Father Arthur Devlin, S.M. – Marist Fathers of Boston, a/k/a Society of Mary of the U.S.A.

Partial Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1945 Ordained by the Marist Fathers
1947 – 1949 St. Michael’s Church, Wheeling, WV (Diocese of Wheeling)
1950 – 1955 “Marist Missionaries” (no location provided)
1956 – 1957 South Solomon Island T.N.G. (listed as serving within the Archdiocese of Washington D.C.)
1958 All Hallows Church, San Francisco, CA (Archdiocese of San Francisco)
1959 St. Peter Chanel Seminary, San Rafael, CA (Archdiocese of San Francisco)
1960 – 1962 Marist College & Seminary, Framingham, MA (Archdiocese of Boston)
1963 – 1966 Marist Mission House, Staten Island, NY (Archdiocese of New York)
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 Arthur Devlin, S.M. was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least three occasions in approximately 1959 when the male child was approximately thirteen years old. The boy came to know Father Devlin because Father Devlin was apparently the nephew of Father Charles McInnis, the pastor of Our Lady of Presentation Church in Brighton, Massachusetts, the boy’s parish.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Devlin took place in multiple locations when Father Devlin took the boy on trips. The abuse included the following: Father Devlin fondled the boy’s penis and testicles, skin-on-skin, and Father Devlin inserted his finger into the boy’s anus.
  • The claim settled in April 2020 in the mid five figures.