Father Paul R. McCarthy – Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1980 Ordained
1981 – 1986 St. Mary’s Church, Charlestown, MA
1987 – 1989 Our Lady of Grace Church, Chelsea/Everett, MA
1990 St. Ann’s Church, Somerville, MA
1990 – 1994 St. Catherine of Siena Church, Norwood, MA
1995 – 1996 St. Augustine Church, Boston, MA
1997 “Absent on 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 McCarthy is not indexed after the 1997 Official Catholic Directory.
  • Father Paul R. McCarthy was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least two occasions from approximately 1989 to 1990 when the boy was approximately 11 to 12 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father McCarthy was assigned to St. Catherine of Siena Church in Norwood, Massachusetts.
  • The sexual abuse by Father McCarthy included the following: Father McCarthy told the boy to strip down to his underwear. Then Father McCarthy fondled the boy’s genitals and buttocks, over the boy’s underwear; at the same time, Father McCarthy was masturbating.
  • The Archdiocese of Boston agreed to settle the claim in 2021.
Complaint: