Father Edward Richard – Diocese of Manchester

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1968 Ordained in the Diocese of Manchester
1969 – 1973 St. Pius X Church, Manchester, NH
1974 – 1982 Our Lady of Mercy Church, Merrimack, NH
1983 – 1988 St. John Neumann Church, Merrimack, NH
1989 – 2002 St. Patrick Church, Pelham, NH
2003 “Administrative Leave”
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 Edward Richard was accused of sexually abusing a male as a minor child on at least two occasions in approximately 1987 when the male child was approximately seventeen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Richard was assigned to St. John Neumann Church in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The sexual abuse took place in the rectory near St. John Neumann Church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Richard included the following: Father Richard fondled the boy’s penis and testicles, on one occasion over the boy’s pants and on one occasion skin-on-skin.
  • The claim settled in April 2020 in the low five figures.