ages 8-13, over 100 times at St. William's in Tewskbury during 1973-1978. Prior to Boston, Emerson was a deacon in St. Louis, MO and Omaha, NE, where he worked at Boys Town U.S.A. In 2012 he admitted to smuggling drugs into the Middlesex County House of Correction in Billerica, where he was chaplain; he was sentenced to community service and ordered to stay away from jails. Emerson died in 2018.

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Br. Fidelis DeBerardinis

Order: OFM
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Worked in Boston MA, Honduras, Guatemala, Trinidad, Israel and NY. Charged in 2002 with the sexual assault of as many as 7 altar boys 1968-1973. Left MA in 1973, which stopped the statute of limitations. The Franciscan order said that it settled a sexual misconduct claim against him "a decade ago" involving one of the men who filed criminal charges in 2002. Pleaded guilty in 2004 to assaulting 8 youths; sentenced to 8 years in prison and 10 years probation. Still in custody in 11/11. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. Paul M. Desilets

Order: CSV
Ordained: 1963
Status: Guilty plea

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused of molesting at least 20 altar boys 1974-1984 in MA. Returned to Canada in 1984. Indicted in 2002 for molesting 18 additional boys 1978-1984. Extradited in 2005 from Canada. Pleaded guilty, sentenced to up to 18 months in prison and probation. Asked judge to excuse him from sex offender treatment because of his advanced age (82) and health. Allowed to return to Canada to serve probation. Died in 2010 at age 86. Omitted from the Boston archdiocese's 2011 list.

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Fr. Gerard V. Dever

Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Died: 12/4/1997
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Per allegations in his personnel file, Dever repeatedly played with girls' clothing and touched their breasts at St. Ann's Elementary School in Wollaston. At least eight girls complained about him 1993-1996. Parishioners were so upset in 1996 that they were threatening to go en masse to see the Cardinal. Allowed to remain in ministry without suspension. Review board recommended continued therapy. Died in 1997. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported that there was no formal determination of guilt because Dever died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Fr. Arthur T. Devlin

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Order: SM
Ordained: 1945
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Worked in the Diocese of Wheeling, the South Solomon Islands, and the Archdioceses of San Francisco, Boston and New York. Accused at some point of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy in 1959, on multiple occasions. The boy attended Our Lady of Presentation Parish in Brighton MA; Devlin was the nephew of the parish's pastor, Rev. Charles McInnis. A claim was settled in 4/20 in the mid-five figures.

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Garabedian Law Offices Assignment Record

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Garabedian Law Offices Assignment Record

Fr. Charles F. Dewey

Ordained: 1939
Status: Settled

Died: 09/15/1996
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Monsignor. Retired in 1987 and died in 1996. Accused by a male in a 2005 civil suit of abuse of minors at St. Mary's in Dedham between 1971-1975. The suit involved multiple plaintiffs and named multiple priests as defendants. Attorney Durso said that almost all claims associated with the case were settled. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported that there was no formal determination of guilt either because Dewey died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. John J. Dewire

Ordained: 1946
Status: Settled

Died: 10/28/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Dewire was named for the first time in a lawsuit filed in 2003. He was one of 40 priests named by multiple victims. Accused of raping a 10-year old boy in 1967. Died in 1994. Attorney for the plaintiff announced in 2011 that all claims had been settled. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported that there was no formal determination of guilt either because Dewire died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Deacon Mark C. Doherty

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Seminarian in Boston 1989-1993. Just before his scheduled ordination two men told the Archdiocese that he molested them in 1977 when they were ages 13 and 15, during a camping trip to NH. Never ordained. In 1994 a woman told the Archdiocese that she believed Doherty molested three of her sons. Two brothers from another family said Doherty had also molested them in 1979. Moved to Charlotte NC in 1997 and was hired as a religion teacher at Charlotte Catholic High. Cardinal Law sent documentation and informed Bishop Curlin that he "will not oppose ... excardination." Carlin reviewed the file and wrote Law that he "would not consider a request ... for incardination or priestly ordination." Suspended from his teaching job in 2/2003 after inquiries from the Boston Globe.

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Fr. Richard T. Donahue

Ordained: 1968
Status: Settled

Died: 09/9/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Parish priest in the archdiocese for 23 years. Missionary in Honduras from about 1991-2015. Named publicly as accused by Attorney Mitchell Garabedian 5/17/2019. Donahue was retired at the time of the release of his name. The Archdiocese deemed the allegations unsubstantiated. Ministry restricted since 2015, when a first accuser came forward; applied for compensation from the Archdiocese, awaiting decision in 2/2020. In 2017 another man filed suit, claiming he was molested by Donahue at age 12 in 1976, when Donahue was assigned to Sacred Heart parish in East Boston. Claim settled in 2/2019 for $73K. Donahue denied all allegations. His status on the Archdiocese's list in 8/2022 is the same, although Donahue died 9/9/2020.

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Br. George Donnelly

Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Teacher and Director of Student Activities at St. John's Prep school for almost 20 years when accused of molesting a male student in 1993. Initially denied the charges but later admitted to two incidents with the then 17-year-old student while denying two other allegations involving the same boy. School's headmaster said conduct "was so egregious as to force removal from his post." DA's office did not consider the incidents to be of a criminal nature. Allowed to serve as hospital chaplain by 2006. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. Thomas D. Donnelly

Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Absent without permission since 1981. Accused in 5/2000 of repeated sexual assaults of a girl, ages 6-11 in 1974-1979. Abuse is alleged at two Boston parishes and during trips to NH that included other girls. He denied the allegation. A 5/31/2001 memo indicated that the Archdiocese deemed it credible. Named by a woman in a lawsuit filed in 2/2002. Personnel filed released 12/2002. Per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese's list, either the Review Board found the accusations unsubstantiated or he was acquitted by a canonical process. Restricted. Status remains the same in 8/2022 and 5/2024.

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Fr. John Francis Dority

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1967
Status: Convicted

Died: 08/31/2019
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Missionary for six years in Brazil 1960s-early 1970s. Fill-in priest at Holy Name in Roslindale, MA during visits to family. Worked in NY 1974-1975 and in NJ in 1976. Left Order in 1976; laicized in 1980. Arrested in RI in 2003 for abuse of 12- and 19-year-old boys. Convicted in 2005. Served two years in prison. On CT sex offender registry. A 2010 suit alleged abuse of two boys in Roslindale during leaves from Brazil. Admitted abuse. Judge awarded $3M to plaintiffs in 10/2011. On Norwich diocese's list 2/22/2019. Noted to be living in 2019 in the diocese, but was never affiliated with it. Suit in 7/2020 claims abuse of abuse of a minor, ages 13-14 in NJ 1975-1976. Died 8/31/2019. Added in 10/2021 to the Holy Name Province Franciscans' list of credibly accused.

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Fr. Ronald Dorsey

Order: CSS
Ordained: 1956
Status: Sued

Died: 07/19/2008
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a 2004 lawsuit of sex abuse in the early 1950s of a 12-year-old boy at Camp Wyoma in Hinsdale MA, in the Springfield diocese, while a Stigmatine seminarian in the Boston area. Left the Stigmatines in 1969, moved to Ajijic, Jalisco, México. Involved in local parish in the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos, and started Niños de Chapala for needy children and adults. He died on 7/19/2008.

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Fr. William J. Duffy

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1931
Status: Settled

Died: 07/23/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Included on list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian 1/19/2011. Per Garabedian, at least one claim settled with the Boston archdiocese involving allegations against Duffy. Taught in the Philippines. Army chaplain during WWII. Duffy was the oldest Jesuit priest in the Northeast Province of the U.S. when he died in 7/1998 at age 96. Included on the Jesuits Northeast Province list of credibly accused 1/15/2019, which notes allegations received in 2005 of abuse 1957-1958.

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Fr. John A. Dunn

Ordained: 1960
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Laicized in 1973 and married in 1974. Accused in 1993 of sexually abusing the neighborhood paperboy repeatedly in 1967-1968, starting when the boy was age 12. Dunn was also accused of abusing the boy together with the pastor, Leo V. Dwyer, and of holding the boy down while Dwyer abused him. The same person also accused Rev. Robert E. Barrett of the same parish, saying this was "not the first allegation" against the three priests. Named in a 1/2003 lawsuit, possibly by a different complainant. Included on the Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011.

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Fr. Leo V. Dwyer

Ordained: 1932
Status: Settled

Died: 12/10/1989
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel files released in 2002 show allegations that Dwyer abused a youth 1967-1968. A lawsuit filed in 1993 claimed abuse by Dwyer and by Frs. John Dunn and Robert Barrett. Dwyer retired in 1979 and died in 1989. Accused in a 2005 civil suit of abuse of a child at St. Mary's in Hull 1964-1970. Almost all claims in that suit involving multiple defendants settled. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese's list reported that there was no formal determination of guilt either because Dwyer died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Fr. Frank E. Fairbairn

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Ordained: 1969
Status: Sued

Died: 09/13/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Left position as chaplain at Northeastern University to minister in Peru, 1994-1999. Died in 9/2000. Reportedly in 1/2003, Fairbairn was accused for the first time in a recent lawsuit of abusing a 14-year-old boy in 1970. Per the Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011, there was no formal determination of guilt either because Fairbairn died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Br. Nolan Farrell

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Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian 01/19/11. Garabedian said he had settled at least one claim with Boston Archdiocese involving allegations against this individual. Farrell is one of three of the accused religious who was still alive in 2011. Whereabouts unknown.

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Fr. Robert D. Fay

Ordained: 1967
Status: Settled

Died: 02/15/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Fay took "health leave for a heart condition" in 1988; worked as a real estate agent. A woman filed suit in 12/2002 alleging that he abused her as a teen in the 1970s. Said he provided her and others with alcohol and marijuana. Settled in 2003. Per files released in 2/2003, the church knew in 1980 that Fay had been arrested in New Hampshire for "drunkenness and use of narcotics" and there were other allegations of misbehavior with youths. Involuntary laicization announced 2/12/2005. Included in 8/2011 on the Boston archdiocese's list of accused. Settlement in 3/2023 in the high five figures of a claim that Fay sexually abused a boy, ages 8-12 during 1974-1978, while assigned to Incarnation Parish in Melrose. The abuse allegedly occurred in the parish rectory, in a small house behind the church used for CCD classes, and in a trailer in New Hampshire. Fay died in 2009.

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Fr. James H. Coffey

Ordained: 1945
Status: Settled

Died: 08/4/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a lawsuit settled in 6/2023 in the high five figures of sexually abusing a boy, age 10, in 1949. The abuse allegedly occurred in Coffey's jeep in Lynn MA. Coffey was assigned at the time in question to Sacred Heart in Lynn, where the boy was a parishioner.

Assignments:

Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian 10.30.23

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Fr. Robert C. Fichtner

Ordained: 1955
Status: Sued

Died: 06/7/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Monsignor. Retired in 2002. Placed on leave in 2003 due to allegations. In 1/2005 a 27-year-old man filed suit alleging Fichtner abused him at age 9 at St. Joseph's school in Holbrook. Fichtner was assigned to St. Joseph's 1981-1990. In 6/2005 the Archdiocese lifted all restrictions after its Review Board could not verify the allegation. Prior to retirement, Fichtner was a member of the archdiocese's College of Consultors. He died 6/7/2013. Accused in a 3/2022 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, ages 6-12, 1982-1989, at St. Joseph's. The abuse allegedly occurred during confession and in other places at the parish school. The lawsuit also alleged abuse, including rape, by Rev. Anthony Rebeiro also at St. Joseph's. His status on the Archdiocese's list in 8/2022 remains unsubstantiated.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Paul J. Finegan

Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 1980 of abusing two girls; renewed complaint in 1989 regarding same girls, including details of skin-to-skin sexual touching and names of three other possible victims; treated at Southdown and returned to ministry; removed in 2002 after nun reported to Cardinal Law that a "credible young man" had said he had been abused as a minor. Voluntarily laicized in 2005. Last known to be living in Randolph. In 2009 another woman filed a police report which alleged abuse when she worked in rectory as a young teen. Finegan's name was included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2011.

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Boston archdiocesan assignment record

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Fr. Joseph E. Flood

Order: CSS
Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused

Died: 10/31/1996
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Died in 1996. Accused in 8/2002 of having abused two or more students at Elm Bank minor seminary in Wellesley in the late 1950s. Added to the Springfield MA diocese's list 6/2/2021. Worked in the diocese 1971-1985. Noted to have multiple credible allegations of abuse against him, occurring 1971-1984.

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Fr. John H. Flynn, Jr.

Ordained: 1955
Status: Settled

Died: 01/30/2011
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a 1/2003 civil suit of fondling a 6-year-old girl in 1978. Flynn denied the accusation. Settled by arbitration with the Archdiocese in 2003. Reinstated in 10/2005 by the Archdiocese, which stated that the allegation could not be substantiated. Included on the Archdiocese's list in 8/2011. Died 1/30/2011. Status in 8/2022 remains 'unsubstantiated.'

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. James J. Foley

Ordained: 1978
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Boston priest, worked in the Santa Fe archdiocese 11/1997-1999. Personnel file released in 12/2002 showed Foley was placed on leave in 1999 for allegedly fondling a 14-year-old boy's genitals under pretense of measuring him for body building training. Foley claimed he was guilty only of "gross stupidity and indiscretion." Sent to Southdown Institute in Toronto, Canada for treatment. Reassigned in Boston. Banned from ministering to minors in 2000. On administrative leave with canonical case in progress per the Archdiocese's list in 8/2011. A second man came forward 2011, alleging abuse at Holy Name from 1984 or 1985 to 1996. His allegations were made public in 9/2012. Died in 2016, canonical case not completed. Included 5/19/2021 on the Santa Fe archdiocese's list.

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BA.org Assignment Record (enhanced with links to multiple documents)

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Fr. Thomas P. Forry

Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

In 1984, therapists suggested that Forry be sent for long-term hospitalization and treatment; he refused to go. The Archdiocese knew of allegations of sexual abuse and beatings of a preteen boy by Forry and affairs with women, yet he was allowed to serve as an army chaplain 1988-1992. (See history in personnel file.) Abuse matter settled for $30K in 12/1993. Placed on leave in 2002. Laicized in 2006. Living in South Boston in 10/2008. Per the Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011, the case was concluded canonically.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Michael Smith Foster

Ordained: 1980
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Top Canon lawyer in the Archdiocese. Accused in a lawsuit in 8/2002 of sexually abusing a male teenager in the 1980s. Suspended from ministry. After a number of people raised serious doubts about the veracity of the accuser, the plaintiff dropped the case. Cardinal Law first agreed to reinstate Foster, then withdrew. Reinstated in 11/2002. Investigation reviewed in 9/2003. Living in FL as of 6/2007. No restrictions. Included on the Boston archdiocese's 8/2011 database of accused priests. Status in 8/2022 remains 'unsubstantiated.'

Br. John Fowler

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Order: CSS
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Fowler's name was turned over to authorities for investigation of possible abuse charges in 2002. A 7/04 news report noted that one man sued the Boston and Albany dioceses alleging abuse by Fowler when he attended Elm Bank Minor Seminary in MA and by an Albany priest as an adult. When he told another priest about the abuse, the priest tried to have the abusers punished. Instead, the priest bringing the complaints was punished by being transferred at least twice. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD Database.

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Fr. Joseph P. Fox

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1937
Status: Accused

Died: 08/10/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019, which notes a report in 2012 of abuse of a minor 1956-1957. Fox was assigned during that time to Bobola House in Boston. Fox died in 1988.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

Fr. Francis G. McInerney

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Ordained: 1936
Status: Settled

Died: 04/6/1959
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in claims which settled in 6/2023 in the mid-to-high five figures of sexually abusing two girls, one in 1948 at age 14, the other in 1948 at age 9. McInerney was assigned at the time to St. Thomas of Villanova in Wilmington MA. McInerney died in 1959.

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Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian 10.30.23

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Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian 10.30.23

Fr. John F. Roche

Order: SSC
Ordained: 1956
Status: Indicted

Died: 05/8/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

"Jack." Named publicly as credibly accused by the Columbans U.S. Province on its list in 2/22. Noted to have a single allegation against him, of abuse 1973-75. Per the Official Catholic Directory, Roche was assigned during the time in question to St. Patrick's in Stoneham, MA. He died in 2015.

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The Morning News 10.13.73
Columbans U.S. Province List 02.02.22

Fr. Joseph P. Fratic

Ordained: 1964
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A man filed suit in 2/2004 alleging that he was molested by Fratic, then assigned to St. Paul's in Cambridge, after another priest lured him to Fratic's home. The suit says the other priest, Paul Hurley (another alleged abuser), gave the 13-year-old boy pornography and alcohol and that Fratic molested him on one occasion. Privileges were removed in 2004 by the Archdiocese. Remained on administrative leave as of 8/2022 and canonical proceedings still in process, per Boston archdiocese list.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Ross S. Frey

Order: BSO
Ordained: 1974
Status: Settled

Died: 06/20/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Melkite priest. Accused of molesting numerous adolescent boys 1973-1984 during weekend retreats at St. Basil Salvatorian Center in Methuen. Received treatment. Sent to Lebanon in 1995 after a police officer warned the order of impending "bad publicity," and was later placed on leave. In active ministry in 12/02 at Notre Dame University - Louaze. Lawsuit with 12 plaintiffs settled in 1999 for $240K. Personnel files released in 12/02. New accusers came forward as of 2012. Accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy 1986-1991 in Lawrence, MA. Frey died 6/20/14.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Peter J. Frost

Ordained: 1970
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Became a military chaplain in 1971, one year after ordination. Placed on sick leave by 1974. Was back in parishes three years later. Working at St. Anne's in Readville when removed in 1992. In 1994, Frost wrote to Cardinal Law describing himself as a 'sex addict' and saying he was ashamed of the pain he had caused his victims. Allegation of abuse had surfaced in 1980. Admitted abusing as far back as 1969 as a deacon. Also admitted one victim died by suicide. Named in three civil suits beginning in 2002. Voluntarily laicized in 6/2005. Per the Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011, the case was concluded canonically.

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Fr. Joseph Fugolo

Order: CS
Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 1997 of taking nude photographs in the late 1960s of a boy who was, at other times, being abused by Fr. John Bocciarelli, pastor of same church. Denied allegations. As of 4/08 he was Administrator of St. Charles Seminary/Residence in Dongan Hills, NY. Resigned as superior of the Province in 2009. In Montreal in 2010. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database. Per parish website in 10/15, was pastor of Madre die Cristiani in Lasalle, Quebec, Canada.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Joseph A. Fusoni

Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Died: 07/3/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Records show leave of absence 1978-1979. Accused in 1993 of molesting a 15-year-old altar boy during the summer of 1985. His alleged victim claimed that the pastor, Fr. O'Sullivan, had been told of the abuse and that O'Sullivan said there had been a previous allegation against Fusoni by the parents of another boy. Died 7/3/1988 at age 55 of lung cancer. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported that there was no formal determination of guilt either because Fusoni died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Robert V. Gale

Ordained: 1968
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

News reports in 2002 cite numerous complaints about Gale's abuse of young boys in 1979, 1981, 1983 and 1987. Removed from ministry in 1991 but allowed to reside at a parish. Accusations of abuse from that parish in 1994, 1995 and 1996 lawsuits. Arrested in 2002 on charges of raping an altar boy 1980-1984. Pleaded guilty in 2004. Sentenced to 4-5 years in prison and probation. Voluntarily laicized in 2006. Named in the 2003 NH Attorney General's report. Released from treatment in 3/2009. On Sex Offender Registry as of 5/15/2011. On the Boston archdiocese's list of accused 8/25/2011.

Fr. Brian Gallagher

Order: SSC
Ordained: 1952
Status: Settled

Died: 11/5/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

From Ireland. Missionary in Japan, briefly back to Ireland, then sent to the U.S., reportedly due to abuse allegations in Japan. Died in 2014. Accused in two lawsuits, one filed in 2017 and one in 8/18, of the sexual abuse of two brothers when they were children, 1973-76. Gallagher was assigned at the time of the alleged abuse to St. Mark's in Dorchester MA, where the boys' mother worked. Settlement of one lawsuit in 11/21 in the high five figures. The suit also named Rev. John K. Connell. Included in 2/22 on the Columbans U.S. Province list of credibly accused. Two allegations noted, of abuse 1973-80.

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Garabedian Law Assignment Record

Documents:

John Doe VI v Boston Archdiocese and Columbans 11.03.21

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Fr. John J. Gallagher

Order: OSA
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Died: 12/12/2006
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Worked in MA, NY, PA and FL. In a 2005 civil suit, a woman accused Gallagher of sexually abusing her as a child at St. Mary's in Lawrence MA 1972-78. The suit involved multiple plaintiffs and named multiple priests as defendants. Attorney Durso said that almost all claims were settled. Gallagher died 12/12/06. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database because he was an Order priest. Augustinians settled 6/18 for $1M to eight plaintiffs claiming abuse by two priests, including Gallagher. Three were women who said Gallagher abused them as girls at St. Mary's. All were between ages 9-12 years when allegedly abused. Settlement of $1.4M announced in 8/20 of suit alleging abuse of 11 children, boys and girls, at St. Mary's 1974-78. The children's ages ranges from 8-14 when abused. In 10/21 Attorney Garabedian announced that a 15th claim against Gallagher had recently settled, in the low six figures.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. James E. Gaudreau

Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Removed from assignment at St Joseph's in Lynn as of 9/23/2012 after an allegation that he had abused a child in 2006. Placed on unpaid leave with no public ministry during archdiocesan investigation. Police were notified. Gaudreau had been at the parish since 1984, pastor since 1993. As of 9/15/2013 the District Attorney said he would not file criminal charges against Gaudreau. Resigned from parish in 11/2014; canonical process ongoing. On 9/10/2020 the archdiocese announced that Gaudreau had been found guilty by the Church of child abuse and his sentenced was affirmed by the Vatican to live a life of prayer and penance. Included on the archdiocese's list of accused.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. John J. Geoghan

Ordained: 1962
Status: Convicted

Died: 08/23/2003
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Involuntarily laicized in 1998. Accused in over 87 lawsuits of raping and molesting at least 150 children. Convicted in 1/2002 of fondling a 10-year-old boy. Sentenced to 9-10 years in prison. Murdered in prison in 8/2003 by another inmate. Conviction then removed by court, citing pending appeal at time of death. In 2002 the Archdiocese paid $10M to settle claims brought by 86 accusers; another two dozen civil suits were still pending. Included on the archdiocese's list of accused in 8/2011.

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Br. Kenneth Ghastin

Order: OFM
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 12/02 shows claims that Ghastin molested two brothers at Christopher Columbus H.S. in the early 1970s. Claims settled in 1994. Later, the oldest brother, who received $30K, died by suicide. Ghastin was removed from contact with children in the early 1990s. Last known to be working as a librarian at Mount Alvernia Friary in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. May have retired to FL due to ill health. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database. Also worked in Pittsburgh Diocese. Died 10/02/13.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. James M. Gibbons

Ordained: 1952
Status: Settled

Died: 08/21/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a claim settled in 11/2022 in the mid-five figures of sexually abusing a girl, age 12, in 1961. Gibbons was assigned to St. James in Medford at the time in question and the girl was a student at the parish school. Gibbons allegedly fondled the girl's breasts over her clothes.

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Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian 10.30.23

Fr. Jerome F. Gillespie

Ordained: 1982
Status: Arrested

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused of asking for oral sex on 1/25/05 from a woman and her 12-year-old daughter. Pled not guilty to annoying/accosting, enticing a child, soliciting sex, and assault. Most charges dismissed 4/4/05. Pled sufficient facts to the annoying/accosting charge. Case continued pending alcohol and sexual offender evaluations with treatment if indicated, and no contact with minors without disclosing case. Case dismissed in 2007. Returned to work without announcement. Lynnfield supply priest in 4/08. Awaiting assignment in 6/10. Still unassigned 2015, in residence at a Charlestown parish.

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Detailed BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Thomas M. Gillespie

Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Gillespie was pastor of St. Theresa of Lisieux in North Reading MA when placed on administrative leave in 2/2015, after the Archdiocese received an allegation that he sexually abused a minor in the late 1970s. The Archdiocese notified law enforcement and launched its own investigation. Status in 5/2016 is 'Administrative Leave, Case in Process.' In 2022 his status is 'Found unsubstantiated; Restricted; Senior priest.'

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Boston Archdiocese Assignment History

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Fr. James Randal Gillette

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Order: CP
Ordained: 1971
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 1/2003, which contained a 9/2002 letter accusing Gillette of the sexual assault of a boy at St. Gabriel's in Brighton in 1972 . Worked in the U.S. dioceses/archdioceses of Newark, Boston, Pittsburgh, New York. Assigned 1978-1987 to St. Patrick's in Mexico City. Also worked in Honduras. Included on Attorney Garabedian's list 3/28/2016 of accused clerics named in civil claims resulting in settlements or arbitration awards. Civil suit filed in 2014, claiming abuse of a boy, ages 9-13. Settled. Gillette pleaded guilty under a plea deal 1/2/2020 to "unnatural acts" with a child under age 16, 1972-1975. Sentenced to five years' probation and GPS monitoring, to register as a sex offender, and to treatment. Two known victims.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Seminarian Joseph Gilpin

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Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Former seminarian, never ordained. Sued in 1/01 for repeatedly abusing a boy 1965-68. Case settled in 2004. Personnel file was released in 12/02. Gilpin was living in FL and working as assistant principal in a middle school. Resigned when the allegations became public. Allegations emerged that he had made inappropriate comments to students in FL. Sued by a man in ME who alleged abuse while working there as a seminarian. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Deacon Ricardo Gonzalez

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Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Deacon. Pled guilty 3/11/15 to the sexual assault, including rape, of three children, ages 12-14, in the 1990s at two East Boston parishes. Sentenced to four years in prison, followed by seven years' probation. Two men received settlements for abuse as boys by Gonzalez.

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East Boston Times 05.07.15
Garabedian Law Offices List 10.01.17

Fr. Peter G. Gori

Order: OSA
Ordained: 1979
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Placed on administrative leave in 4/19 after accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old boy 28 years prior. Gori denied the allegations. Pastor of St. Augustine's in Andover, former canon lawyer for the archdiocesan Tribunal. Order to investigate the allegations. Gori's accuser said he was also abused by Rev. William Waters, O.S.A. from ages 8-10, 1987-90. Both priests were at either St. Augustine's in Lawrence or Andover. On Villanova U.'s board of trustees since 2013. Suspended in Spring 2019 during investigation of allegations by the Augustinians. Returned to the board after the order found the allegation to be unfounded. The archdiocese determined that the allegation could not be substantiated and announced in late 3/20 that Gori would be returned to his position as pastor of St. Augustine's.

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Fr. Louis J. Govoni

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Ordained: 1972
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Files released in 1/2003 show that Govoni was accused of abusing a male student at Archbishop Williams High in 1972-1974. Cardinal Mederios was warned in 1977 that teenage boys frequently stayed in Govoni's room and that one was seen partially undressed at 2:00 a.m. Absent "without permission" from ministry from 1978. Lawsuit filed in 8/2002. Working in 2003 as a substitute teacher at Duxbury High School. Fired immediately after news of the allegations. Voluntary laicization in 2010 announced 2/11/2011. The Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 notes that the case concluded canonically. Per the list in 8//2022, Govoni died in 2020.

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Fr. Daniel M. Graham

Ordained: 1970
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 1988 of repeatedly molesting a 14-year-old boy. Graham admitted that the allegations were true but received a positive assessment and was allowed to return to work. Another allegation in 1992 of abuse in the 1980s resulted in restrictions, which were removed in 1996. Placed on leave in 2/2002. Living in Quincy MA as of 10/2008. Remained on administrative leave as of 8/2022 and canonical proceedings were still in process, per the Boston archdiocese's list. The diocese's list in 5/2024 notes that Graham died in 2023.

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Fr. John E. Guiney

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Ordained: 1947
Status: Settled

Died: 06/2/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

"Father Jack." Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 1/19/2011; at least one claim with Boston Archdiocese involving allegations against Guiney settled. Died 6/2/1998. The 8/2011 Boston Archdiocese list noted that there was no formal determination of guilt either because Guiney died prior to canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. James J. Haddad

Ordained: 1958
Status: Settled

Died: 08/9/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Monsignor. Accused in a lawsuit settled in 6/21 in the high five figures of sexually abusing a boy, age 13-14, multiple times 1976-1977, while assigned to St. Eulalia's in Winchester. Haddad died in 2007.

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Garabedian Law Assignment Record

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Fr. Arthur J. Hagan

Ordained: 1933
Status: Settled

Died: 03/22/1963
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 1/19/2011; at least one claim settled with the Boston Archdiocese regarding allegations against Hagan. Died 3/22/1963. The 8/2011 Boston Archdiocese's list reported no formal determination of guilt either because Hagan died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. John R. Hanlon

Ordained: 1955
Status: Convicted

Died: 10/20/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused of sexually abusing at least 10 boys during a 14-year period. Convicted of raping one youth. Sentenced to three concurrent life sentences as of 3/1994. Also abused his victim's brother. Would take boys to nude beaches to desensitize them. A civil suit filed by the two brothers settled in 1994 for an undisclosed sum. Still shown by the Archdiocese as a Senior Priest/Retired as of 3/2005. Voluntary laicization announced 6/10/2005. Still in prison in 5/2011. Name included on Archdiocese's list of accused 8/25/2011. Died in 2016.

Br. Thomas Harrison

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Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Br. Bosco. Joined the Xaverians in 1941. Left in 1973. Clinical psychologist. Named publicly as accused by the Order on its list 7/12/2019, which notes an allegation of abuse in the late 1950s reported in 2009. Deceased. On the Baltimore Archdiocese's list 7/23/2019. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

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Br. William A. Hennessy

Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Died: 09/22/1978
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a 2011 letter of repeated sexual abuse of a girl in 1962-64, beginning when the child was age 8. Her family had befriended Hennessy, who was a senior administrator at Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury MA. Hennessy often visited the girl's mother and grandmother. Listed on the website of Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian on 10/31/14 after a settlement had been reached in the year previous. Hennessy had entered the Christian Brothers' St Joseph's Juniorate in Dublin in 1915. He worked in Ireland and England, and then in the Newark, Chicago, Seattle, New York, and Boston archdioceses as a teacher and school administrator. He died 9/22/78.

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Boston Globe Obituary 09.26.78

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Fr. Gerald J. Hickey

Ordained: 1963
Status: Sued

Died: 10/17/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Former chaplain for New England Patriots football team. Unassigned since 1994. Resumed limited parish work in 1998. Two nephews came forward in 3/2002 alleging abuse. One said he told the archdiocese by letter in 1992 and filed suit, which was dismissed. The Archdiocese paid for two years' counseling. Hickey was placed on leave in 2/2002. Living in Scituate MA in 10/2008. Per the 8/2011 Boston Archdiocese's list, either its Review Board found the accusations unsubstantiated or he was acquitted by a canonical process. Retired; privileges still restricted in 10/2015. Died in 2018.

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Seminarian Paul Hightower

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Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 1/03 contained allegations that Hightower was accused of repeatedly sexually abusing at least two minors at Nazareth, a children's home in Jamaica Plain, while a lay volunteer there in the early 1960s. Hightower was a student at Cardinal O'Connell Seminary 1965-68. It appears Hightower was not ordained. He went on to have a family prior to his death in 1994 at age 47. Five claims settled as of 5/10. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database.

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Br. Anthony (Francis) Hogan

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Order: SVD
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as accused on the Divine Word Missionaries Chicago Province list. Professed vows in 1950. Worked in NY, MA, PA, DC. Abuse noted to have occurred in Duxbury MA in 1963. Left the Order in 1975. Died in 2008.

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Divine Word Missionaries Chicago Province Assignments

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Divine Word Missionaries Chicago Province List 02.26.24

Br. Thomas F. Holihan

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Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Died: 03/17/1991
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Br. Rudolph. Joined the Xaverians in 1931. Died in 1991. Named publicly as accused by the order on its list 7/12/2019. Allegation reported in 2004 of abuse in the early 1960s in Danvers.

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

Br. Edward Anthony Holmes

Order: SSCC
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Residential counselor at Nazareth Child Care Center in Jamaica Plain run by the archdiocese. Left order in 2002. Arrested in 2005 for abuse and photographing of 2 boys at the home in the 1970s and '80s. "Housemates" found photos in 1989. Both made complaints in 2003. Sentenced in 12/06 to 5 years 1 day in prison. Pled guilty in 2008 to raping a third boy; 2 more years on sentence. At least 4 claims included in 2003 global settlement with the archdiocese. One pending as of 5/10. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database. Reportedly died in 2011. Lawsuit filed in 7/17 by a man claiming abuse by Holmes as a boy, ages 8-11, in the 1970s at Nazareth and on camping trips in NH. Plaintiff said he told his mom, who told a nun in charge of his cottage at Nazareth, and that the nun's response was to punish him.

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Br. James Barron Holsenbach

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Order: FMS
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Holsenbach, also known as Brother Stanislaus, is accused in complaints made in 2002 of abuse in 1958 and 1960 at Central Catholic High. He was forced to leave the Marist order in 1961, possibly as the result of a disciplinary action involving sexual misconduct. Name is spelled Holsenback in some news reports. Died in 5/06. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. Paul William Hurley

Ordained: 1970
Status: Convicted

Died: 01/11/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Arrested and indicted in 2002. Accused of abuse of a 15-year-old boy in 1987-1988. Paid the boy $100 after each incident. Pleaded not guilty and denied the allegations. Convicted in 6/2006. Immediately began serving a 3-year provisional sentence. Sentenced in 7/2006 to 4 years in prison followed by 5 years probation. Involuntary laicization in 2006 announced in 1/2007. Released on probation. Living in Sandwich, MA as of 1/2010. On sex offender registry. Included on the archdiocese's list of accused 8/25/2011. Died 1/11/2016.

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Fr. James Hutchinson

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Ordained: 1958
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Died in 1979. Accused of in 2002 of abusing at least one 9-year-old boy in 1960 at St. Thomas More Parish in Braintree. Hutchinson reportedly had a reputation of asking very intimate questions during confession and of using the confessional to learn of peoples' weaknesses. The family of the priest apologized to the victim's family in 2002.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Boston Herald 06.18.02
Boston Herald 07.01.02

Fr. Raymond L. Hyder

Ordained: 1929
Status: Sued

Died: 09/29/1975
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a civil suit filed in 5/2003 of molesting a teenage boy while assigned to St. Margaret's Parish in Lowell, MA. Hyder was at St. Margaret's for most of his 46-year career, with the exception of 1951-1958. He died in 1975. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported no formal determination of guilt either because Hyder died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Kelvin E. Iguabita-Rodriguez

Ordained: 1999
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Iguabita, a native of Colombia, trained and ordained by the Boston archdiocese, was placed on leave 7/18/2001 from his assignment at All Saints in Haverhill. Arrested 1/15/2002 on 2 charges of rape of 15-year-old girl in 2000, after a mandated reporter contacted the diocese 11/16/2001 and then civil authorities. Cardinal Law started a canonical investigation of rape allegation on 11/17/2001, citing 'three other known accusations of inappropriate sexual relationships, one of which involves rape.' On 6/20/2003 a jury found Iguabita guilty of rape of the girl. Sentenced 6/27/2003 to 12-14 years in prison. Also charged on 4/2/2002 with assault of a 24-year-old woman prior to ordination, when he worked at St. Joachim's in Rockport. Involuntary laicization announced 2/11/2005. Victim met Pope Benedict on 4/17/2008. Third request for new trial denied 2/2011. Included on the archdiocese's list of accused in 8/2011. Apparently deported in 2015 at the end of his sentence. Suit filed 10/7/2015 alleges abuse of girl in 1999-2001, starting at age 5 and including rape. Iguabita was reportedly in Honduras in 2015. Sued in 5/2022 by a woman claiming abuse by Iguabita at ages 5-7 during 1999-2001.

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Fr. Alphonse B. Jansonis

Ordained: 1945
Status: Settled

Died: 05/13/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

"Fr. Mike." Accused in a 2005 civil suit of abuse of a girl at Most Holy Redeemer, East Boston 1951-1957. Suit involved multiple plaintiffs and named multiple priests as defendants. Attorney Durso said that almost all claims were settled. Health leave in 1977, permanent disability status in 1980. Moved in 1977 to Cape Cod, assisting on week-ends at a Pocasset parish 1977-2000. Died 5/13/2000. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported no formal determination of guilt either because Jansonis died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Harold Joseph Johnson

Ordained: 1949
Status: Settled

Died: 12/22/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A man wrote to Cardinal Law on 3/12/1992 alleging that Johnson sexually abused him as a teenager. After that first assignment at Sacred Heart in Weymouth 1949-1957, Johnson was sent as a 'lend-lease' priest 1957-1959 to St. Patrick's in Charlotte, then in the Raleigh NC diocese (now in the Charlotte diocese). Boston put Johnson on sick leave in 1992 and sent him to St. Luke Institute. Johnson admitted reoffending as recently as about 1988. Boston settled with the survivor, who surmised there were other victims, for $40K in 1992. Johnson was retired in 1993 but allowed to say Mass in parishes. File released 12/19/2002. Included in the 3/5/2003 Boston Globe list of 48 Boston priests dropped from the 2003 Directory after abuse allegations. On the Boston archdiocese list 8/25/2011, noting Johnson was directed in 2004 to live a life of prayer and penance. Died 12/22/2009. Added to Raleigh and Charlotte diocese's lists in 2/2020.

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Fr. Richard G. Johnson

Ordained: 1947
Status: Accused

Died: 03/2/2017
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

'Retired' from Boston in 1997. At 80, he was working part-time for the Diocewse of Palm Beach in 2003 when he was placed on leave after the Diocese learned that he had been accused of 'relationships' with teenage girls as early as the 1950s. Cardinal Law certified in 1998 that Johnson was in good standing despite a 1994 written allegation that in 1963 Johnson had entered into a 1 1/2 year 'relationship' with 15-year-old girl. Personnel files released in 2/2003. In 8/2011 the Boston Archdiocese's list said allegations were found unsubstantiated but privileges were restricted. Died 3/2/2017.

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Fr. Peter S. Kanchong

Ordained: 1968
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Extern priest from Thailand. Began working in Boston in 1977. Arrested in 1983, charged with molesting a girl, age 9. Also molested her two brothers. Received probation; refused treatment. Cardinal Law asked that he be recalled to Thailand. Cardinal Medeiros had already withdrawn Kanchong's right to say Mass and act as a priest in 1983 after negative letter from bishop in Thailand. Refused to return to Thailand. Living in the Meeting House Hill section of Dorchester in Boston as of 7/5/2016. Omitted from Boston archdiocesan list on 8/25/2011. Included on the list in 10/2018, noted to be AWOL. Status remains the same in 8/2022.

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Fr. Charles R. Kane

Ordained: 1953
Status: Settled

Died: 05/19/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Died 5/19/1986. Accused by his sister, after his death, of sexually abusing her son; she further alleged that "something was [also] going on with a young man" who lived with Kane in his family home. The 8/2011 Boston Archdiocese list reported no formal determination of guilt either because Kane died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death. There was a settlement in 2020, in the high five figures. In this case, Kane was accused of sexually abusing an altar boy, age 11-12, in 1973 or 1974, while assigned to St. Mary's in Billerica.

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Br. Dominic Karow

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Order: OP
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Religious Brother. Personnel file released 12/02. Karow was a Dominican brother when he allegedly molested a boy 1965-68. Became 3rd grade teacher in Boston Public schools, for 31 years. Diocesan officials found out in 1994 where he worked but did not tell school officials. This was just after the victim had come forward to Archdiocese and Order. Claim settled in 1996 for $115K. Karow retired from school in 1997. In 2001 he was living in Brenham ,TX. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database. Died in 2011. On Dominicans St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. It notes he professed in 1962 and was preparing for ordination when not approved for vows in 1965.

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Fr. John F. Keane

Ordained: 1969
Status: Convicted

Died: 05/17/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Pleaded guilty in 2/2008 to indecent assault and battery on a person under age 14 and three counts of assault and battery. Charged with assaulting a girl between 1981 and 1983 when he was at St. Elizabeth Parish in Milton and/or Our Lady of the Rosary in Stoughton. Sentenced to 30 days in jail and probation. Transferred to another church in 1987. Absent from the archdiocese without leave from 1989. Moved to FL. Registered sex offender. Involuntary laicization in 2009 announced 6/13/2011. Included on the Boston archdiocese's list of accused 8/25/2011. Died 5/17/2021.

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Fr. Dennis A. Keefe

Ordained: 1989
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 12/2002. Accused in 1995 of a sexual attack on a 15-year-old altar boy. He maintained his innocence and refused for three years to undergo psychological assessment. Removed from his parish assignment in 1995 for "health reasons." Several efforts were made by archdiocesan staff to have Keefe returned to active ministry. Left the priesthood in 1999. Voluntary laicization in 2009 announced 8/20/2010. Boston archdiocese list in 8/11 notes that the case concluded canonically.

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Fr. Bernard J. Keenan

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Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Died: 06/18/1966
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Died in 1966. Accused in 2002 of digitally raping an 8-year-old altar boy in 1961 at St. John's Parish in Wellesley. Allegation quotes "another child" as saying that "all the altar boys were molested" by Keenan. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported no formal determination of guilt either because Keenan died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Donald J. Keenan

Order: CP
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 1998 of masturbating two boys, one age 13 and the other mentally challenged, in Keenan's family home in Malden in 1977. Also insisted that they masturbate him. Died in 1995. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. Arnold E. Kelley

Ordained: 1956
Status: Reinstated

Died: 03/17/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

An allegation of past abuse at St. Rita's in Lowell was made in 11/1997. The Diocesan Review Board found no credible evidence and Kelley agreed to move. In 4/2002, the Personnel Committee learned of a second allegation against Kelley. A woman said she reported it to Sr. Rita McCarthy at the time and that McCarthy said there were no other allegations against Kelley. Per the Archdiocese's 8/2011 list, the allegations were unsubstantiated. Kelley retired without restrictions. In 10/2015 Kelley was a 'senior priest' and in residence at All Saints in Haverhill. Accused in suit filed in 4/2016 of abuse of boy, age 10-13, 1973-76 at St.Thomas Aquinas in Jamaica Plain. Alleged abuse include oral sex and sodomy. Kelley denied abuse. Settled in 1/2018. Reportedly died 3/17/2020 in Lawrence, MA although his death is not indicated on the archdiocese's list in 8/2022.

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Fr. Edward T. Kelley

Ordained: 1968
Status: Settled

Died: 08/10/2011
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

In 1977 police spotted Kelley in a car with a 17-year-old boy during an apparent sex act and told the archdiocese. Also accused of taking boys from Boston to Camp Fatima in NH and abusing them. One man told the archdiocese in 1992 that Kelley fondled his genitals at age 11 in 1968 and 1969. Matter settled for $10K in 1995. Placed on sick leave 1993-1996. Named in several suits, beginning in 2002. One 2005 suit against Kelley and two others settled for $475K in 12/2008. Assigned to a life of prayer and penance in 2005. Died 8/10/2011. Included on the archdiocese's list 8/25/2011.

Fr. Joseph W. Kenney

Ordained: 1931
Status: Sued

Died: 01/11/1992
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

One of 12 priests named as abusers in a lawsuit filed in 9/2002 against the Boston Archdiocese, Cardinal Law and others. The suit alleges that church officials failed to respond to complaints of sexual abuse, protected the perpetrators and sought to cover up the evidence. Kenney died in 1992. No information on victims or when abuse occurred. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported no formal determination of guilt either because Kenney died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death. (Name on list is Joseph F.; other sources show his as Joseph W.)

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Fr. Edward M. Keohan

Ordained: 1959
Status: Settled

Died: 09/12/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Spent five years as a missionary, mostly in Peru. One of 16 priests named for the first time in lawsuits filed in 1/2003 by 70 plaintiffs. Accused of fondling a teenage boy at St. Rose of Lima in Chelsea MA. The Archdiocese did not place him on leave until 8/2003 because it said the lawsuit did not contain enough information to justify removal. Accuser received a six-figure settlement; Keohan was exonerated by the Review Board and returned to active status in 3/2005. Per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese's list, Keohan was retired with no restrictions. He died 9/12/2015.

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Br. Albert F. Kerressey

Order: CFX
Status: Sued

Died: 09/19/1997
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Br. Ricardo/Richard. Joined the Xaverians in 1932. Accused in a 9/22/1994 demand letter of sexually abusing a student who had been injured during hazing at St. John's Prep, where Bro. Ricardo was Headmaster. Alleged to have orally sodomized the boy in the school infirmary. Previously worked at a High School in the Worcester diocese, and was later an education official at the US Catholic Conference in the Washington DC archdiocese. Also worked in Boston as a family counselor. Died 9/19/1997. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database. Included on the order's list 7/12/2019. It notes allegations reported in 1994 and later of abuse in Danvers, MA in the mid-late 1960s. Died in 1997.

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Fr. Robert W. Kirchmeyer

Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Died: 02/26/2008
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 1/2004. Church spokesman said Kirchmeyer and two other priests were allowed to remain in ministry because the allegations were either anonymous or withdrawn. A subsequent news release from the Archdiocese said that Kirchmeyer had retired and was granted senior priest/retired status as of 2/27/2004. Died 2/26/2008 in FL. Included on the Archdiocese's 8/2011 list.

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Fr. Robert J. Knapp

Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 1/2004. It revealed "a father-son" relationship with a child, sexual misconduct with three women and "hundreds of incidents" with a victim between 1979 and 1984. Knapp was first accused of child sexual abuse in 1985. Left the archdiocese without permission in 1988. Voluntary laicization in 2010 announced 6/13/2011. Living in Maine at the time. The Boston archdiocese list in 8/2011 notes that the case concluded canonically.

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Br. Leo R. Labbe

Order: SC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Took first vows as a Brother of the Sacred Heart in 1959, final vows in 1965. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 11/02 of forcing an 11-year-old boy to perform oral sex on him in 1960-61, at Sacred Heart Academy in Andover, MA. Labbe was head of Bishop Guertin High School in NH at the time of the alleged abuse. Per the suit, Labbe, then known as Bro. Gerald, abused the boy on several occasions. Labbe denied the allegations but placed himself on administrative leave. Case settled in 5/04. Labbe was also accused of not reporting numerous abusers at Bishop Guertin. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database. Celebrated his 60th anniversary of entering the order in 9/19.

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Fr. Leo P. Landry

Order: CSS
Ordained: 1958
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Pleaded guilty in 8/2004 to sexual abuse charges in MA. Sentenced to lifetime probation. Allegations against Landry also in Springfield MA and Manchester NH. Multiple victims in the 1950s,1960s and 1970s. Multiple civil suits. Also worked in Canada. Laicized in 1972. One claim was settled in Springfield MA in 2004 and two in 2008. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. Bernard J. Lane

Ordained: 1960
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused by dozens of boys of sexually abusing them at Alpha Omega facilities in Littleton MA and at Lane's NH cottage. Accusations included oral and anal rape. First accused in 1978 by two boys and removed after admitting going to bed with residents. Treated at House of Affirmation and St. Luke's; at least six settlements including $200K in 1998. Worked unsupervised until 1999, including youth programs, pastor, priest home. Reprimanded in 2002 for false affidavit. Involuntary laicization in 2004 announced in 2/2005. Included on the Archdiocese's list of accused in 8/2011. Accused in a federal lawsuit in 10/2016 of abusing a boy at a counseling facility in Malden in 1970; dismissed for lack of process in 3/2017. Per the Archdiocese's list in 2024, Lane died in 2023.

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Fr. James H. Lane

Ordained: 1962
Status: Settled

Died: 07/28/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Chaplain for the Boston Police Department for 30 years, starting in 1972. Died in 7/2007. Accused of abuse of an altar boy at St. Paul's in Dorchester 1966-1967; settlement of claim by the Archdiocese was announced in 4/2012. Previously known as a whistleblower regarding allegations against other priests. Died before allegations could be investigated. Included on the Archdiocese's list in 2018.

Fr. John J. Lane

Ordained: 1925
Status: Accused

Died: 06/2/1971
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Monsignor. Accused in 2002 of sexually abusing two complainants, both at St. Theresa's parish in North Reading. One complainant also alleged abuse by Rev. William F. Maloney, who was assigned to the parish in 1967-1968, when Lane was pastor there. Died in 1971. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported no formal determination of guilt either because Lane died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Joseph R. Laughlin

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 05/27/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuit Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. It notes allegations in 1990 and 1996 of abuse 1975-1976. Restricted by his order in 1990. Appears to have lived at the Jesuits' Campion Center in Weston MA until his death. Died 5/27/2013.

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Fr. Anthony J. Laurano

Ordained: 1950
Status: Indicted

Died: 05/27/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Retired in 1995. Sued. Placed on leave in 2002. Accused of abuse of a boy in 1991. Indicted on two counts of child rape in 2005. Also accused of abuse of a mentally disabled man and, in 1970, the abuse of a 25-year-old seminarian. Involuntary laicization announced in 3/2007. Died 5/27/2007 just prior to criminal trial. Name included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2011.

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Fr. Victor C. LaVoie

Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Died: 06/26/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Placed on leave in 7/2002 after a recent allegation that he abused a 15-year-old boy 20 years previously, while assigned to St. Thomas Parish in Wilmington. A second allegation of abuse occurring in the same time period surfaced in 2003. LaVoie denied all allegations. Remained unassigned, per Archdiocese website 5/4/2009. Still on administrative leave as of 8/2011 per the Archdiocese's list. Canonical court found charges 'not proven' in 11/2011 and Lavoie was granted retired status. Died 06/26/2014.

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Fr. Kenneth A. LeBlanc

Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Died: 01/20/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Placed on leave in 2/2009 while the Archdiocese investigated allegations of the sexual abuse of a 10-year-old girl approximately 25-30 years prior. Assigned at the time of the alleged abuse to Most Blessed Sacrament in Wakefield. On her personal website, the accuser claimed that there were also other victims. LeBlanc died in 1/2010. The 8/2011 Boston Archdiocese list reports no formal determination of guilt either because LeBlanc died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Roger R. Leblanc

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Ordained: 1972
Status: Settled

Died: 08/19/1978
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a claim settled in 6/2023 in the high five figures of sexually abusing a boy, age 11-12, during 1972-1973. Leblanc was assigned at the time to St. Anthony of Padua in Shirley. The abuse allegedly occurred at the boy's home. Leblanc died in 1978 at age 31 or 32.

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Fr. Charles M. Loeffler

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1941
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Sent to Iraq as a missionary within 2-3 years of ordination. Spent 20 years there, returning to the U.S. in 1969. One of 12 new priests named in 1/03 lawsuits. A 71-year-old woman in 2003 said he abused her and her sister in 1941. Loeffer died in 1992 at age 80. A woman who filed suit wanted people to know that abuse within the Archdiocese did not begin just in 1950s. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. Samuel J. Lombard

Ordained: 1946
Status: Sued

Died: 07/11/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Retired and died in 1998. Accused in a 2001 pro se lawsuit of sodomizing a 9-year-old altar boy in a sacristy in 1968. Suit dismissed due to the statute of limitations. In 6/2002 a woman alleged that Lombard had sexually assaulted her as an adult. Youth Minister Christopher Reardon (later convicted of abuse) was an altar server as a boy under Lombard and Fr. Jon Martin. Under fire for his sexual habits and his supervision of Reardon, Martin said he was recruited into the priesthood by Lombard. Lombard's name is included on the 8/2011 Boston Archdiocese list.

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Fr. John P. Lyons

Ordained: 1955
Status: Acquitted

Died: 11/8/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Placed on leave in 6/2002 after two men filed suits alleging he abused them as altar boys during the 1970s and early 1980s. One man's mother said she complained at the time to a priest who told Bishop D'Arcy. Arrested in 9/2002 and charged with abuse of a boy, age 8-10, between 1987 and 1989. Acquitted by jury in 2005. No information on resolution of civil suits. Name included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2011, 'case in process.' In 9/2020 the archdiocese announced that Lyons had been "dismissed from the clerical state" by the Vatican. Died in 2020.

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Fr. James L. MacGuinness

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Ordained: 1912
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Included on Attorney Garabedian's 3/28/16 list of accused clerics named in civil claims resulting in settlements or arbitration awards. A 90-year-old man claimed MacGuinness sexually abused him at St. Joseph's in Roxbury MA 1938-40. Also worked in Beachmont, Marblehead, Lawrence, Sharon and Peabody parishes. Chaplain for both a boys' orphanage and a girls' academy. Several leaves of absence marked his career. Died 4/14/55.

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Fr. Thomas H. Maguire

Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Took voluntary leave 10/28/2012 without privileges after recent allegations of engaging in "inappropriate behavior in the presence of minors." Police investigators found no evidence of a crime. Had served as pastor at St. Helen Mother of the Emperor Constantine Parish in Norwell since 2001. After publicity, more people came forward with accusations of sexual abuse during and prior to the mid-1990s. While assigned to St. John's in Canton MA, reportedly drank alcohol with youth involved in the CYO and, on one particular occasion, touched himself sexually and offered money to the first boy who completed a sexual act. Name included on the archdiocese's list in 1/2013, 'Administrative Leave; Case in Process.' Laicization announced 3/31/2016.

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Fr. Paul J. Mahan

Ordained: 1968
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A 2000 lawsuit claimed Mahan abused two of his nephews in 1994-1995 Another was filed in 1999. As of late 2002, at least 12 lawsuits had been filed against Mahan. More in 1/2003. The archdiocese was warned in 1994 and 1995. Mahan was referred to as "dangerous" and "a threat to adolescent males." Sent for treatment twice. Privileges removed in 1996. Involuntarily laicized in 2/1998. Name included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2011.

Fr. William F. Maloney

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Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 2002 of abusing a minor in the late 1960s at St. Theresa's in North Reading, where he was assigned briefly before entering the Military archdiocese as a Navy chaplain. The complainant also accused the pastor, Msgr. John J. Lane. Navy chaplain 1968-1973. Per the 8/2011 Boston Archdiocese list, Maloney was laicized in 1974 on other grounds.

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Fr. Paul Francis Manning

Ordained: 1967
Status: Acquitted

Died: 02/26/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Criminally charged in 1993 with the recent sexual abuse of an 11-year-old altar boy. Another priest reported witnessing Manning touching the boy's genitals in the St. Charles rectory in Woburn. Acquitted by a jury in 1994. After acquittal, was not allowed to act as a priest and all faculties were removed in 1996. In 2002, man and woman came forward to say he had abused them as minors. Included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2011. Remained on administrative leave as of 10/2015, canonical proceedings still in process. Died 2/26/2020, canonical case not completed.

Br. William Marinan

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Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Bro. LaSalle. Joined the Xaverians in 1947. Named publicly as accused by the order on its list 7/12/2019. It notes a report received in 2011 of abuse in the early 1970s in MA. Marinan died in 2014.

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Fr. Jon C. Martin

Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

In 2002 a man reported to the Archdiocese that Martin groped him at age 14 in 1965. The abuse is said to have occurred when Martin took him and his brother to his family home in NH to shovel snow and chop wood. Martin took leave in 2000 and resigned in 2001 from his position as pastor of the church where convicted child molester Chris Reardon worked; he had been accused of ignoring complaints about Reardon. Per the Archdiocese's 8/2011 list, the allegations against Martin were found unsubstantiated. Retired; privileges remained restricted in 8/2022.

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Fr. Richard O. Matte

Ordained: 1964
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Investigated by the archdiocese in 1992 after receipt of an anonymous letter complaining of Matte's behavior. His personnel file later showed two complaints in 1992 and at least one more by 11/1993. Removed in 1994. By 3/2002 six men had brought complaints against Matte and received settlements. He was sued at least twice. Voluntary laicization announced 6/10/2005. Per the Boston list in 8/2011, the case concluded canonically. The list in 2020 shows that Matte died in 2017.

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Br. Julius Martin Mattingly

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Order: OP
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a 2013 letter of repeatedly molesting a girl in 1969-75 beginning when she was age 13 and Mattingly was connected with St. Stephen Priory in Dover, MA. Listed on the website of Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian on 10/31/14 after a settlement had been reached in the year previous. On Dominicans St. Joseph Province list in late 2018. It notes his removal from contact with children in 1984. Died in 1991.

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Fr. John Kevin McAndrews

Ordained: 1949
Status: Sued

Died: 08/5/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a 2002 lawsuit of abuse of a boy, age 11-12, in the late 1960s at St. Anthanasius Church in Reading, MA. The abuse allegedly went on for a year. McAndrews died in 1986 at age 63. The Boston archdiocese 8/2011 list reports no formal determination of guilt either because McAndrews died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Mary McAvoy

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Order: CSJ
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a lawsuit filed 5/11/04 of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl at the Boston School for the Deaf in about 1972. Allegations included digital rape and physical abuse. The initial suit named 9 plaintiffs and 14 defendants, two of whom removed themselves from ministering to children. More suits were filed. Other plaintiffs accused McAvoy of abuse. Witnesses regarding pattern and practice at the school were barred; all suits were withdrawn or dismissed.

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Fr. George V. McCabe

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1940
Status: Sued

Died: 02/13/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

In a 2002 civil suit, three men alleged they were sexually abused by McCabe when he was working in the Boston Archdiocese. McCabe's personnel file, released in 2003, reports five men said McCabe fondled them as minors during the 1970s. Included on the Jesuits Northeast Province list of credibly accused 1/15/2019, which notes reports received in the 2000s of abuse in the 1960s-1970s. McCabe died in 1998.

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Fr. Paul R. McCarthy

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Ordained: 1980
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a lawsuit that was settled in 7/2021 in the high five figures of sexually abusing a boy, age 11-12, in 1989-1990, while assigned to St. Catherine of Siena in Norwood. Per the Archdiocese, "McCarthy has been AWOL since 2005."

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Fr. James T. McDonald

Ordained: 1953
Status: Settled

Died: 03/8/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A woman complained in 1993 about abuse by McDonald when she was 14. In 1994 a woman said she was abused by McDonald when she was age 10. He was removed from active ministry in 1994. Personnel file released in 2/2003 contained allegations that he had abused several girls. He admitted abuse of 4-5 girls. Another woman complained in 1996 about abuse 1965-1966; in 1997 McDonald wrote a letter of apology. The archdiocese did not give it to the woman until 2003. She settled for $35K. McDonald retired in 1996 and died in 1999; Cardinal Law officiated at his funeral. Name included on the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list of accused priests.

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Fr. Paul E. McDonald

Ordained: 1964
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 12/2002 contained allegations by several men who said they were abused as children by McDonald in the early to mid-1960s, at St. Joseph's in Hyde Park. One said he was repeatedly molested by McDonald for five years, beginning when he was age 10, during outings to the Blue Hills. The abuse included oral rape. Another victim stated that McDonald befriended his family after a house fire killed two of the boy's brothers, and then molested him and his cousin over a period of two years. McDonald took a one-year leave of absence in 1976 and soon left the priesthood to marry. Accused of abuse of one boy in the 1960s in a civil suit that settled in 2001. Voluntarily laicized in 2005. The Boston archdiocese list in 8/2011 says the case concluded canonically.

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Fr. Charles R. McGahey

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Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as accused by Attorney Mitchell Garabedian 5/7/19. McGahey died 9/9/04.

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Mass Live 05.07.19

Fr. Donald J. McGurrin

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Order: OMI
Ordained: 1944
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused by two women in a 2002 lawsuit of abusing them when they were minors 1978-80, at Sacred Heart in Lowell. McGurrin died in 1993. The suit involved multiple plaintiffs and named multiple priests as defendants. Attorney Durso said that all claims were settled. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. Joseph E. McInnis

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1941
Status: Settled

Died: 06/2/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Reportedly in 2003, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of a woman who alleged up to 200 incidences of sexual abuse by McInnis when she was 6-11 years old. He was working at St. Monica's parish in Boston at the time of the alleged abuse. He died in 1986. The suit settled as part of a massive Boston $85M settlement in Fall, 2003. At least one other suit was settled with a woman alleging abuse by McInnis at age 15 at St. James in Arlington, MA 1968-1969. Included on the Jesuits Northeast Province list of credibly accused 1/15/2019 (spelled McInnes). It notes allegations in the 2000s of abuse of multiple minors 1960s-1980s.

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Fr. James T. McKeon

Ordained: 1928
Status: Accused

Died: 08/3/1965
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Reportedly in 2002, a woman accused McKeon of abusing her as a child in the 1940s and said that he also abused several of her female cousins. When their parents complained, they were told to remain silent "for the good of the church." Died 8/3/1965. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported no formal determination of guilt either because McKeon died prior to a canonical investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Edward J. McLaughlin

Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as accused by Attorney Mitchell Garabedian 5/7/19. McLaughlin died 10/12/13.

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The Boston Pilot 10.18.13
Mass Live 05.07.19

Fr. John E. McLaughlin

Ordained: 1961
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named in a 9/2002 lawsuit with claims of abuse by 12 priests. One man said he went to McLaughlin for counseling in 6/2001 and was groped. A second man later said the priest groped him at his son's christening. Both included in a 2003 massive settlement. Placed on leave in 5/2004 when a recent allegation arose that he sexually abused a minor about 20 years prior. Officially removed from his assignment, per a 4/01/2005 statement. Included on the Archdiocese's list in 8/2011. The Tribunal deemed the allegations unsubstantiated in 8/2012. Placed on senior priest status with restrictions. Status unchanged in 8/2022.

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Fr. Paul J. McLaughlin

Ordained: 1955
Status: Settled

Died: 11/10/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Ordained in 1955 in Yakima WA. Retired in 2001 from Boston; moved to CA and worked part-time in a San Bernardino parish until placed on leave in 2003 after three men accused him of abusing them in MA when they were minors in the 1960s. Boston knew of one allegation in 5/2002 but didn't tell the San Bernardino diocese until 9/2002. Personnel file contained references to one instance of non-specified physical abuse and another where he told boys to do nude Greco-Roman wrestling. He denied all charges. Included in 8/2011 on the Boston archdiocese's list, status 'Administrative Leave; Case in Process.' Accused in a lawsuit settled in the high five figures in 6/2021 of sexually abusing a boy, ages 8-10, multiple times 1967-1969 while assigned to St. John the Evangelist in Swampscott MA. Sentenced by the Vatican in 9/2021 to a life of prayer and penance. Living at the time, at age 91, in CA. Died in 11/2021.

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Fr. Benjamin J. McMahon, Jr.

Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Arrested in 1985 for a sex act with a man. The archdiocese and court kept the arrest quiet. Took leave from the priesthood in 1986. In 1991 a family complained to the church that McMahon had sexually abused three of their sons in the late 1970s - early 1980s, while assigned to Immaculate Conception in Marlboro. He was a family friend who often went on vacations with them and slept in the same room as the boys. No criminal charges because of statute of limitations. Voluntary laicization in 2010, announced 6/13/2011. Per the Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011, the case concluded canonically.

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Fr. Gerard T. McMahon

Ordained: 1961
Status: Convicted

Died: 05/21/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 2006 of raping a girl 1967-1970. He would get drunk at the family's home and they would let him sleep it off in the little girl's bed. Indicted in 4/2006. Left Boston in 1970 to serve as a military chaplain; remained a priest of the archdiocese. Retired from the military and settled in FL. Pleaded guilty in 5/2006. Sentenced to lifetime probation, to be served in FL. Laicization pending per Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011. Died in 2013. On the Archdiocese of Mobile AL list 12/6/2018, where he was assigned at some point to St. Benedict School in Elberta (First name misspelled "Gerald.")

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Fr. Francis J. McManus

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1973
Status: Settled

Died: 01/5/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Removed from hospital chaplaincy in the Fall River diocese after a man alleged in 3/2002 that McManus molested him in the 1970s at Boston College High School. Sent to live under restriction at Campion Center in Weston, MA. Settled for $600K in 1/2003. Another man alleged he was abused by McManus in the early-1980s. The man said he returned his diploma in 1988 when the school failed to investigate. McManus was assigned to parishes in the dioceses of Norwich CT and Kingsport TN between his assignments at BC High and hospitals. (The order's list erroneously shows him as in Kingsport KY - there is no such place.) Died 1/5/2015. Included on the Northeast Jesuits' list of credibly accused 1/15/2019. On the Norwich diocese's list 2/22/2019m which notes reports received 2002-2005 of abuse of multiple minors 1974-1985. On the Knoxville diocese's list as of 3/6/2020. On the Fall River diocese's list of credibly accused in 1/2021.

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Fr. Paul G. McPartland

Ordained: 1957
Status: Unsubstantiated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 2/2003 revealed that a woman came forward in 1998 to allege that in 1969, when she was 16, McPartland pinned her down in the front seat of his car and tried to take her shirt off. He stopped when she began to cry. Archdiocese paid almost $18K in therapy bills. He denied the accusation, saying that she had been the "aggressive" one. Review Board found in 1998 that exact nature of incident could not be reliably determined. He retired in 2002 with no restrictions. Included in 8/2011 on the Boston archdiocese's list of accused. Status in 8/2022 is 'Found unsubstantiated; Not restricted; Senior Priest.'

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Fr. Richard E. McQuade

Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Per personnel file released in 2/03, in 1996 a man took 30 letters to the Archdiocese that McQuade had written to his son (see Globe 2/25/03 article). Letters included reference to ar elationship that began when the boy was 17. The boy was killed in a 1992 auto accident while on his way to McQuade's home. McQuade denied there was a sexual relationship and the Review Board could not substantiate the allegations. Assigned to Emergency Response Team and psychotherapy recommended.

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Cardinal Humberto S. Medeiros

Ordained: 1946
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Boston MA archbishop 1970 until his death in 1983. Allegation surfaced in 2002 that he touched a 14-year-old boy in the groin while giving him a "bear hug" in the chancery. His accuser said the incident occurred the same evening he was allegedly molested by Vice-Chancellor Rev. Fred Ryan. Medeiros had been priest and chancellor in the Fall River MA diocese and Bishop of Brownsville TX. As Boston archbishop he moved pedophiles such as Revs. John Geoghan and Robert M. Burns from parish to parish, telling victims' families to be silent to avoid scandal.

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Fr. Robert V. Meffan

Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Complaints made as early as 1977. Cardinal Medeiros recommended therapy but Meffan became a counselor. By 1985 he was back in a parish assignment. Memo from Bishop Robert Banks in 1986 noted that Meffan was engaged in sexual acts with girls as young as 15. One woman said in 1993 that Meffan participated in sexual acts with four girls at the same time. Retired in 1996. "Voluntarily" laicized in 2004. Last known to be living in White Horse Beach, Plymouth. Per the Boston archdiocese' list in 8/2011, the case concluded canonically.

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Fr. John M. Mendicoa

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Ordained: 1967
Status: Unsubstantiated

Died: 05/2/2019
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

From Spain. Assigned to Sacred Heart in Roslindale when the Archdiocese announced 8/14/2011 that Mendicoa was placed on leave after an allegation that he sexually abused a child in the 1980s. Law enforcement was notified. Worked in PA, MD and Washington DC. At various times, he also appeared to be affiliated with different Orders. Included on the Boston Archdiocese's list of accused as of 3/2012. In 4/2012, the Archdiocese deemed the allegations to be 'unsubstantiated' and assigned him to status of "senior priest, restricted." Status unchanged on the list in 8/2022, although Mendicoa died in 2019.

Fr. Fiori Dominic Menna

Ordained: 1958
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Removed as senior priest in residence (retired) at St. Mary's in Quincy in 6/2010, pending the investigation of allegations of abuse of at least two children approximately 50 years previously. Menna was apparently in his first assignment at St. Mary's during the relevant time period. No criminal charges due to the statute of limitations. A lawsuit on behalf of a man claiming abuse 1963-1968 was to be filed in 7/1200. Included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2011, on administrative leave and canonical case in process. Sentenced to a life of prayer and penance in 2016. Sued for abuse of a boy, ages 6-7, in 1968-1969, while assigned to St. Mary's; settled in 2/2020 in the high five figures.

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Br. Edward Michael

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Order: FMS
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Allegation received in 2001 of abuse in 1967 when Michael was teaching at Central Catholic High in Lawrence. He worked at the school 1964-72 and again as a part-time volunteer 1985-86. Removed in 1986 following a complaint by a student of "inappropriate behavior." Died in 1992. No record of complaints in his files but Marist officials acknowledged "it is possible that complaints lodged during those years were not recorded." Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database. New allegations in 5/17 by a man in his 60s claiming abuse at age 14-15 by Michael and three other Marist brothers at Central Catholic, including Xavier Leonard Boulanger. Said he told the principal, who did nothing but move him out of the alleged perpetrator's algebra class.

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Fr. Lawrence Joseph Michaud

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Order: SM
Ordained: 1936
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A woman wrote to Cardinal Law in 3/94, alleging that Michaud repeatedly abused her when she was 12-years-old in the late 1950s or early 1960s. He was assigned at the timme of the alleged abuse to St. Joseph's in Haverhill, MA. Living in Van Buren, ME when he died in 1990 at age 80. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Docs produced by Boston Archdiocese: 1994 letter from Accuser
Boston Globe 11.05.90
Boston Globe 11.20.11

Fr. Edwin Modicowitz

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Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1933
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Worked in Indiana, Wisconsin, New York, and Massachusetts. Died in 1980. Accused in 1998 of having sexually abused an altar boy in 1965 or 1966 at St. Denis' in Westwood, Massachusetts. The accuser indicated there may have been other victims. Modicowitz' former Provincial acknowledged in 1998 that he had removed Modicowitz from a New York parish due to "problems." Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. William H. Morgan

Ordained: 1950
Status: Sued

Died: 02/8/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

In 1992 the Archdiocese received a letter which lead to an internal investigation of Morgan. He admitted to abusing his two young nephews. Sent for a psychiatric evaluation. Resigned from his position as a parish pastor in 1993, per recommendation of the Archdiocesan Review Board. The 1995 Catholic Directory shows Morgan to be 'retired.' He died in 1999. One nephew filed suit in 2/2001 claiming Morgan sexually abused him from ages 3-12, about 35 years prior. The lawsuit was dismissed in 10/2001. Per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list, criminal or canonical proceedings were not complete when Morgan died.

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Fr. Paul J. Moriarty

Ordained: 1948
Status: Sued

Died: 09/12/1982
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A 9/2002 suit by 27 plaintiffs alleged that the the Boston archdiocese covered up abuse by 12 priests over a period of 50 years. Moriarty is named as a perpetrator in this suit. Personnel file released in 12/2002 contained a single anonymous allegation from 1992 claiming he sexually abused a child at St. Mary of the Hills in Milton in the 1950s. Moriarty died in 1982 after 10 assignments during a 34 year career. Criminal or canonical proceedings not complete when he died, per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list.

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Fr. Philip D. Moriarty

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1944
Status: Accused

Died: 12/16/1974
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. (Name misspelled Moriarity). It notes allegations received in 2005 of abuse of a minor 1963-1969. Moriarty was assigned during those years to St. Xavier High School in Concord, MA. He died in 1974.

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Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19

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Fr. Robert H. Morrissette

Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 12/2002. Admitted in 1984 to sexually molesting a 16-year-old boy. Accused of keeping pornography and having homosexual relationships. Transferred to another parish with full knowledge by Cardinal Law. Removed by review board in 1993. Voluntarily laicized in 2005. Per the archdiocese's list in 8/2011, the case concluded canonically.

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Br. Thomas Morrissey

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Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Brother Gabriel. Joined the order in 1959. Named publicly as accused by the Xaverian Brothers on its list 7/12/2019. It notes allegations of abuse and attempted abuse reported in 2002 and later, in Danvers and Westwood, late 1960s-early 1970s. Put on a safety plan in 2002. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list 7/23/2019. Per the order's list in 3/2021, Morrissey died in 2021. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report (name misspelled Morrisey).

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Fr. Thomas F. Motherway

Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Died: 04/21/2003
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Included on a 3/2003 list of 48 priests whose names were removed from the current Boston clergy directory because they had been suspended from ministry after abuse allegations. Seriously injured in an automobile accident in 1985; confined to a wheelchair. Went on permanent disability in 1998. Died in 4/2003. Criminal or canonical proceedings not complete when he died, per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list. Included in 1/2021 on the Fall River diocese's list of accused. Assigned there at some point to Our Lady of Victory in Centerville.

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Fr. Jay Michael Mullin

Ordained: 1969
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 1992 of sexually molesting a boy in the early 1970s. Removed from parish in 1992. Claim settled in 1997 for $50K. Mullin denied the allegations; said the archdiocese forced settlement. Back in parish by 1998, initially as the organist only. He then announced he was a priest but had not been functioning because of health. Personnel file released in 12/2002 and he was again removed from ministry. Still on administrative leave as of 10/2015 and canonical proceedings still in process, per the Archdiocese's list of accused. In 2020 the archdiocesan website shows Mullin's status as "Found unsubstantiated; Restricted; Senior priest." The status was unchanged in 8/2022.

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Fr. Alfred M. Murphy

Order: OSA
Ordained: 1956
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 12/02 included allegation of molestation of a 17-year-old boy over a 3-week period in 1983, during a cross-country trip in an RV. Accuser settled with the Archdiocese and the Order in 1992. Murphy was transferred to a Philadelphia monastery to live under supervision. Civil suit filed and settled in 1992. Another suit against Order settled for $100K in 10/11. It alleged abuse of a youth by Murphy and a Brother John between 1966-68. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Letter from Francis Murphy to Archbishop Schwietz, 2006
Boston Globe 12.12.02
Union Leader 12.12.02
Boston Herald 12.12.02
Eagle Tribune 10.29.11
Boston Globe 11.20.11

Fr. Charles J. Murphy

Ordained: 1959
Status: Sued

Died: 06/11/2011
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a lawsuit filed 5/11/2004 of walking in on a girl at the Boston School for Deaf while she was partially clothed. A later complaint alleged fondling as well. Murphy denied the charge. Placed on administrative leave 8/21/2004. More suits were filed. All suits later were withdrawn/dismissed. Murphy was reinstated 4/11/2006 but stepped down again in 4/2010 after a new allegation. Review Board could not substantiate charges and Murphy was restored to Senior Priest status as of 9/2010. Died 6/11/2011. Included in 8/2011 on the Boston archdiocese's list of accused.

Fr. David C. Murphy

Ordained: 1963
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Removed from his position as chaplain at Brockton Hospital in 2/2002 because of multiple allegations of abuse. Had been in this assignment since 1997; hospital did not know of past allegations. Multiple allegations shown in personnel file released in 12/2002. One individual received a $20K settlement. New claim received after Murphy was placed on leave. Still on administrative leave as of 8/2011 and canonical proceedings still in process, per Boston archdiocese list. In 10/2015 Murphy's status was "Found unsubstantiated; Restricted; Senior Priest." In 2020 the archdiocesan website shows him as "deceased (2014)."

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Fr. Kenneth B. Murphy

Ordained: 1946
Status: Settled

Died: 05/22/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 1/19/2011. Garabedian said he had settled at least one claim with the Boston Archdiocese involving allegations against this individual. Murphy died 5/22/1999. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list reported no formal determination of guilt either because Murphy died prior to a canonical or criminal investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Anthony Ngwumohaike

Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel files on Ngwumohaike and two other priests released in 1/04 and contained allegations of abuse. All three priests remained in active ministry because the allegations were either anonymous or withdrawn, per church spokesman. Ngwumohaike was priest and chairman of the General Council of the Nigerian Catholic Community in Boston, per website accessed 5/18/04. Name not found on website 8/2/07. Working in Okporo, Orlu diocese, in Nigeria in 2010.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Pastoral Ministry of Priests 2010, Diocese of Orlu – Nigeria
Boston Herald 01.15.04

Fr. Paul Niehauser

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Order: SVD
Ordained: 1929
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Divine Missionaries Chicago Province on its list as of 2/2024. Worked in Japan, IL, IA, NY OR, MA. Abuse noted to have occurred in 1951 in Duxbury MA. Niehauser died in 1968.

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Society of the Divine Word List 02.26.24

Fr. W. James Nyhan

Ordained: 1973
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Allegations in 1993 and 1997, per archdiocesan records. Removed in 2002. Visiting priest in Charleston SC when arrested in 2003 for abuse in 1979-1980. Criminal trial in 4/2006. Allegations in both Boston and Charleston. Pleaded guilty just prior to start of criminal trial 4/25/2006. A 30-year sentence was changed to 5 years probation. Civil suit in Charleston settled at mediation in 8/2006. Involuntary laicization announced by the Boston Archdiocese in 3/2007. Included on the Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011. On the Charleston diocese's list 3/29/2019. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2/2022 of sexually abusing a girl, age 11, while assigned to St. Brendan's in Dorchester MA in 1980.

Fr. Rickard J. O’Donovan

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Ordained: 1949
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Born in Ireland, raised in the Boston area. Died in 8/00 at age 77. A settlement of one claim announced in 4/12 by Attorney Mitchell Garabedian. Accused of abuse of a boy, ages 9-11, on about 20 occasions in the rectory of St. Colman's Church in Brockton. The archdiocese reported it would not substantiate the accusations because O'Donovan died before they surfaced.

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Fr. Denis O’Driscoll

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Order: SMA
Ordained: 1956
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, ages 8-9, in 1979-80 while assigned to St. Paul's in Hingham. The abuse allegedly occurred in the parish school, where the boy was a student. Settled in 4/20 in the mid-five figures. Driscoll was a priest of the Society of African Missions until 1982, when he was possibly incardinated into the Boston archdiocese. He appears to have begun work in the archdiocese in 1977. He died in 1994.

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Garabedian Law Offices Assignment Record

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Garabedian Law Offices Assignment Record

Fr. Arthur P. O’Leary

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Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Per personnel file released in 2/03, O'Leary was placed on administrative leave in 1994 after the fathers of two boys complained that he had touched the boys inappropriately. The file also shows that in the 1980s he was seen at Cape Cod rest areas having sex with strangers. Under observation by the police in 1985 and 1986. He promised the Church that he would stay away from rest stops, but did not. Church officials were afraid that he would be arrested. He was transferred to Hanover in 1991. Still on leave in 2008 and living in Yarmouth MA. In 9/15 O'Leary was an "unassigned senior" living in Melbourne, FL.

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Fr. William V. O’Neill

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Ordained: 1931
Status: Accused

Died: 12/4/1960
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused on 5/17/2002 of sexually abusing and exploiting a 12-year-old boy in 1957 during confession at the rectory of Immaculate Conception in Everett. (The Archdiocese first mistakenly identified the priest as James W. O'Neil SJ.) Died 12/4/1960. Name included on the Boston archdiocese's 8/2011 list of accused priests. Criminal or canonical proceedings not complete at the time of Murphy's death.

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Fr. Eugene M. O’Sullivan

Ordained: 1960
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Complaint to Cardinal Cushing in 1964 that O'Sullivan abused an altar boy. Multiple allegations at first parish; transferred to three other parishes, each time because of multiple complaints. Convicted in 1984 of raping an altar boy. Given five years' probation on condition that he be kept away from children. Instead, sent by Cardinal Law to Metuchen, where he worked in four more parishes. Recalled to Boston in 1992; retired, given senior priest status. Involuntary laicization announced in 2005. Name included on the Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011. Died in 2019.

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Br. Donald J. O’Toole

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Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

"Br. Alois." Joined the Xaverians in 1935. Named publicly as accused by the Order on its list 7/12/2019. It notes allegations received in 1989 of abuse in MA late 1950s-early1980s, unrelated to Xaverian school students. Removed from ministry in 1989. O'Toole died in 2006. On Baltimore archdiocese's list 7/23/2019. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Fr. Francis E. O’Brien, Jr.

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Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled

Died: 09/12/2008
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a lawsuit settled in 6/21 in the high five figures of sexually abusing a boy, ages 7-12, multiple times 1966-71 while assigned to Christ the King in Hudson. O'Brien died in 2008.

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Fr. Christian Ohazulume

Ordained: 1996
Status: Charged

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Extern priest from the Diocese of Nnewi, Nigeria. Charged in 9/11/18 with the sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl in 2007. Report was made to archdiocese 8/31/18. Ohazulume was living with the girl's family, who were relatives, in Randolph MA when he arrived in the United States to study at Boston College in 2006. Working since 2010 as a chaplain at B.I. Deaconess Medical Center while residing at Assumption parish in Brookline. Pled not guilty.

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Fr. Lionel P. Ouellette

Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 09/4/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Ouellette (sometimes spelled Ouelette) had a reputation for "seducing young ladies," per a 1972 letter to his superiors. Accused in 1994 of improperly touching young girls while an assistant priest in the early 1960s. He denied the allegations and received a psychological assessment. Cardinal Law said that he would be allowed to continue in ministry "with your pastor being aware of the concerns that have been raised." Retired in 12/1996. Died in 9/2000. Name included on the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list of accused.

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Fr. Julian S. Pagacz

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Ordained: 1973
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Polish National Catholic church parish priest. Arrested in 1992, accused of raping two teenage girls while he was drinking with them in his home. In a plea bargain, he acknowledged enough evidence to convict him of indecent assault. Ordered to receive sex offender counseling and pay $300 fine for providing alcohol. The girls changed their stories at least once. One girl refused to testify and prosecutors dropped the charges in her case.

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Deacon Joseph A. Papile

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Ordained: 1988
Status: Settled

Died: 12/25/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Ordained for the diaconate in 1988. Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 1/19/2011. Garabedian said he has settled at least one claim with the Boston Archdiocese regarding allegations against this individual. Papile died 12/25/2009. The Boston archdiocese's 8/2011 list reported no formal determination of guilt either because Papile died prior to a canonical or criminal investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Ronald H. Paquin

Ordained: 1973
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Pled guilty in 12/2002 to three counts of child rape; sentenced to 12-15 years prison. At least 18 complaints reported to Archdiocese over a 20-year period; not permanently removed until 2000. Placed on leave in 1990, reinstated in 1998. Six claims settled by church for over $500K. Named in report by NH Attorney General. Laicization announced in 5/2004. Name included in 8/2011 on the Boston archdiocese's list. Announcement 10/2/2015 that prosecutors' bid to have Paquin civilly committed to a facility for sexual predators was denied, after "qualified experts" deemed him not sexually dangerous. Released same day. Indicted in 2/2017 in ME on 29 counts of sexual misconduct with two boys in late '80s, some at camps in ME. Pled not guilty. Extradited to ME jail. Reindicted in 11/2017; pleaded not guilty to 31 counts. Found guilty 11/29/2018 on 11 counts related to abuse of one boy. Found not guilty of abuse of the other. Sentenced in 5/2024 to 16 years in prison. Appealed conviction to ME Supreme Court in 2/2020. Court upheld conviction in 4/2020.

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Fr. Leonard E. Pelletier

Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Placed on leave in 10/2002 after an allegation was reported to the Archdiocese of abuse occurring more than 20 years previously. Apparently one alleged victim. Included in 8/2011 on the Archdiocese's list. Still on administrative leave as of 10/2015 and canonical proceedings still in process. Dismissed from the clerical state in 2019.

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Fr. Varghese Pereppadan

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Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Visiting priest from India. Arraigned in 8/04 on charges that he sexually molested a teenage girl at Our Lady of the Presentation Church in Brighton. Placed on leave by Archdiocese. He had been studying in Cambridge and working at the church since 10/03. Admitted guilt in 12/04; received one year probation. Charges to be dropped if he successfully completed probation. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. Mario Pezzotti

Order: CFX
Ordained: 1959
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused of molesting students at Xaverian Missionary Faith High School during late '60s and early '70s. Students complained in 1993 but Pezzotti had been working in Brazil since early 1970s. One civil suit filed 1993. Order admitted knowledge of 2 other

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Fr. John M. Picardi, Jr.

Ordained: 1983
Status: Unsubstantiated

Died: 04/3/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Per records released in 2/2003, Picardi was accused in 1992 of raping a 29-year-old male youth minister on a trip to FL. Incident was reported to the Boston archdiocese. A 1995 internal memo said he admitted the act. Placed on sick leave; sent to counseling. Sent in 9/1992 to Paterson, NJ. In 1995 a 12-year-old girl said he abused her. Placed on leave but review board could not substantiate. Transferred in good standing to Phoenix in 1997. Placed on leave in 2/2003. As of 8/2011 he was on medical leave with no restrictions. Per the Boston archdiocese's list in 10/2015, Picardi's status was "found unsubstantiated; not restricted; on medical leave." Died 4/30/2020 in Haverhill, MA.

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Fr. Raymond C. Plourde

Ordained: 1958
Status: Settled

Died: 04/17/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 12/2002 shows Plourde admitted in 1992 to initiating a sexual "relationship" with a 12-year-old boy in 1976 that lasted two years. Plourde reached a private settlement with the victim in 1990 for about $38K. The victim reported the abuse to the Archdiocese in 1992 and asked for the return of pornographic pictures Plourde took of him. Plourde was sent for treatment and then allowed to work as chaplain at a convent until he retired in 2/2002. Assigned to a life of prayer and penance in 2004. Included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2011. Died 4/17/2013.

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Fr. Steven W. Poitras

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Ordained: 1993
Status: Laicized

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Removed from St. Michael's in Hudson in 11/2006 after an allegation surfaced that he sexually abused a child in 1994. Police were notified; investigated. Reports show that in 1994 Poitras claimed to have been undergoing cancer treatment. Four months later, after Poitras revealed he staged the cancer, Cardinal Law placed him on sick leave. Placed on leave in 11/2006. On 6/27/2009, the Boston archdiocese website showed him active and working in the clergy personnel office. Still on administrative leave in 10/2015; canonical case in progress. Per the archdiocesan website in 1/2020, the allegation was found unsubstantiated. Poitras was laicized in 2018.

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Fr. Leo E. Pollard

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1947
Status: Settled

Died: 01/24/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Taught at Boston College High and at Fairfield Prep in CT. Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 1/19/2011. Garabedian said he had settled at least one claim with the Boston archdiocese involving allegations against Pollard. Included on the Jesuits Northeast Province list of credibly accused 1/15/2019. It notes reports in 2003 and 2014 of abuse of minors in the 1950s and 1966-1967. He died 1/24/99.

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Fr. James F. Power

Ordained: 1962
Status: Settled

Died: 08/14/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 1992 of sexually molesting 13-year-old boy on camping trip to ME in 1980s. Accuser received $35K settlement in 1996. Unsigned, undated note in Power's personnel file says "100% positive other kids." Worked as parochial vicar at St. James the Great in Wellesley until removed 2002 after a second claim. Personnel file released 12/2002. In 1/2009 Boston announced two charges were unsubstantiated. Granted 'retired' status but restricted privileges. Included on the Boston archdiocese's 8/2011 list. Died 8/14/2015.

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Fr. Raymond A. Prybis

Order: OMI
Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 1992 of exposing himself to a 14- or 15-year-old boy in a Boston parish in the mid-1980s and having the boy beat him with a belt while Prybis was naked. Prybis worked at schools and parishes in the Dioceses of Buffalo NY, Grand Rapids MI Harrisburg PA and the Archdioceses of Miami FL, Washington DC, Boston MA, and St. Paul-Minneapolis MN. In 7/2016 Prybis' Order reportedly said he was living under supervision in a home for priests. Included on the Harrisburg diocese's 8/1/2018 list; no known allegations there. On the Belleville diocese's list 9/20/2022.

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Br. Dennis Raeihle

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Order: SA
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

One of three living religious included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 01/19/11. Garabedian said he had settled at least one claim with the Boston Archdiocese re allegations against Raeihle.

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Fr. Henry J. Rancourt

Order: SM
Ordained: 1957
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused anonymously in 1992 of "kissing and molesting Haitian boys" in his Boston parish school in 1992. On 6/27/09 the archdiocesan website showed him to have active status with an assignment at Marist House in Framingtham. In 4/12, attorney Garabedian announced a recent settlement of at least one claim involving Rancourt. Also worked in MI, NY and OH. Included in 1/21 on the Fall River diocese's list of accused. Noted to have been assigned at some point to parishes in North Easton, New Bedford and Vineyard Haven.

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Fr. Redmond H. Raux

Ordained: 1982
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in 1993 of molesting a boy in 1987. Allegations against Raux and Rev. James L. Wilson Jr. were settled in 1995 for $200K. Raux later denied the allegation. In a 1996 letter recommending Raux for a USAF chaplaincy in WY, Cardinal Law assured the military he knew of no reason why Raux would be unsuitable to work with children. Per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese's list of accused, the Review Board either found the allegations unsubstantiated or he was acquitted by canonical process. No restrictions on privileges. Appointed Archdiocese of Military Services, USA Dean for European Vicariate, per 8/17/2012 announcement. 'Very Reverend.'

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Fr. Anthony J. Rebeiro

Ordained: 1956
Status: Sued

Died: 02/15/2017
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Native of Goa (off the coast of India). Ordained at the Vatican. Worked in Italy and Paris before arriving in the U.S. in 1965. Incardinated into the Boston archdiocese in 1977. Removed in 8/2002 from Quigley Memorial Hospital after the Archdiocese received an allegation of an incident involving a 12- or 13 year-old girl in the early 1970s. Accused of molesting at least half a dozen teenage girls, as well as boys and adult women. On leave as of 6/2014, per the archdiocese. Died 2/15/2017. Accused in a 3/2022 lawsuit of the sexual abuse, including rape, of a boy at the rectory and school of St. Joseph's in Holbrook. Per the suit, the abuse caused injury to the boy, and Rebeiro told the boy's mother that he caused his own injuries.

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Fr. Michael J. Regan

Ordained: 1962
Status: Settled

Died: 05/4/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a lawsuit that settled in late 2021 in the high five figures of sexually abusing a girl, ages 14-17, multiple times during 1977-1980. The girl was a student at Pope John XXIII high school in Everett, where Regan was an economics teacher. His accuser said Regan told her that if she didn't comply with his sexual demands he wouldn't allow her to graduate. Regan died 5/4/20.

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Fr. Joseph P. Reilly

Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 06/4/1992
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Died in 6/1992. According to documents released from his personnel file, Reilly was accused in 1999 of kissing and groping a 10- or 11-year-old altar boy and a 16-year-old altar boy one time each. Also accused of digitally raping a pre-pubescent girl once between 1961-1963. He was assigned to St. Agnes Parish in Milton during the relevant times. The Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 reported no formal determination of guilt either because Reilly died prior to a canonical or criminal investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Lucien J. Richard

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Order: OMI
Ordained: 1954
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Sued in 11/05. Accused of abuse of the twin daughters that he admittedly fathered. "Affair" began when the girls' mother was a student at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge in the late 1970s and he was her professor. It continued for several years until the girls were born in 1985. He become a professor at Boston University. He said he paid child support regularly and never abused the girls. Order knew of the girls from the time of their birth.

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Fr. Leo Thomas Riley

Order: CSS
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A man said in 2002 he was abused by Riley over a four-year period in the late 1950s at the Elm Bank Minor Seminary. The alleged victim told the Stigmatine's head at the time of the abuse; Riley was transferred. When the man brought the matter to the order's attention again in 2002, they admitted knowledge of the original complaint and said the information was not shared with anyone and was not entered into Riley's records. Riley died in 1995. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. Charles J. Ring

Order: CSS
Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused

Died: 06/14/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as accused by Attorney Mitchell Garabedian 5/7/19. Ring died 6/14/86.

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Fr. Eugene Riordan

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Order: SMA
Ordained: 1952
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a claim settled in 2020 in the mid-five figures of sexually abusing a girl, ages 13-14, in 1961-62, while assigned to Queen of Apostles Seminary in Dedham, MA.

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Garabedian Law Offices Assignment Record

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Garabedian List 01.19.21

Fr. James P. Robichaud

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Order: OMI
Ordained: 1979
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Moved to ME in 2000; incardinated into the Portland ME diocese in 2003. In 2008 allegations arose that he had sexually abused a girl around 1979 when he was working at St. Jean-Baptiste parish in Lowell, MA. Allegations known for five months before he was placed on leave 6/26/08. He died by suicide the same night. Portland refused to pursue investigation after his death. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database. In 4/12 Attorney Garabedian announced a recent settlement of at least one claim regarding Robichaud.

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Fr. Barry Robinson

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Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

From Australia. Worked in East Melbourne and in Santiago Chile. In Boston around 1994. Personnel file released in 1/04. Fled to Australia in 1994 after admitting to a therapist that he had sexual relations with a 16-year-old boy in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood, and that he had engaged in sexual misconduct in Chile. He was an active priest in Australia for many years before being placed on leave. Later found living in a "special house for priests with problems" next to a school. Reassigned as supply priest 4/10. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database. Died 10/10/14.

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Fr. Allan E. Roche

Ordained: 1946
Status: Settled

Died: 08/10/1997
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Roche's niece told archdiocesan officials in 1992 that he had abused her in the 1950s when she was ages 5-12. He denied the allegations and the church took no action. Per personnel records released in 2/2003, church officials knew in 1992 about prior sexual misconduct, including 4-5 relationships with women in MA and NC. Before his 1997 death, Roche admitted to abusing his niece and reached a financial settlement with her. Criminal or canonical proceedings were not complete when Roche, died per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list.

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Fr. Julian Edward Rondeau

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Order: SM
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Rondeau admitted in 1992-93 correspondence with a victim that he had sexually abused her and her sister. The victim was about age 10 in 1966 when the abuse started. The girls were from a family that was financially and emotionally dependent on him. Ordination year was apparently adjusted from 1945 to 1971 starting in the 1993 Catholic Directory (this was after the allegation was made). Died in 1999. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. George J. Rosenkranz

Ordained: 1962
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Name sometimes spelled Rosenkrantz. Sued in 2000 for abuse in the 1970s. Other suits filed in 3/2002 and 1/2003. Suits claim the Archdiocese knew of his history as far back as the 1960s but did nothing except transfer him. Placed on leave in 1989 because of multiple allegations of the abuse of minors. Name on the 3/5/2003 Boston Globe list of 48 priests dropped from the 2003 clergy directory because they had been suspended from ministry after facing abuse allegations. Involuntary laicization announced in 2/2007. Included in 8/2011 on the Archdiocese's list.

Fr. George Roulier

Order: OMI
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Died: 05/13/1986
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

"Rusty." Worked in Haiti, NY, NH, MA. Accused in 2002 in MA of repeatedly hugging a boy and of putting his hands in the boy's pants once in 1983 while assigned to St. Angela's in Mattapan. The alleged victim says he was about 11, but he was 15 when Roulier first came to the parish. Roulier was assigned to the parish until his death in 1986. Also accused in 8/2004 of the sexual abuse of a youth, about age 10, at Immaculate Conception in Nashua NH in 1979. In 12/2005 a woman told the Diocese that Roulier molested her in 1979-1980. There was possibly a third accuser in NH. Roulier died 5/13/1986. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. Sylvio L. Ruest

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Ordained: 1942
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

In 9/20 attorney Mitchell Garabedian announced that in 2/20 he settled a lawsuit which claimed that Ruest sexually abused a boy, age 13-14, in 1957-58, while assigned to Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bellingham. The settlement was in the high five figures. The abuse allegedly occurred at least five times, in the church and rectory. Ruest died 11/22/69, age 61.

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Garabedian Law Offices Assignment Record

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Fr. Paul Fitzpatrick Russell

Ordained: 1987
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a lawsuit filed 8/1/22 of sexually abusing a boy, age 12, multiple times in 1989 and 1990 at St. Mary of the Sacred Heart in Lynn. The plaintiff said he met Russell when he volunteered at the parish food bank. Russell later worked as Cardinal Law's secretary and for the Vatican's diplomatic service. In 5/22 he was named auxiliary bishop of Detroit MI. He denied the allegations. Detroit's archbishop Vigneron placed Russell on limited ministerial duty.

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John Doe No. 12 v. RCAB et al 08.01.22

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Fr. Frederick J. Ryan

Ordained: 1964
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Monsignor. Former Vice Chancellor of the archdiocese, often responsible for receiving complaints about other priests. Personnel file contained memo from the late 1970s calling him 'very dangerous and deceptive.' Placed on leave in 3/2002 after a lawsuit alleged sexual misconduct with a minor. A police officer came forward also in 3/2002 to accuse Ryan of abusing his brother at Most Precious Blood in Hyde Park in 1970. In 1971 the victim told his father, who refused to let his other sons become altar boys. The abused boy, previously an excellent student, became troubled and died in a car crash. A second suit, filed by a third man, claimed abuse of two in the 1970s-1980s. There were also allegations that Ryan abused students at Catholic Memorial High School. Voluntary laicization in 2005 announced in 2006. Included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2011. Reportedly in 2/2022, Ryan was living in Iowa. Per the archdiocese's list in 5/2024, Ryan died in 2023.

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Fr. Robert Ryer

Ordained: 1943
Status: Settled

Died: 04/30/1967
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Ryer died 4/30/1967. He was one of 40 priests named in several lawsuits filed in 1/2003 by 70 plaintiffs who alleged sexual abuse by the priests. A 2010 news report references three claims settled regarding abuse by Ryer 1958-1960. The Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 reported no formal determination of guilt because a canonical or criminal investigation was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Paul P. Rynne

Ordained: 1956
Status: Sued

Died: 10/3/2001
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Rynne's personnel file, released in 2003, shows allegations that Rynne engaged in inappropriate behavior with a 17-year-old in 1986; received therapy and was reassigned. Admitted in 1994 that he abused and/or raped a boy in the 1960s. Two other claimants came forward. One filed suit in 1/2003. Rynne had a collection of nude photos of boys. Placed on leave after 1994 allegation; retired in 1996. Died in 2001. Criminal or canonical proceedings were not complete at Rynne's death, per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list. New allegations survaced in 5/2017 by a man of abuse as a boy by Rynne at St. Patrick's in Lawrence.

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Fr. John P. Salvucci

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Ordained: 1977
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

In 9/20 attorney Mitchell Garabedian announced that in 2/20 he settled a lawsuit which claimed that Salvucci sexually abused a boy, about ages 15-17, in 1977-79, while assigned to St. Mary's in Billerica. The abuse allegedly occurred in the rectory and in a NH cabin. The settlement was in the high five figures.

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Garabedian Law Offices Assignment Record

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Fr. William J. Scanlan

Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused

Died: 04/26/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

As early as 1987 one church official noted in Scanlan's personnel file that "he fools around with kids." Accused of raping a 12-year-old girl 1996-1997. Sent for residential treatment. Assigned to prison ministry; reassigned to parish work. Moved to California in 1998 to work in a V.A. hospital in Menlo Park. Investigated by Feds because of statements made by Military Vicariate. Per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list of accused, the Review Board found the accusations unsubstantiated. Scanlan retired on permanent disability with no restrictions. Died 4/26/2013.

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Fr. Paul R. Shanley

Ordained: 1960
Status: Convicted

Died: 10/28/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Involuntarily laicized in 2004. Convicted in 2005 of sexually abusing a young boy in the 1980s. Dozens of complaints; many settlements. Abuse included oral and anal rape. Reportedly abused boys, girls and adults. First complaint in 1961 from parents of a 12-year-old boy. Earliest complaint in file in 1967 from priest alleging Shanley abused a 16-year-old boy. Shanley denied abuse and was assigned to parish work, special ministries, and parish work again until 1989. Transferred to NY and San Bernardino CA, where he was accused of abusing a 17-year-old boy. Sentenced in 2005 to 12-15 years in prison. Named included in 8/2011 on the Boston archdiocese's list. Released from prison 7/28/2017 on probation; ordered no have no contact with children under age 16. Not required to wear a GPS bracelet. Ordered to register as level 3 sex offender. Moved to a Ware MA apartment. On San Bernardino diocese's list 10/9/2018. Died 10/28/2020, age 89.

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Fr. James C. Shaughnessey

Ordained: 1937
Status: Settled

Died: 12/10/1989
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Ordained for the Harrisburg PA diocese. Began working in the Boston archdiocese in 1945. Retired in 1977 and died in 12/1989. Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian 01/19/2011. Per Garabedian, at least one claim was settled with the Boston archdiocese concerning allegations against Shaughnessey. Criminal or canonical proceedings not complete when he died, per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list. Included on the Harrisburg diocese's list released 8/1/2018; no known allegations there.

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Fr. Francis S. Shea

Ordained: 1932
Status: Settled

Died: 10/13/1972
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Monsignor. Worked at St. John's Seminary 1934-1950. Spent much of his later career as diocesan tribunal judge. Died in 10/1972. Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 1/19/2011. Garabedian said he had settled at least one claim with the Boston Archdiocese involving allegations against Shea. Criminal or canonical proceedings were not complete when Shea died, per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list.

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Fr. William B. Shea

Ordained: 1946
Status: Settled

Died: 02/17/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 1/19/2011; at least one claim was settled with the Boston archdiocese involving allegations against this priest. She was "Awaiting Assignment" 1985-1996. Retired in 1996. Died in 2/2005. Criminal or canonical proceedings were not complete when Shea died, per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list.

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Br. George M. Sheehan

Order: SDB
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Professed vows 9/8/1954. Worked in NJ, IN, NH, NY, MA. Died 11/17/2006. Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 01/19/2011. Garabedian says he has settled at least one claim with the Boston Archdiocese regarding allegations against Sheehan. Included in 3/2020 on the Salesians list of credibly accused.

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Fr. James T. Sheehan

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Died: 01/1/2008
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019. It notes allegations received in 2002 of abuse of a minor 1979-1980, while assigned to Boston College High School. Sheehan admitted to the abuse. "Impeded" in 2002. Apparently lived at the Campion Center in Weston, MA until his death 1/1/2008.

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Fr. Edward F. Sherry

Ordained: 1968
Status: Settled

Died: 03/8/2011
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Lawsuit filed in 1/2003 by a man alleging he was fondled and raped by Sherry from ages 13-16, beginning in about 1968. Sherry was allowed to remain an active priest until 8/2003 when new Archbishop O'Malley placed him on leave. Claim settled in 2003. Sherry was allowed to return to active status at his old parish in 6/2005 after the Review Board was unable to substantiate the claims. Died 3/8/2011.

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Sister Mary Mark

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Order: CSJ
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a suit filed 5/11/04 of sexually abusing a boy, age 16, in 1958 at the Boston School for the Deaf. Allegations included intercourse. The complainant accused another nun of physically abusing him; those accusations were dismissed 9/7/05 on SOL grounds. The initial suit named 9 plaintiffs and 14 defendants, two of whom removed themselves from ministering to children. More suits were filed. Witnesses regarding pattern and practice at the school were barred; all suits were withdrawn or dismissed.

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Fr. D. George Spagnolia

Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused

Died: 05/6/2008
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Took a leave of absence in 1973 after a disagreement with the Archdiocese. Returned to active ministry in the early 1990s. Placed on leave without privileges in 2/2002 after an allegation that he sexually abused a 14-year-old boy in 1971. Spagnolia denied the allegation. He later admitted to relationships with two men during his 20-year leave of absence. No criminal charges due to the statute of limitations. Died 5/6/2008. Canonical proceedings were not complete when Spagnolia died, per the Archdiocese's 8/2011 list.

Fr. Nicholas J. Spagnolo

Order: CSS
Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel files released in 2/03 show that Spagnolo was accused of molesting teenage girls in the 1960s. One accuser went to the Archdiocese and Order in 1993 and he admitted he "violated boundaries" while counseling females in the 1960s. Ordered not to minister without supervision. Continued to try to organize retreats for lay and religious women. Working in Lexington MA in 2002. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database. Died 12/25/13. Included in 1/21 on the Diocese of Fall River's list of accused. Noted to have had "limited faculties to assist in charitable work on Cape Cod."

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Fr. Bernard St. Hilaire

Ordained: 1951
Status: Settled

Died: 07/12/1977
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

A file regarding known child sex offender Fr. Ronald Paquin released in 2/2002 confirms a long-standing sexual relationship between Paquin and St. Hilaire, who died in 1977. St. Hilaire's obituary notes that he was on sick leave from 1968 until his death and that Paquin was the principal celebrant and eulogist at St. Hilaire's funeral mass. St. Hilaire took Paquin under his wing when Paquin was about age 14 and counseled and molested him. One of Paquin's victims said Paquin admitted that he and St. Hilaire slept in the same bed for 30 years. Per files released in 1/2004, one of Paquin's victims said he was also abused by St. Hilaire. This man settled for $20K before 2002. St. Hilaire's name is included on the Boston Archdiocese's 8/2011 list.

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Fr. Leonard F. Stanton

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Ordained: 1943
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Ordained for Boston, transferred to Sioux Falls SD after several years, where he had long career and leadership positions, including Director of Catholic Boy Scouts. Died 4/3/97. One of 12 priests named as abusers in a 9/02 civil suit filed by 27 plaintiffs. Archdiocese accused of cover-up. On Sioux Falls diocese's list in 3/19. It notes that his faculties were removed 4/93.

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Fr. Francis V. Strahan

Ordained: 1959
Status: Charges dropped

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Monsignor. Pastor of St. Bridget's in Framingham since 1983. Former faculty member of St. John's Seminary College and Theologate. Placed on administrative leave in 10/2019, at age 86, during investigation of an allegation that he raped and sexually assaulted an altar server, ages 11-13, on two occasion between 2004 and 2008 and pressed his body against the boy's on one occasion. Included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2022, noted to be on leave and case in progress. Indicted in 11/2022 on charges of rape of a child and indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14. In 9/2023 the Archdiocese announced that the charges were dropped because Strahan's accuser declined to testify in court, citing increasing PTSD symptoms. Strahan was to remain on leave pending the Archdiocese's investigation. There was also an ongoing civil lawsuit.

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Fr. Andrzej Sujka

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Order: OFM
Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Native of Poland. Only known assignment in the U.S. was at Our Lady of Czestochowa in Boston, beginning in 1986. He was removed from the same parish in 10/01 and placed on leave after an allegation that he molested a 12-year-old boy in the late 1980s. Sujka returned to Poland shortly after his removal. Personnel file released in 12/02. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. Bernard L. Sullivan

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Ordained: 1961
Status: Settled

Died: 12/4/1985
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused in a lawsuit settled in 6/21 in the high five figures of sexually abusing an altar boy, ages 10-13, multiple times 1970-1973 while assigned to St. Catherine of Genoa in Somerville. Sullivan died in 1985.

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Garabedian Law Assignment Record

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Boston Herald 07.28.21

Fr. Eugene P. Sullivan

Ordained: 1968
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Sued in 2005 by a man who alleged that, when he was a 15-year-old boy in 1977, Sullivan molested him once while driving him to Camp Fatima in NH. Sullivan was Superintendent of Archdiocesan Schools during the time in question. The same plaintiff also alleged abuse by two other priests. Sullivan denied the allegation, saying the plaintiff had mistaken him for Eugene O'Sullivan, a known abuser. The Review Board found the charge unsubstantiated and Cardinal O'Malley returned O'Sullivan to active status in 1/2009. The lawsuit settled for $475K in 12/2008. Included on the Boston archdiocese's list of accused, under the "unsubstantiated" category; noted to having no restrictions on his ministry. Granted Senior priest status in 10/2013. Sullivan was a priest in residence at Sacred Heart Parish in Roslindale MA until 3/2024, when he moved to Regina Cleri, the archdiocese's retirement facility for priests.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Br. John J. Sullivan

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Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Br. John Augustine. Joined the Xaverians in 1934. Died in 1939. Named publicly as accused by the order on its list 7/12/2019. Allegation reported in 2002 of abuse in 1938 in Danvers, MA.

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

Fr. Michael D. Sullivan

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Ordained: 1945
Status: Settled

Died: 09/24/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 1/19/2011. Garabedian said he had settled at least one claim with the Boston Archdiocese regarding allegations against Sullivan. Retired in 1993 and died in 9/2005. The Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 reported no formal determination of guilt either because Sullivan died prior to a canonical or criminal investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. T. Raymond Sullivan

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Ordained: 1957
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Removed in 1992 from assignment at St. Mary Magdalen in Dracut, MA after a woman accused him of abuse. Was on leave for 11 months while the archdiocese investigated. He denied wrongdoing The archdiocese determined that "no conclusive evidence" was found so he was returned to the parish briefly, then transferred to another parish. Died in 11/94. In 9/20 attorney Mitchell Garabedian announced that in 1/20 he settled a lawsuit which claimed that Sullivan sexually abused a boy, about age 14, while assigned to St. Therese in Dracut in the 1970s. The abuse allegedly occurred at least twice, in the church rectory. The settlement was in the low five figures.

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Garabedian Law Offices Assignment Record

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Fr. C. Melvin Surette

Ordained: 1956
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

First known allegations of abuse were made in 9/1993. Part-time counselor and later head of Alpha-Omega program for youths with serious behavioral issues. Abused several youths there. One case settled in 1995 for $50K. Then assigned to the archdiocesan clergy abuse office where he helped the career of Ronald Paquin and others. Several settlements before 5/2002. Three more men filed suit in 5/2002 claiming abuse at Alpha-Omega. Personnel file released in 12/2002. Name included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2011. Still on leave in 10/2015, canonical case pending. In 2020 the archdiocesan website shows that Surette was "dismissed" in 2012.

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Fr. John M. Sweeney

Order: FPO
Ordained: 1998
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Member of the Franciscans of the Primitive Observance (F.P.O.), which he co-founded. Accused publicly by a 37-year-old woman in 5/2019 of sexually abusing her at a leadership retreat when she was a teen in 2000. She said Sweeney would hear her and other teens' confessions, tell them they were possessed and would perform exorcisms on them. The abuse allegedly occurred during the "exorcisms." There were reportedly multiple victims. One case was settled in 11/2020. Included on the Santa Fe archdiocese's list 5/19/2021 which notes he was at Christ in the Desert in 2011.

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Fr. Czeslaw Szymanski

Order: OSPPE
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Alleged on 12/9/10 to have sexually abused thirteen altar boys in Boston archdiocese in 1980s, where he was listed in Directory as an archdiocesan priest. Worked previously in Providence diocese as priest of Order of St. Paul the First Hermit. Apparently transferred in 4/87 from Boston archdiocese to Peterborough diocese in Canada. Died 9/24/87. On 12/11/10, a Boston monsignor reportedly called three Szymanski survivors cowards. Cardinal O'Malley apologized. Eight accusers to be paid $600K. Not on Boston AD database.

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Fr. Patrick J. Tague

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Ordained: 1963
Status: Sued

Died: 01/27/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Left ministry in the late 1960s. In 1979 Tague received a three-year suspended sentence and three years probation for embezzling $30K in 1976 from a halfway house for juvenile delinquents he headed. Accused in 2002 of sexually abusing a boy in 1971 at the Department of Youth Services facility. Sued in 2002 in a multi-plaintiff suit. Involuntary laicization announced in 3/2006. Included in 8/2011 on the Boston archdiocese's list. Accused in a lawsuit settled in 11/2021 in the high five figures of sexually abusing a boy, age 7, 1965 at St. Benedict's in Somerville. The abuse is said to have occurred twice, in a confessional. Tague died in 2013.

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John Doe VII v Archdiocese 11.03.21

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Fr. James F. Talbot

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1968
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Taught at Boston College High School 1971-1980, then Cheverus High in Portland ME 1980-1998. Claims in 1998 that Talbot abused a student in 1984-1985. Suspended. Sent to St. Luke's Institute in MD for treatment. Claim settled in 2001. Allegations by at least eight men in 2002 that he abused them as minors 1972-1980. Criminal charges were filed but dropped. Fourteen claims were settled in 1/2003 for $5.2M. Pleaded guilty 2005 to raping two teenagers 1977-1979. Sentenced to five to seven years. On sex offender registry. Released from prison 3/18/2011. Living at Vianney Center in Dittmer, MO. Laicized in 2013. Indicted in 11/2017, accused of the sexual assault of an 8- or 9-year-old boy in Freeport ME between 5/1/1997 and 6/14/1998. Pleaded not guilty 12/1/2017. Pleaded guilty 9/24/2018. Sentence to 10 years' prison for gross sexual assault, with all but three years suspended, and a three years concurrent sentence for unlawful sexual contact. Included on the Jesuits Northeast Province list of credibly accused 1/15/2019. New suit filed in 4/2021.

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Br. Joseph A. Thibault

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Order: CFX
Status: Settled

Died: 10/8/1971
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Bro. Cuthbert. Joined the Xaverians in 1933. Worked in CT, NY, MD. Died in 1971. Accused in a 2005 civil suit of abuse of a male student at Mission High School, Boston, 1956-1957. The suit involved multiple plaintiffs and named multiple priests as defendants. Per Attorney Durso, almost all claims were settled. On the Xaverian Brothers' list 7/12/2019. It notes allegations reported in 2007 and later of abuse in the late- 1950s to early- 1960s in Baltimore, MD and Roxbury, MA. The man who came forward in 2007 said Thibault molested him as a student at Mount St. Joseph's High School in Baltimore in 1961 or 1962, and that he told the principal. No action. Included on Baltimore's list of credibly accused 7/23/2019, and in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

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Br. James S. Thompson

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Order: CFC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Included on the Irish Christian Brothers' North American Province list in 2014 of former and deceased brothers with at least two claims of sexual abuse against them, as required by its bankruptcy settlement in 2014. No details provided as to when and where the alleged abuse occurred.

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Fr. J. Garrett Thomson

Ordained: 1981
Status: Accused

Died: 01/6/2010
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Several leaves of absence. Assigned to St. Martha's in Plainville when placed on leave in 1/2010 after an allegation that he abused a minor 15 years previously. Two days later, Thomson was found dead in his NH home. Autopsy said he died of natural causes, high blood pressure and diabetes. The Archdiocese did not tell the parish about the allegations for almost 10 days after Thomson's death, and announced that the investigation was closed. Name included on the Boston archdiocese's list released in 8/2011.

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Fr. Paul J. Tivnan

Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel file released in 12/2002. Admitted abusing two boys in the late 1970s and admitted to a "relationship" with a 15-year-old boy. Removed in 1985 and sent for treatment. Several assignments after treatment. Placed on disability leave in 1998, told not to be around minors. Retired in 2001, possibly because he slapped a teenage girl and her father complained. Assigned to a life of prayer and penance in 2004. Included in 8/2011 on the archdiocese's list.

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Fr. Louis Toma

Order: CS
Ordained: 1908
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Several women told the archdiocese in 2006 that Toma and another priest had abused many young girls during his 50 years as pastor of St. Lazarus in Boston. A representative of the archdiocese said the "women's stories were individually convincing, collectively consistent, and showed a pattern of recognizable abuse." Toma died in 1961. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

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Fr. Ernest E. Tourigney

Ordained: 1961
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

First complaint of inappropriate relationship with a youth was in 1974. Same youth complained in 1988; Tourigney admitted to relationship. Five more complaints in the early 1990s. Placed on leave in 1992. Two suits in 1995. Settled. More accusations in 2002. Personnel filed released. Also accused in NH. Voluntary laicization in 2006. Last known to be living in Bourne, MA. Boston archdiocese's database in 8/2011 notes that the case concluded canonically.

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Fr. Robert K. Towner

Ordained: 1969
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Assigned after ordination to parishes in Brookline and Quincy. Earned a degree as a clinical social worker in 1981 and became a therapist at Family Counseling and Guidance Centers. Went on leave of absence in 1987. Voluntarily laicized in 1990. Married a former nun and moved to NH, worked in real estate. The Archdiocese was notified in 1993 of allegations that Towner had abused at least two boys and one girl. Three suits were settled in the mid-1990s for a total of $87K. Named in some of 70 new suits filed in 1/2003 in Boston. Also accused of taking children from MA to NH and abusing them. Named in 2003 NH Attorney General's Report and on the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list.

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Br. Eugene Trainor

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Order: CFX
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Bro. Hart. Joined the Xaverians in 1955. Left in 1973. Named publicly as accused by the Order on its list 7/12/2019. It notes an allegation received in 2003 of abuse in Westwood, MA in the early 1970s. Deceased.

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

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Xaverian Brothers List 07.12.19

Fr. James J. Tully

Order: CFX
Ordained: 1975
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct in 1992 after giving three boys alcohol and grabbing one of them on the inner thigh during a baseball game in WI. Missionary for many years in Sierra Leone and Giunea. Sent to Rome just after a 4/02 letter to the Boston archdiocese accusing him of sexually molesting a parishioner at St. Brendan's in Bellingham, MA in 1970. Accuser settled in 2005 for $75K. At Xaverian Missionary Fathers residence in Wayne NJ 11/08. Laicized 1/09. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.

Fr. Robert Turnbull

Order: OSA
Ordained: 1965
Status: Settled

Died: 02/21/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Sued in 2/01 for sexually abusing two brothers at Austin Preparatory School and at a cabin in NH in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Moved to FL in 1981 and PA in 1984. Worked also on St. Lucia in the West Indies. Died in 2000. Personnel file released in 12/02. Included in 3/03 NH Attorney General Report. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database. Over 15 cases settled with claims of abuse by Turnbull as of 1/23, per Attorney Mitchell Garabedian.

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Fr. Andrzej J. Urbaniak

Order: OFM Conv
Ordained: 1998
Status: Arrested

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

From Poland. Arrived in the US around 1998. Became naturalized citizen 2010. Pastor of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Boston. Placed on leave and arrested 7/31/12. He was in process of downloading porn when warrant served. Charged with possession of child porn on church computer and with distribution of child porn. Pleaded not guilty at arraignment. Released on bail. Privileges removed.

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Fr. Anthony J. Vasaturo

Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Died: 06/22/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Per personnel records released in 1/2004, Vasaturo allegedly admitted to sexual activity with a 16-year-old old girl beginning in 1969. Per the Archdiocese website accessed 9/30/2010, Vasaturo had senior priest status and was residing at Regina Cleri Residence. The 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list of accused shows that either the Review Board found that the allegation unsubstantiated or Vasaturo was acquitted by canonical process. He died 6/22/2013.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Joseph P. Veneto

Ordained: 1946
Status: Settled

Died: 01/24/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Supervised accused priest Denis Conte while at St. Anthony's in Revere. Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 1/19/2011. Per Garabedian, least one claim was settled with the Boston Archdiocese regarding allegations against Veneto. Retired in 1988. Died in 1/1998, before completion of investigation. Name included on the Boston Archdiocese list released in 8/2011.

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Fr. James P. Walsh

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Died: 04/13/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/2019, which notes allegations received in 2002 and 2004 of the abuse of a minor 1984-1985. Assigned to Boston College High School during the time of the alleged abuse. "Impeded" in 2002. Died 4/13/2009. Included on the Fall River diocese's list 1/7/2021.

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Fr. John J. Walsh

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Order: OMI
Ordained: 1940
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

On 12/18/03 a woman reported to the Boston archdiocese that Walsh sexually abused her twice in 1973 or 1974, when she was age 13 or 14, at Sacred Heart in Lowell, MA. The archdiocese submitted the report to the MA AG and county DA. On 7/22/07 the Oblates and the archdiocese agreed to pay $60K to resolve the claim and compensate for injury. Walsh was moved often during his career, working in many dioceses. He died 4/24/81. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database. Added to Columbus diocese's list 5/23/19.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Report to Boston Archdiocese and MA AG 12.18.03
Settlement 07.22.07
Boston Globe 11.20.11
Columbus Dispatch 05.30.19

Fr. Leonard Thomas Walsh

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1926
Status: Settled

Died: 10/15/1954
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Died 10/15/1954. In 4/2012, attorney Mitchell Garabedian announced the recent settlement of at least one claim regarding Walsh. Walsh was accused of sexually abusing a 9-year-old MA boy in 1953. He also worked in NY, NJ, DC and CT. Name included in 10/2021 on the Holy Name Province Franciscans' list of those against whom there are substantiated allegations.

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Fr. Martin J. Walsh

Ordained: 1974
Status: Settled

Died: 06/21/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Allegation in late 1997 of abuse of a 14-year-old boy and possibly others in about 1975. Walsh denied abuse but admitted to ongoing alcohol problems. Per an 11/2003 memo, Walsh was on permanent disability as of 2002 but had asked to return to ministry. File outlines his problems from 1981 through 2003. Cardinal Law told Walsh he was restricted in 11/2002, but didn't follow through, so Walsh was not really restricted. Per the 8/2011 Boston archdiocese list of accused, the Review Board found the allegations could not be substantiated. Died in 6/2007, age 58. Included on Attorney Garabedian's list 3/28/2016 of accused clerics named in civil claims resulting in settlements or arbitration awards. Settlement in 12/2004 with the archdiocese regarding alleged abuse in 1975 at a Waltham parish.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Br. Michael Walsh

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Order: CFC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Deceased. A member of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers (also called Irish Christian Brothers) Walsh was accused of taking nude and sexually explicit photos of boys during a camping trip around 1986. The boys were students at Catholic Memorial School in Boston. Walsh's name was included on a list of Christian Brothers identified in at least two sexual abuse claims. The list was a requirement of the Order's 2013 bankruptcy settlement agreement.

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Fr. Michael Walsh

Ordained: 2002
Status: Charged

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Native of Boston MA. Ordained for Diocese of Grand Rapids MI 6/02; placed on leave in 7/02, after diocese learned of allegations of sexual abuse of two children while a lay person 40 years previously at St. Francis de Sales in Charlestown MA. Walsh was 65 and a former Air Force Sergeant at time of ordination. He had retired to FL mid-1990s, then moved to MD for seminary. Charged in Boston 9/16 with rape and indecent assault and battery on a child, alleged to have occured late 1980s-early 1990s while altar boy coordinator at St. Brendan's in Dorchester MA. Pled not guilty. Accuser said he was abused from 4th to 6th grades. Trial date set for 9/2017.

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Fr. William M. Walsh

Ordained: 1971
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

One case settled in 2007. Attorney Mitchell Garabedian stated that he represented a man who alleged he was abused a dozen times by Walsh at age 12 in 1985-1986, at St Joseph's in Hyde Park. Some abuse in St. Joseph's, and at Blessed Sacrament in Jamaica Plain and in New Hampshire. Documents in file also allege abuse at Blessed Sacrament and St. Mary of the Annunciation Church in Danvers. 'Third-hand' allegation investigated in 1980; deemed unsubstantiated. Second investigation in 1991. At least two letters sent to the archdiocese after 1/2001 contained allegations but no formal complaints. Review board found in 2003 that anonymous accusations were not cause to suspend. Personnel file released in 1/2004. In late 2003 or early 2004 a person came forward with specific allegations; placed on leave pending further investigation. Voluntary laicization announced 7/19/2011. Included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2011.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Robert A. Ward

Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

The Archdiocese knew in 1995 that Ward used cocaine and had been treated for drug abuse. A computer technician found child pornography on Ward's computer in 6/2099. Evaluated and placed on leave; reassigned to the archdiocese development office in 1/2001. In 2/2002 a man alleged abuse as an altar boy in the mid-1970s; Ward was suspended. Voluntary laicization in 2004 announced in 2005. Living in Pembroke, MA as of 10/2008. Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 notes that the case concluded canonically.

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Fr. William F. Waters

Order: OSA
Ordained: 1971
Status: None

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Accused publicly in 4/19 of the abuse of a boy, ages 8-10, in 1987-90. His accuser said he was also abused at age 10 by Rev. Peter Gori, O.S.A. in 1990. Both priests were at either St. Augustine's in Lawrence or Andover. Waters denied the allegations. He had been transferred several years earlier to the the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. In 4/20 the order announced that an independent investigation found no evidence to support the allegations and that Waters would be reinstated. Gori was also exonerated and returned to ministry.

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Fr. Joseph L. Welsh

Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Died: 02/8/2019
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Per documents released in 9/2002, officials were warned in 1993 and again in 2001 that Welsh had abused children in two parishes. He was nonetheless promoted in 1997. One woman complained in 1993 that Welsh had raped her son. Another mother wrote to the archdiocese in 2001. Removed in 2/2002 and resigned 3/2002 "as requested" after three brothers complained of abuse over a 20-year period. Welsh was in seminary with five other known abusers. Last known to be living in Carver, MA. Assigned to life of prayer and penance in 2004. Included on the archdiocese's list in 8/2011. Died in St. Louis MO 2/8/2019.

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Boston Archdiocesan Assignment Record

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Fr. John J. White

Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 02/16/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Close friend, business partner, traveling companion and associate of later convicted priest Paul Shanley. White and Shanley were accused in 9/2003 of abuse of the same boy in the 1970s. White moved to Thailand in 2002 and died in 2004. In 8/2011 the Boston archdiocese list reported no formal determination of guilt either because White died prior to a canonical or criminal investigation or it was not complete at his death.

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Fr. Kevin R. White

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1999
Status: Charged

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Criminally charged in 6/2024 with raping a Boston College High School student between 2008-2009. White was a BC High theology teacher. The alleged victim first reported the abuse to the school in 2021. In 2010 White was assigned to work with Jesuit Refugee Services in South Sudan and Uganda. He transferred in 2018 to Geneva, Switzerland as JRS representative.

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Br. Paul White

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Order: OFM Cap
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

In 9/13 Attorney Mitchell Garabedian announced a settlement on behalf of a woman who accused White of abusing her in the late 1960s, when she was about age 9 and he worked at St. Lawrence Friary in Milton. White is deceased.

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The Republic (AP) 09.04.13

Fr. Paul David White

Ordained: 1961
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Placed on leave in 1972 after choosing to remove himself from parish life in 1970 and to teach in a public school in Haverhill, MA. Allegations by a former altar boy received in 1996. This accuser filed suit in 6/1998, claiming abuse by White 1964-1971 at Sacred Heart in Bradford, MA. The suit later settled. White was still teaching after information was released in 1/2002 but lost his job as religious education teacher at a local parish. "Voluntary" laicization announced 6/10/2005. The Boston archdiocese's list in 8/2011 notes that the case concluded canonically.

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Fr. James L. Wilson

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Ordained: 1990
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Personnel files released in 12/2002 revealed that Wilson was accused in 1993 of molesting a boy in 1991-1992. Wilson admitted the abuse and also said that the boy was abused by another priest, Redmond Raux. The matter was settled in 1995 for $200K. Wilson was placed on sick leave in 1993 and was "voluntarily" laicized in 1998. The Boston archdiocese's database in 8/2011 notes that the case concluded canonically.

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