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 James P. Barry – Archdiocese of Newark

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1959 - 1971 St. Bridget’s Church, Newark, NJ
1972 - 1979 St. Boniface’s Church, Jersey City, NJ
Sources
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons
Summary:
  • Father James P. Barry was accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a male minor child from approximately 1977 when the male child was approximately 8 years old to approximately 1978 when the male child was approximately 9 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Barry was assigned to St. Boniface’s Church, Jersey City, NJ. The sexual abuse occurred in the sacristy of the church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Barry included the following: Father Barry fondling the male minor child’s genitals; Father Barry making the male child fondle Father Barry’s penis; and Father Barry making the male child perform oral sex on Father Barry.
  • The claim settled in 2025 in the mid five figures.

Father Alfred L. Jannetta – Diocese of Manchester

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1967 Ordained
1968-1973 Blessed Sacrament, Manchester, NH
1974 St. Paul’s Church, Franklin, NH
1975 Absent on Sick Leave
1976 St. Denis Church, Hanover, NH
1977-1978 St. Patrick’s Church, Nashua, NH
1979 St. Joseph’s Church, Salem, NH
1980 Absent on Leave (not Sick Leave)
1981-1982 Our Lady of Mercy, Merrimack, NH
1983-1989 Sacred Heart Church, Wilton, NH
1990 In res., Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Manchester, NH
1991-1992 In res., Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Manchester, NH
Chaplain of Manchester Nursing Homes
1993-1994 Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Manchester, NH
Chaplain of Manchester Nursing Homes
1995 In res., St. Elizabeth Seton Church, Bedford, NH
Chaplain of Manchester Nursing Homes
1996 In res., St. Elizabeth Seton Church, Bedford, NH
1997 Unindexed
1998-2000 Absent on Sick Leave
2001-2005 Unindexed
  Died on December 22, 2005
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 Alfred L. Jannetta was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least two occasions from approximately 1973 when the boy was approximately fifteen years old until approximately 1974 when the boy was approximately sixteen years old. During the sexual abuse, Father Jannetta was assigned to St. Paul’s Church in Franklin, NH. The sexual abuse took place inside the rectory of St. Paul’s Church in Franklin, NH, and inside Father Jannetta’s car in or around Franklin, NH.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Jannetta included the following: Father Jannetta fondling the boy’s genitals; Father Jannetta forcing the boy to masturbate in front of Father Jannetta; and Father Jannetta forcing the boy to masturbate Father Jannetta’s penis.
  • The claim settled in 2024 in the low six figures.

Monsignor Joseph C. Ansaldi – Archdiocese of New York

Assignment Record:

YearsAssignment
1962 Ordained in the Archdiocese of New York
1963 Mission of the Immaculate Virgin for the Protection of Homeless and Destitute Children, Staten Island, NY
1964 – 1978 Cardinal Hayes High School, New York City, NY
1979 Mission of the Immaculate Virgin for the Protection of Homeless and Destitute Children, Staten Island, NY
1980 – 2010 St. Joseph by the Sea High School, Staten Island, NY
1991 – 2011 Mission of the Immaculate Virgin for the Protection of Homeless and Destitute Children, Staten Island, 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.)

Summary:
  • Monsignor Ansaldi is not indexed after the 2011 Official Catholic Directory.
  • Monsignor Ansaldi died in 2015.
  • Monsignor Joseph Ansaldi was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on approximately twenty occasions from approximately 1984 to 1985 when the male child was approximately 15 to 16 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Monsignor Ansaldi was employed as the principal of St. Joseph by the Sea High School in Staten Island, New York, and the boy was a student at the school.
  • The sexual abuse by Monsignor Ansaldi took place in Monsignor Ansaldi’s office and included the following: Monsignor Ansaldi forced the boy to bend over in front of a desk. Then Monsignor Ansaldi smacked the boy’s buttocks with a paddle. At the same time, Monsignor Ansaldi fondled the boy’s genitals over the boy’s pants.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the mid-five figures.

Father Pasquale J. Barletta – Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
 1962  Ordained
 1962-1968  St. Patrick’s Church, Watertown, MA
 1969-1970  “Absent on Leave”
 1971+  Unlisted
Source:
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons
Summary:
  • Father Pasquale J. Barletta was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least four occasions from approximately 1963 when the male child was approximately fourteen years old until approximately 1965 when the male child was approximately sixteen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Barletta was assigned to St. Patrick’s Church in Watertown, MA, and the male child belonged to the parish. The sexual abuse took place inside Father Barletta’s car.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Barletta included the following: Father Barletta gave the boy alcohol to drink and Father Barletta fondled the boy’s penis and testicles over his clothes.
  • The claim settled in June 2023 in the mid-to-high five figures.
  1. Father Michael Amy -- Diocese of Erie
  2. Father Richard Barry, O.M.I. - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
  3. Father Thomas J. Bender -- Diocese of Allentown
  4. Monsignor Charles Beausang – Diocese of Camden
  5. Father Gerard Boisvert – Diocese of Fall River
  6. Father Kenneth Bonadies - Archdiocese of Hartford
  7. Father Douglas V. Borowski – Archdiocese of Boston
  8. Father Kevin M. Bray, O.S.B. – Archdiocese of Newark, Diocese of Paterson, Diocese of Wilmington
  9. Father James F. Buckley – Diocese of Fall River
  10. Father Leo Bujnowski – Diocese of San Angelo
  11. Father Leo Burchianti – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  12. Father Edward J. Byington – Diocese of Fall River
  13. Father Gerard Chasse – Diocese of Rockville Centre
  14. Father Anthony Cipolla – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  15. Father George H. Clements – Archdiocese of Chicago
  16. Father James H. Coffey - Archdiocese of Boston
  17. Father James Collins – Diocese of Fresno (formerly known as the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno)
  18. Father Charles G. Collins – Diocese of Rockville Centre
  19. Father Denis A. Conte -Archdiocese of Boston
  20. Brother Edward C. Courtney – C.F.C.
  21. Father John H. Curley – Archdiocese of Boston
  22. Father Thomas J. Crum – Diocese of Youngstown
  23. Father Alphonse Dallinger – Diocese of Brooklyn
  24. Father Arthur Devlin, S.M. – Marist Fathers of Boston, a/k/a Society of Mary of the U.S.A.
  25. Father Leon Dicks, O.F.M.Conv. - Diocese of Trenton - Conventual Franciscans, Province of the Immaculate Conception
  26. Father Lawrence W. Donovan – Diocese of Trenton
  27. Father Robert Dunphy – Diocese of Camden
  28. Deacon William Emerson – Archdiocese of Boston
  29. Father Robert D. Fay - Archdiocese of Boston
  30. Monsignor J. Francis Feenan – Diocese of Paterson
  31. Father Romano J. Ferraro – Diocese of Brooklyn, Diocese of Methuen
  32. Father Merle Fisher - Marist Fathers
  33. Father Joseph L. Fitzharris – Archdiocese of Chicago
  34. Father Conran Free, C.P. - Congregation of the Passion (“Passionists”) - Diocese of Scranton
  35. Father Lawrence Gadek – Archdiocese of Newark
  36. Father Richard M. Galdon – Archdiocese of Newark
  37. Father Brian Gallagher, S.S.C.
  38. Father Vincent J. Gallo – Diocese of Brooklyn
  39. Father Michael Garry – Diocese of Trenton
  40. Father James M. Gibbons - Archdiocese of Boston