Father Alfred L. Jannetta – Diocese of Manchester

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1967 Ordained
1968-1973 Blessed Sacrament, Manchester, NH
1974 St. Paul’s Church, Franklin, NH
1975 Absent on Sick Leave
1976 St. Denis Church, Hanover, NH
1977-1978 St. Patrick’s Church, Nashua, NH
1979 St. Joseph’s Church, Salem, NH
1980 Absent on Leave (not Sick Leave)
1981-1982 Our Lady of Mercy, Merrimack, NH
1983-1989 Sacred Heart Church, Wilton, NH
1990 In res., Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Manchester, NH
1991-1992 In res., Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Manchester, NH
Chaplain of Manchester Nursing Homes
1993-1994 Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Manchester, NH
Chaplain of Manchester Nursing Homes
1995 In res., St. Elizabeth Seton Church, Bedford, NH
Chaplain of Manchester Nursing Homes
1996 In res., St. Elizabeth Seton Church, Bedford, NH
1997 Unindexed
1998-2000 Absent on Sick Leave
2001-2005 Unindexed
  Died on December 22, 2005
Source:
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons

(The years listed above are the publication years of the Official Catholic Directory. According to the Directory, the assignments provided for a given year are effective as of January 1 of that year. This means that a priest listed in the Directory for a given year at a parish or school was likely at the same assignment for at least part of the previous year as well.)

Summary:
  • Father Alfred L. Jannetta was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least two occasions from approximately 1973 when the boy was approximately fifteen years old until approximately 1974 when the boy was approximately sixteen years old. During the sexual abuse, Father Jannetta was assigned to St. Paul’s Church in Franklin, NH. The sexual abuse took place inside the rectory of St. Paul’s Church in Franklin, NH, and inside Father Jannetta’s car in or around Franklin, NH.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Jannetta included the following: Father Jannetta fondling the boy’s genitals; Father Jannetta forcing the boy to masturbate in front of Father Jannetta; and Father Jannetta forcing the boy to masturbate Father Jannetta’s penis.
  • The claim settled in 2024 in the low six figures.