Father John H. Curley – Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

YearsAssignment
1966 Ordained in the Archdiocese of Boston
1967 – 1972 St. Francis of Assisi Church, Braintree, MA
1973 – 1976 St. Gerard Majella Church, Canton, MA
1977 – 1984 St. Augustine’s Church, Boston, MA
1985 – 1986 Not indexed
1987 “Awaiting assignment”
1988 – 1993 Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Concord, MA
1994 Not indexed
1995 – 1996 St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton, MA
1997 – 1999 St. Mary’s Church, Dedham, MA
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 Curley died in 1999.
  • In addition to Father Curley’s assignments listed above from the Official Catholic Directory, Father Curley was known to be the director of the Pilgrim Center, a residence for troubled youth in Braintree, Massachusetts.
  • Father John Curley was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on one occasion in approximately 1981 when the boy was approximately 12 years old. The boy came to know Father Curley through the boy’s residence at the Pilgrim Center. The sexual abuse by Father Curley took place at a house which the boy believed to be Father Curley’s house.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Curley included the following: Father Curley fondled the boy’s penis and testicles, both over the boy’s clothing and skin-on-skin. Then Father Curley forced the boy to perform oral sex on him until Father Curley ejaculated.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the high five figures.