Father F. Dominic Menna – Archdiocese of Boston (at times indexed as “Fiori D. Menna”)

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1958 Ordained in the Archdiocese of Boston
1959 – 1968 St. Mary’s Church, Quincy, MA
1969 – 1985 St. Florence’s Church, Wakefield, MA
1986 – 2001 St. Anthony of Padua Church, Revere, MA
2002 – 2008 St. Mary Church, Quincy, MA
2009 – 2010 “Retired” (listed in residence at St. Mary Church, Quincy, MA)
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 F. Dominic Menna was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least six occasions from approximately 1968 to 1969 when the male child was approximately six to seven years old. At the time the sexual abuse began, Father Menna was assigned to St. Mary’s Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, and the male child was a parishioner at the church. The sexual abuse by Father Menna took place in the nearby rectory affiliated with St. Mary Church and in Father Menna’s car.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Menna included the following: Father Menna fondled the boy’s genitals, performed oral sex on the boy, and forced the boy to perform oral sex on Father Menna.
  • The claim settled in February 2020 in the high five figures.