Father John Salvucci – Archdiocese of Boston

Partial Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1977 Ordained in the Archdiocese of Boston
1978 – 1982 St. Mary’s Church, Billerica, MA
1983 – 1985 St. Charles Church, Woburn, 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 John Salvucci was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least twenty occasions from approximately 1977 to 1979 when the male child was approximately fifteen to seventeen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Salvucci was assigned to St. Mary’s Church in Billerica, Massachusetts, and the male child was a parishioner at the church. The sexual abuse took place in the rectory near the church and in a cabin in New Hampshire.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Salvucci included the following: Father Salvucci fondled the boy’s penis and testicles, skin-on-skin, and Father Salvucci forced the boy to fondle Father Salvucci’s penis and testicles, skin-on-skin.
  • The claim settled in February 2020 in the high five figures.