Father Richard Barry, O.M.I. - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1979 – 1981 St. William’s Church, Tewksbury, MA (Archdiocese of Boston)
1982 – 1983 St. Joseph’s Church, Dallastown, PA (Diocese of Harrisburg)
1984 Oblate College, Washington, DC (Archdiocese of Washington)
1985 – 1986 St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Church, Harrisburg, PA (Diocese of Harrisburg)
1987 – 1988 Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Grand Rapids, MI (Diocese of Grand Rapids)
1989 Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Provincial Residence, Washington, DC (Archdiocese of Washington)
1990 – 1991 Not indexed
1992 Oblate College, Washington DC (Archdiocese of Washington)
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 Barry is not indexed after the 1992 Official Catholic Directory.
  • Father Richard Barry, O.M.I., was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on one occasion in approximately 1981 when the boy was approximately 14 years old. The sexual abuse by Father Barry took place during a camping trip in New Hampshire.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Barry included the following: Father Barry performed oral sex on the boy, Father Barry made the boy masturbate Father Barry, Father Barry fondled the boy’s genitals, and Father Barry inserted his finger into the boy’s anus.
  • The claim settled in 2021 in the mid-five figures.