Monsignor James J. Haddad - Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1958 Ordained
1959 – 1961 St. John’s Church, Roxbury, MA
1962 – 1963 St. Bridget’s Church, Maynard, MA
1964 – 1965 Sacred Heart Church, Quincy, MA
1966 – 1967 “Pursuing higher studies,” St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland
1968 – 1978 Director, “Pastoral Institute for the Continued Education of the Clergy,” Brighton, MA
1977 – 1986 St. Eulalia Church, Winchester, MA
1979 – 1981 Episcopal Vicar, Newton Vicariate
1987 Sacred Heart Church, Roslindale, MA
1988 – 2002 St. Joseph’s Church, Needham, MA
1999 First indexed as “Msgr. James J. Haddad”
2003 “Senior Priests”
2004 – 2007 “Senior Priests (Retired)”
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:
  • Monsignor Haddad died in 2007.
  • Monsignor James J. Haddad was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least 4 occasions from approximately 1976 to 1977 when the boy was approximately 13 to 14 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Monsignor Haddad was assigned to St. Eulalia Church in Winchester, Massachusetts.
  • The sexual abuse by Monsignor Haddad included the following: Monsignor Haddad performed oral sex on the boy; Monsignor Haddad forced the boy to perform oral sex on him; Monsignor Haddad digitally penetrated the boy’s anus; and Monsignor Haddad sodomized the boy.
  • The Archdiocese of Boston agreed to settle the claim in 2021.
Complaint: