Priest Assignment Records and Case Details Released

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Father Michael J. Regan

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1962 Ordained
1962—1966 Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Concord, MA
1967—1968 Sick Leave
1969—1972 Academy of the Assumption in Wellesley Hills, MA
Elizabeth Seton High School in Wellesley Hills, MA
Mount St. Vincent Center in Wellesley Hills, MA
1973—1976 St. Joseph's Church in Malden, MA
1977—1981 Liturgical Commission in Lynn, MA (Regional Director)
In residence at St. Joseph's Church in Malden, MA
Pope John XXIII Central High School in Everett, MA
1982—1984 St. Joseph's Church in Malden, MA
Pope John XXIII Central High School in Everett, MA
1985—1986 In residence at St. Joseph's Church in Malden, MA
1987—1988 St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Bridgewater, MA
1989—1992 (Brockton Vicariate, Very Rev.) Vicars – Central Region
(V.F., Very Rev.) St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Bridgewater, MA
1993—1997 St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Bridgewater, MA
1998—2001 St. Bridget's Church in Abington, MA
Permanent Disability
2002—2005 St. Bridget's Church in Abington, MA
Senior Priests (Retired)
2006—2019 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:
  • Father Regan died May 4, 2020.
  • Father Regan was accused of sexually abusing a female minor child on at least 100 occasions from approximately 1978 to approximately 1980 when the girl was approximately 14 to 16 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Regan was assigned to Pope John XXIII Central High School in Everett, Massachusetts.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Regan included the following: Father Regan fondling the girl’s genitals, skin on skin, Father Regan having the girl fondle his genitals skin on skin, and Father Regan having the girl perform oral sex on him.
  • The Archdiocese of Boston agreed to settle the claim in the high five figures 2021.

Brother Remigius, C.F.X., a/k/a Francis O’Lone – Xaverian Brothers

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1944 St. Mary School, Lawrence, MA
1945 – 1948 St. Joseph School, Somerville, MA
1949 – 1950 St. Michael DHS, Brooklyn, NY
1951 – 1955 St. Xavier, Louisville, KY
1956 Mount Loretto, Staten Island, NY
1957 – 1958 ohn Bapst, Bangor, ME
1959 – 1972 Our Lady of Good Counsel, Wheaton, MD
1972 – 1973 Anchor House, Washington, DC
1974 – 1981 Our Lady of Good Counsel, Wheaton, MD
1982 “Retired” – at Ryken House, Louisville, KY
1983 Nazareth Home, Louisville, KY
Source:
Summary:
  • Brother Remigius died in 1983.
  • Brother Remigius, a/k/a Francis O’Lone, was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on one occasion in approximately 1952 when the boy was approximately 14 years old. The boy came to know Brother Remigius when the boy was attending a summer camp, Camp St. Joseph’s Villa in Hackettstown, New Jersey. The sexual abuse took place in a cabin at the camp.
  • The sexual abuse by Brother Remigius included the following: Brother Remigius exposed the boy’s penis and then pulled out his own penis. Brother Remigius had the boy lie down on the floor, and Brother Remigius got on top of the boy, rubbing his genitals against the boy’s genitals, skin-on-skin.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the mid-five figures.

Father Joseph P. Rice – Archdiocese of Newark

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1977 Ordained in the Archdiocese of Newark
1978 – 1987 St. John the Apostle Church, Linden, NJ
1988 St. Michael’s Medical Center (chaplain), Newark, NJ
1989 – 1990 Not indexed
1991 – 1994 Holy Name Hospital (chaplain), Teaneck, NJ
1995 – 2002 Bergen Pines County Hospital (chaplain), Paramus, NJ
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.)

Father Rice is not indexed after 2002.
 
Summary:
  • Father Joseph P. Rice was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child over 100 times from approximately 1978 to 1985 when the boy was approximately 12 to 18 years old. During the period of sexual abuse, Father Rice was assigned to St. John the Apostle Church in Linden, New Jersey, and the boy served as an altar boy atthe church.
  • Much of the sexual abuse of the boy by Father Rice took place in the rectory affiliated with St. John the Apostle Church. The sexual abuse included the following: Father Rice masturbated the boy and forced the boy to masturbate Father Rice. Father Rice performed oral sex on the boy and forced the boy to perform oral sex on Father Rice. Father Rice repeatedly sodomized the boy and forced the boy to sodomize Father Rice.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the low six figures.

Brother Donald Richard, F.M.S. - Archdiocese of Newark - Marist Brothers of the Schools

Brother Donald Richard, F.M.S., served at several locations, including the following:

Assignment
 Marist High School, Bayonne, NJ (teacher and athletic director)
 Christ the King High School, Queens, NY (teacher and athletic director)
 St. Mary’s High School, Manhasset, NY (principal and guidance counselor)
 Roselle Catholic High School, Roselle, NJ (teacher and finance officer)
Source:
  • Catholic New York, “Profiles of Religious Jubiliarians,” October 7, 2010
Summary:
  • Brother Donald Richard, F.M.S., was accused of sexually abusing a female minor child on approximately twenty occasions from approximately 1986 to 1988 when the girl was approximately 15 to 17 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Brother Donald Richard was assigned to Roselle Catholic High School in Roselle, New Jersey, and the girl was a student at the school.
  • The sexual abuse by Brother Donald Richard included the following: Brother Donald Richard kissed the girl on the lips; he fondled her breasts, skin-on-skin; and he made her sit on his lap, where she could feel his erect penis against her buttocks over their clothing.
  • The claim settled in 2021 in the low six figures.
  1. Father Edward Richard – Diocese of Manchester
  2. Father Thomas A. Riley – Archdiocese of Boston
  3. Father Eugene Riordan, S.M.A. – Society of African Missions
  4. Father James J. Rosch – Diocese of Albany
  5. Father Sylvio Ruest – Archdiocese of Boston
  6. Father Robert F. Ryan – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  7. Father John Salvucci – Archdiocese of Boston
  8. Father William I. Shinnick - Archdiocese of Boston
  9. Father Edward Shoback – Diocese of Scranton
  10. Father David Soderlund – Diocese of Allentown
  11. Father Leonard Spanburgh – Archdiocese of Newark
  12. Father Francis Stinner – Archdiocese of New York
  13. Father John Stonebridge – Diocese of Brooklyn
  14. Father Gerard Sudol – Archdiocese of Newark
  15. Father Bernard L. Sullivan – Archdiocese of Boston
  16. Father John T. Sullivan – Diocese of Manchester, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Diocese of Gallup, Diocese of Phoenix
  17. Father T. Raymond Sullivan – Archdiocese of Boston
  18. Father Patrick J. Tague – Archdiocese of Boston
  19. Father Arthur Taraborelli – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  20. Father Toribio Villacastin – Archdiocese of Hartford
  21. Father Robert J. Vonnahmen – Diocese of Belleville
  22. Father Michael Wempe – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  23. Father Michael Weston – Archdiocese of Chicago
  24. Father Harold Robert White – Diocese of Denver
  25. Father Benjamin D. Wysolmerski – Diocese of Burlington
  26. Father Theodore Zabowski – Diocese of Pittsburgh