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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Brother Donald Richard, F.M.S. - Archdiocese of Newark - Marist Brothers of the Schools

Brother Donald Richard, F.M.S., served at several locations, including the following:

Assignment
 Marist High School, Bayonne, NJ (teacher and athletic director)
 Christ the King High School, Queens, NY (teacher and athletic director)
 St. Mary’s High School, Manhasset, NY (principal and guidance counselor)
 Roselle Catholic High School, Roselle, NJ (teacher and finance officer)
Source:
  • Catholic New York, “Profiles of Religious Jubiliarians,” October 7, 2010
Summary:
  • Brother Donald Richard, F.M.S. was accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a female minor child from approximately 1983 when the child was approximately 14 years old until approximately 1986 when the child was approximately 17 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Brother Donald Richard was assigned to Roselle Catholic High School, Roselle, NJ, where he worked as a counselor. The sexual abuse occurred in Brother Donald Richard’s office at Roselle Catholic High School.
  • The sexual abuse by Brother Donald Richard included the following: Brother Donald Richard pulling the female child onto his lap; Brother Donald Richard hugging her tightly against his body and Brother Donald Richard rubbing body against hers; and Brother Donald Richard rubbing her genitals through her underwear.
  • The claim settled in 2025 in the low six figures.

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.
  1. Father James J. Rosch – Diocese of Albany
  2. Father Sylvio Ruest – Archdiocese of Boston
  3. Father Robert F. Ryan – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  4. Father John Salvucci – Archdiocese of Boston
  5. Father William I. Shinnick - Archdiocese of Boston
  6. Father Edward Shoback – Diocese of Scranton
  7. Father David Soderlund – Diocese of Allentown
  8. Father Leonard P. Spanburgh – Archdiocese of Newark
  9. Father Francis Stinner – Archdiocese of New York
  10. Father John Stonebridge – Diocese of Brooklyn
  11. Father Gerard Sudol – Archdiocese of Newark
  12. Father Bernard L. Sullivan – Archdiocese of Boston
  13. Father John T. Sullivan – Diocese of Manchester, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Diocese of Gallup, Diocese of Phoenix
  14. Father T. Raymond Sullivan – Archdiocese of Boston
  15. Father Patrick J. Tague – Archdiocese of Boston
  16. Father Arthur Taraborelli – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  17. Father Toribio Villacastin – Archdiocese of Hartford
  18. Father Robert J. Vonnahmen – Diocese of Belleville
  19. Father Michael Wempe – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  20. Father Michael Weston – Archdiocese of Chicago
  21. Father Harold Robert White – Diocese of Denver
  22. Father Benjamin D. Wysolmerski – Diocese of Burlington
  23. Father Theodore Zabowski – Diocese of Pittsburgh