Assignment Record:
| Dates | Assignment |
|---|---|
| Approx. 1953 | Ordained in the Archdiocese of Boston |
| 1954 – 1957 | St. Cecilia’s Church, Ashland, MA |
| 1958 | St. Joseph’s Church, Medford, MA |
| 1959 | St. Theresa’s Church, Revere, MA |
| 1960 – 1967 | St. John Chrysostom Church, West Roxbury, MA |
| 1968 – 1972 | St. Brigid’s Church, South Boston, MA |
| 1973 – 1975 | St. Mary’s Church, Billerica, MA |
| 1973 – 1974 | Massachusetts Correctional Institute – Concord (chaplain), Concord, MA |
| 1976 | St. Mary’s Church, Georgetown, MA |
| 1977 – 1979 | St. Joseph’s Church, Ipswich, MA |
| 1980 – 1981 | St. Philip Neri Church, Newton, MA |
| 1982 – 1986 | 1982 – 1986 |
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 Kane died in 1986.
- Father Charles Kane was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least three occasions from approximately 1973 to 1974 when the male child was approximately eleven to twelve years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Kane was assigned to St. Mary’s Church in Billerica, Massachusetts, and the male child was a parishioner and an altar boy at the church. The sexual abuse by Father Kane took place inside St. Mary’s Church and in the nearby rectory affiliated with the church.
- The sexual abuse by Father Kane included the following: Father Kane fondled the boy’s genitals, skin-on-skin, and fondled the boy’s buttocks, skin-on-skin.
- The claim settled in February 2020 in the high five figures.
