Assignment Record:
| Dates | Assignment |
|---|---|
| 1966 | Ordained in the Diocese of Scranton |
| 1967 | Ascension Church, Williamsport, PA |
| 1968 – 1969 | St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Archbald, PA |
| 1970 – 1975 | College Seminary of St. Pius X, Dalton, PA |
| 1974 – 1978 | “Boy Scouts Director” |
| 1974 – 1978 | N.C.C.M. Director” |
| 1975 – 1979 | “Procuratores et Advocati” |
| 1975 – 1978 | “N.C.C.W. Director” |
| 1975 – 1980 | “Senate of Priests” |
| 1975 – 1978 | “Holy Name Society” |
| 1976 – 1980 | “St. Michael’s School for Boys,” Hoban Heights, PA |
| 1977 – 1980 | College Seminary of St. Pius X, Dalton, PA |
| 1981 – 1985 | St. Catherine of Siena Church, Moscow, PA |
| 1984 – 1985 | “Pro-Synodal Judges” |
| 1986 | Not indexed |
| 1987 – 1988 | St. Stanislaus Church, Scranton, PA |
| 1988 – 1998 | Holy Rosary Church, Scranton, PA |
| 1991 – 1998 | Camp St. Andrew, Tunkhannock, PA |
| 1999 | Not indexed |
| 2000 – 2006 | Camp St. Andrew, Tunkhannock, PA |
| 2001 – 2005 | Nativity of Our Lord Church, Scranton, PA |
| 2006 | Catholic Social Services |
| 2006 | St. Nicholas Church, Wilkes-Barre, PA |
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:
- Monsignor Kelly retired in 2006.
- Monsignor Joseph P. Kelly was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least eight occasions in approximately 1978 when the boy was approximately 13 years old. The sexual abuse took place at St. Michael’s School for Boys in Hoban Heights, Pennsylvania, where the boy resided at the time. The sexual abuse by Monsignor Kelly including Monsignor Kelly performing oral sex on the boy and Monsignor Kelly masturbating himself in front of the boy.
- The claim settled in 2020 in the mid-five figures.
