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 Richard Barry, O.M.I. - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1979 – 1981 St. William’s Church, Tewksbury, MA (Archdiocese of Boston)
1982 – 1983 St. Joseph’s Church, Dallastown, PA (Diocese of Harrisburg)
1984 Oblate College, Washington, DC (Archdiocese of Washington)
1985 – 1986 St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Church, Harrisburg, PA (Diocese of Harrisburg)
1987 – 1988 Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Grand Rapids, MI (Diocese of Grand Rapids)
1989 Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Provincial Residence, Washington, DC (Archdiocese of Washington)
1990 – 1991 Not indexed
1992 Oblate College, Washington DC (Archdiocese of Washington)
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 Barry is not indexed after the 1992 Official Catholic Directory.
  • Father Richard Barry, O.M.I., was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on one occasion in approximately 1981 when the boy was approximately 14 years old. The sexual abuse by Father Barry took place during a camping trip in New Hampshire.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Barry included the following: Father Barry performed oral sex on the boy, Father Barry made the boy masturbate Father Barry, Father Barry fondled the boy’s genitals, and Father Barry inserted his finger into the boy’s anus.
  • The claim settled in 2021 in the mid-five figures.

Father Thomas J. Bender -- Diocese of Allentown

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1961 Ordained in the Diocese of Allentown
1961 – 1962 St. Joseph Church, Ashland, PA
1962 – 1965 St. Joseph Church, Girardville, PA
1965 – 1966 Holy Family Church, New Philadelphia, PA
1965 – 1966 Marian High School, Tamaqua, PA
1966 – 1971 Nativity High School, Pottsville, PA
1966 – 1970 St. Kieran Church, Heckscherville, PA
1970 St. Mary Church, St. Clair, PA
1970 – 1971 St. John the Baptist Church, Pottsville, PA
1971 Bethlehem Catholic High School, Bethlehem, PA
1971 – 1972 St. Francis Orphanage, Orwigsburg, PA
1972 – 1982 Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Gordon, PA
1973 – 1982 “Diocesan Tribunal”
1982 – 1986 Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Bally, PA
1983 – 1987 “Liturgical Commission”
1986 – 1987 St. Francis of Assisi Church, Allentown, PA
1987 St. Anthony of Padua Church, Easton, PA
1987 Council of Catholic Nurses (Regional Director)
Sources:
  • Report I of the 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, released by the Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General, dated July 27, 2018; and
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons

Father Bender is not indexed in the Official Catholic Directory after 1987. According to the Grand Jury report, Father Bender retired in 2002 and was dismissed from the priesthood in 2005.

Summary:
  • Father Thomas Bender was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least three occasions from approximately 1966 to 1967 when the male child was approximately fourteen to fifteen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Bender was assigned to Nativity High School in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and the male child was a student at the school. The sexual abuse took place in locations including the boy’s family home in Pottsville.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Bender included the following: Father Bender fondled the boy’s penis and testicles over the boy’s clothing.
  • The claim settled in April 2020 in the low six figures.

Monsignor Charles Beausang – Diocese of Camden

Assignment Record:

YearsAssignment
1946 Ordained in the Diocese of Camden
1947 – 1951 Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Atlantic City, NJ
1952 St. Peter’s Church, Merchantville, NJ
1953 – 1955 Christ the King Church, Haddonfield, NJ
1953 – 1958 “Diocesan Newspaper”
1956 – 1966 St. Vincent de Paul Church, Mays Landing, NJ
1967 – 1985 St. Bernadette Church, Northfield, NJ
1986 – 1992 Maris Stella Church, Avalon, NJ
1993 – 1994 “Retired” – living in Port Charlotte, FL
1995 St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Murdock, FL (Diocese of Venice, FL)
1996 – 2000 “Retired” – living in Port Charlotte, FL
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 Beausang died in August 2000.
  • Monsignor Charles Beausang was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on one occasion in approximately 1950 when the boy was approximately nine years old. At the time of the claimed sexual abuse, Monsignor Beausang was assigned to Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  • The sexual abuse by Monsignor Beausang took place inside Our Lady Star of the Sea School, where the male child was a student. Monsignor Beausang told the boy to expose the boy’s penis to Monsignor Beausang and to masturbate in front of the boy. Monsignor Beausang began to unfasten the boy’s belt buckle, and then the boy ran away.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the four figures.

Father Gerard Boisvert – Diocese of Fall River

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1940 Ordained
1941-1955 St. Anthony of Padua's (French), New Bedford, MA
1956-1962 Notre Dame de Lourdes (French), Fall River, MA
1963-1967 St. Anthony of Padua's (French), New Bedford, MA
  Died July 2, 1967
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 Gerard Boisvert was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least 40 occasions from approximately 1963 when the boy was approximately eleven years old until approximately 1965 when the boy was approximately thirteen years old. During the sexual abuse, Father Boisvert was assigned to St. Anthony of Padua Church in New Bedford, MA, and the boy belonged to the parish. The sexual abuse took place inside the sacristy of St. Anthony of Padua Church in New Bedford, MA, and inside the sacristy of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church in New Bedford, MA.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Boisvert included the following: Father Boisvert fondling the boy’s penis and testicles, both over the clothes and skin on skin; Father Boisvert forcing the boy to masturbate Father Boisvert’s penis; Father Boisvert rubbing his penis against the boy’s face; and Father Boisvert sodomizing the boy.
  • The claim settled in 2023 in the mid-five figures.
  1. Father Kenneth Bonadies - Archdiocese of Hartford
  2. Father Douglas V. Borowski – Archdiocese of Boston
  3. Father Kevin M. Bray, O.S.B. – Archdiocese of Newark, Diocese of Paterson, Diocese of Wilmington
  4. Father James F. Buckley – Diocese of Fall River
  5. Father Leo Bujnowski – Diocese of San Angelo
  6. Father Leo Burchianti – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  7. Father Edward J. Byington – Diocese of Fall River
  8. Father Gerard Chasse – Diocese of Rockville Centre
  9. Father Anthony Cipolla – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  10. Father George H. Clements – Archdiocese of Chicago
  11. Father James H. Coffey - Archdiocese of Boston
  12. Father James Collins – Diocese of Fresno (formerly known as the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno)
  13. Father Charles G. Collins – Diocese of Rockville Centre
  14. Father Denis A. Conte -Archdiocese of Boston
  15. Brother Edward C. Courtney – C.F.C.
  16. Father John H. Curley – Archdiocese of Boston
  17. Father Thomas J. Crum – Diocese of Youngstown
  18. Father Alphonse Dallinger – Diocese of Brooklyn
  19. Father Arthur Devlin, S.M. – Marist Fathers of Boston, a/k/a Society of Mary of the U.S.A.
  20. Father Leon Dicks, O.F.M.Conv. - Diocese of Trenton - Conventual Franciscans, Province of the Immaculate Conception
  21. Father Lawrence W. Donovan – Diocese of Trenton
  22. Father Robert Dunphy – Diocese of Camden
  23. Deacon William Emerson – Archdiocese of Boston
  24. Father Robert D. Fay - Archdiocese of Boston
  25. Monsignor J. Francis Feenan – Diocese of Paterson
  26. Father Romano J. Ferraro – Diocese of Brooklyn, Diocese of Methuen
  27. Father Merle Fisher - Marist Fathers
  28. Father Joseph L. Fitzharris – Archdiocese of Chicago
  29. Father Conran Free, C.P. - Congregation of the Passion (“Passionists”) - Diocese of Scranton
  30. Father Lawrence Gadek – Archdiocese of Newark
  31. Father Richard M. Galdon – Archdiocese of Newark
  32. Father Brian Gallagher, S.S.C.
  33. Father Vincent J. Gallo – Diocese of Brooklyn
  34. Father Michael Garry – Diocese of Trenton
  35. Father James M. Gibbons - Archdiocese of Boston
  36. Father Augustine M. Giella – Diocese of Harrisburg
  37. Father Denis Ginty – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  38. Father J. Gerard Griffin– Diocese of Trenton, Diocese of Springfield
  39. Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez
  40. Monsignor James J. Haddad - Archdiocese of Boston