Report on the Investigation of the Diocese of Manchester, by Peter W. Heed, N. William Delker, and James D. Rosenberg (Concord, N.H.: Office of the Attorney General, March 3, 2003)

The report is presented here together with the investigative archive that was released by the New Hampshire attorney general at the same time.

Report on the Investigation of the Diocese of Manchester [full text]

  1. Title page and Table of Contents
  2. Overview and Legal Analysis

Essays on selected priests
  3. Paul Aube
  4. Albert Boulanger
  5. Gerald R. Chalifour
  6. Robert Densmore
  7. Roger Fortier
  8. Raymond Laferriere
  9. Leo Landry
10. Gordon MacRae. See also our hypertext version of the MacRae chapter, with links to over 100 MacRae documents.

The Manchester Archives

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Priests

Roger Argencourt (Order)    1
Paul Aube (NH)    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Richard Barry (MA)    1
Guy Beaulieu (Order)    1
Aimee Boisselle (NH)    1
Wilfrid Bombardier (NH)    1
Albert Boulanger (NH)    1, 2
Albion Bulger (NH)    1
Robert Burgess and "Br. Dennis" (Order)    1
Robert M. Burns (MA)    1

Frederick Cartier (MA)    1
Gerald Chalifour (NH)    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Richard Connors (NH)    1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Alfred Constant (NH)    1
Dennis Conte (MA)    1
Joseph A. Cote (NH   1
Roland Cote (NH)    1, 2, 3
Richard Coughlin (MA)    1

Robert E. Densmore (NH)    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Thomas Donnelly (MA)    1
Karl Dowd (NH)    1
Eduard Duval (NH)    1

Mark A. Fleming (NH)    1, 2
Fr. Fornier (NH)    1
Roger Fortier (NH)    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Robert Gale (MA)    1

A.M. Hilary (NH)    1
John Hanlon (MA)    1

Alfred Jannetta (NH)    1

Raymond Laferriere (NH)    1, 2, 3, 4
Conrad V. LaForest (NH)    1
Francis Lamothe (NH)    1
Leo Landry (NH)    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Bernard Lane (MA)    1, 2, 3
Richard Lower (NH)    1

Gordon MacRae (NH)    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and key to Bates numbers
Paul Mahan    1
Jon Martin (MA)    1
Francis McMullen (NH)    1
Andy Meehan (NH)    1
L. Morel (Order)    1

John W. Nolin (NH)    1, 2, 3

Donald Osgood (NH)   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Ronald Paquin (MA)    1, 2
Eugene Pelletier (NH)    1
Philip Petit (NH)    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
John R. Poirier (NH)    1

George Rosenkrantz (MA)    1
Frederick Ryan (MA)    1

Paul Shanley (MA)    1
Leo Shea (NH)    1, 2
John T. Sullivan (NH)    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Roland Tancrede (NH)    1
Ernest Tourigney (MA)    1
Robert Towner (MA)    1, 2
Robert (aka John) Turnbull    1

Romeo J. Valliere (NH)    1
Roland Vielett (NH)    1
John Voglio (Order)    1

Patrick Walsh (Order)    1

Other Files Pertaining to the Investigation

Plan of Investigation    1
Correspondence Relating to the Investigation    1, 2, 3
Motions Relating to the Investigation    1, 2, 3
File Summaries    1

Other Files Pertaining to the Manchester Diocese

Diocesan Org Chart    1
Protecting God's Children    1
Sexual Misconduct Policy    1
Harrassment Policy    1
Files on Berthold and Priests Whose Names Are Redacted    1
Christian Interview    1
Guertin Ouellette Interview    1, 2
Treatment Timeline and ATSA    1

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