Father Francis E. O’Brien, Jr. – Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1966 Ordained
1967 – 1971 Christ the King Church, Hudson, MA
1972 St. Mary’s Church, Quincy, MA
1973 – 1988 St. Patrick’s Church, Watertown, MA
1989 – 1995 St. Francis of Assisi Church, Medford, MA
1996 – 2008 St. George Church, Framingham, 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 O’Brien died in 2008.
  • Father O’Brien was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least 14 occasions from approximately 1966 to approximately 1971 when the boy was approximately 7 to 12 years old. The sexual abuse took place in property belonging to Christ the King Parish, including in a room in Christ the King Church and a room in the parochial grammar school of Christ of the King Parish.
  • The sexual abuse by Father O'Brien included the following: Father O’Brien forcing the boy to perform oral sex on Father O'Brien, and Father O'Brien penetrating the boy’s anus with Father O'Brien's finger.
  • The Archdiocese of Boston agreed to settle the claim in 2021.
Complaint: