Priest Assignment Records and Case Details Released

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Detailed information on the assignment records and claim history of these abusers, together with sources, can be accessed by reading below as well as in the pdfs lnked above.

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Father Edward Richard – Diocese of Manchester

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1968 Ordained in the Diocese of Manchester
1969 – 1973 St. Pius X Church, Manchester, NH
1974 – 1982 Our Lady of Mercy Church, Merrimack, NH
1983 – 1988 St. John Neumann Church, Merrimack, NH
1989 – 2002 St. Patrick Church, Pelham, NH
2003 “Administrative Leave”
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 Edward Richard was accused of sexually abusing a male as a minor child on at least two occasions in approximately 1987 when the male child was approximately seventeen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Richard was assigned to St. John Neumann Church in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The sexual abuse took place in the rectory near St. John Neumann Church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Richard included the following: Father Richard fondled the boy’s penis and testicles, on one occasion over the boy’s pants and on one occasion skin-on-skin.
  • The claim settled in April 2020 in the low five figures.

Father Thomas A. Riley – Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1956 Ordained in the Archdiocese of Boston
1957 – 1959 St. Joseph’s Church, Quincy, MA
1960 – 1963 St. Patrick’s Church, Natick, MA
1964 Holy Family Church, Rockland, MA
1965 – 1967 St. John’s Church, Roxbury, MA
1968 – 1969 St. Michael’s Church, Avon, 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.)

Father Riley is not indexed after the year 1970.

Summary:
  • Father Thomas A. Riley was accused of sexually abusing a female as a minor child on over thirty occasions from approximately 1959 to 1962 when the girl was approximately 12 to 15 years old. During the period of sexual abuse, Father Riley was assigned to St. Patrick’s Church in Natick, Massachusetts, and the girl was a parishioner at the church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Riley occurred in locations including the rectory affiliated with St. Patrick’s Church; Father Riley’s car; and a house in New Hampshire. The sexual abuse included Father Riley fondling the girl’s breasts, skin-on-skin, and Father Riley forcing the girl to have sexual intercourse with Father Riley.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the high five figures.

Father Eugene Riordan, S.M.A. – Society of African Missions

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1953 Ordained
1955 – 1970 Queen of Apostles Seminary, Dedham, MA
1971 – 1978 Cape Palmas Liberia Catholic Mission, Liberia
1979 – 1986 Not indexed
1987 Society of African Missions Provincialate, Tenafly, NJ
1988 Not indexed
1989 – 2002 Society of African Missions Formation Program, Takoma Park, MD
2003 – 2004 ociety of African Missions Provincialate, Tenafly, NJ
2005 – 2011 “Retired” – residing at Society of African Missions Provincialate, Tenafly, NJ
Sources:

(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.)

Father Riordan is not indexed after the 2011 Official Catholic Directory.

Summary:
  • Father Eugene Riordan, S.M.A., was accused of sexually abusing a female minor child at least three times from approximately 1961 to 1962 when the girl was approximately 13 to 14 years old. During the period of sexual abuse, according to the Official Catholic Directory, Father Riordan was assigned to Queen of Apostles Seminary in Dedham, Massachusetts, though the girl did not know Father Riordan through his affiliation with the seminary.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Riordan included the following: Father Riordan kissed the girl on the lips and fondled her breasts over her clothing.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the mid-five figures.

Father James J. Rosch – Diocese of Albany

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1972 Ordained in the Diocese of Albany
1973 – 1978 St. Joseph’s Church, Scotia, NY
1979 – 1981 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Gloversville, NY
1982 Not indexed
1983 – 1984 St. Paul the Apostle Church, Troy, NY
1985 – 1995 St. Madeleine Sophie Church, Guilderland, NY
1996 – 1997 Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, Queensbury, NY
1998 – 2002 St. Joseph’s Church, Fort Edward, NY
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.)

Father Rosch is not indexed after the 2002 Official Catholic Directory.

Summary:
  • Father James J. Rosch was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least forty occasions from approximately 1975 to 1977 when the boy was approximately 13 to 15 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Rosch was assigned to St. Joseph’s Church in Scotia, New York, and the boy served as an altar boy at St. Joseph’s Church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Rosch took place in St. Joseph’s Church and in the rectory affiliated with St. Joseph’s Church. The sexual abuse included the following: Father Rosch repeatedly fondled the boy’s penis and testicles, skin-on-skin; and Father Rosch repeatedly performed oral sex on the boy.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the low six figures.
  1. Father Sylvio Ruest – Archdiocese of Boston
  2. Father Robert F. Ryan – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  3. Father John Salvucci – Archdiocese of Boston
  4. Father William I. Shinnick - Archdiocese of Boston
  5. Father Edward Shoback – Diocese of Scranton
  6. Father David Soderlund – Diocese of Allentown
  7. Father Leonard Spanburgh – Archdiocese of Newark
  8. Father Francis Stinner – Archdiocese of New York
  9. Father John Stonebridge – Diocese of Brooklyn
  10. Father Gerard Sudol – Archdiocese of Newark
  11. Father Bernard L. Sullivan – Archdiocese of Boston
  12. Father John T. Sullivan – Diocese of Manchester, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Diocese of Gallup, Diocese of Phoenix
  13. Father T. Raymond Sullivan – Archdiocese of Boston
  14. Father Patrick J. Tague – Archdiocese of Boston
  15. Father Arthur Taraborelli – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  16. Father Toribio Villacastin – Archdiocese of Hartford
  17. Father Robert J. Vonnahmen – Diocese of Belleville
  18. Father Michael Wempe – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  19. Father Michael Weston – Archdiocese of Chicago
  20. Father Harold Robert White – Diocese of Denver
  21. Father Benjamin D. Wysolmerski – Diocese of Burlington
  22. Father Theodore Zabowski – Diocese of Pittsburgh