Father Paul V. Rattigan – Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1943 Ordained
1944-1952 St. Mary’s Church, Walpole, MA
1953 St. James’ Church, Boston, MA
1954-1960 St. John’s Seminary, Boston, MA
1961-1969 St. Paul’s Church, Dorchester, MA
  Died July 6, 1969
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 Paul V. Rattigan was accused of sexually abusing a female minor child in approximately 1962 when the girl was approximately six years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Rattigan was assigned to St. Paul’s Church in Dorchester, MA, and the girl belonged to the parish. The sexual abuse took place inside the rectory of St. Paul’s Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Rattigan included the following: Father Rattigan fondled the girl’s vagina, skin-on-skin.
  • The claim settled in 2023 in the mid-five figures.