Father James M. Gibbons - Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1952 Ordained
1953—1956 Our Lady of Comforter of the Afflicted Church, Waltham, MA
1957—1962 St. James' Church, Medford, MA
1963—1967 Our Lady of Good Voyage Church, Gloucester, MA
1968—1973 St. Charles Borromeo's Church, Waltham, MA
1974—1979 Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Carver, MA
1980—1997 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church, Scituate, MA
1998 Index: Oblates Foreign Missions: "U.S. Religious Serving in Brazil"
1999—2009 Archdiocese of Boston: "Retired," 
Index: Oblates Foreign Missions: "U.S. Religious Serving in Brazil"
2010 Died August 21, 2009
Source:
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons
Summary:
  • Father James M. Gibbons was accused of sexually abusing a female minor child on at least one occasion in approximately 1961 when the female child was approximately twelve years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Gibbons was assigned to St. James’s Church in Medford, Massachusetts, and the female child was a student at the school. The sexual abuse took place inside St. James’s Church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Gibbons included the following: Father Gibbons fondled the girl’s breasts over her clothes.
  • The claim settled in November 2022 in the mid-five figures.