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 Victor C. LaVoie - Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1971 Ordained
1972-1975 St. Mary’s Church, Chelmsford, MA
1976-1979 St. John Chrysostom Church, West Roxbury, MA
1980-1985 St. Thomas of Villanova, Wilmington, MA
1986-1989 St. Paul, Hingham, MA
1990 Indexed under “Priestly Renewal” and “Advocates,” but not indexed under a church
1991-1992 St. Rose Church, Chelsea, MA
1993 Unindexed
1994-1995 St. Malachy’s Church, Burlington, MA
1996-2002 St. Eulalia Church, Winchester, MA
2003 Indexed under “Advocates,” not indexed under a church
2004-2005 St. Eulalia Church, Winchester, MA
2006 Unindexed
2007-2009 Unassigned
2010-2012 Unindexed
2013-2014 Unassigned
  Died June 26, 2014
   
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 Victor C. LaVoie was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least ten occasions in approximately 1975 when the boy was approximately twelve years old. During the sexual abuse, Father LaVoie was assigned to St. John Chrysostom Church in West Roxbury, MA, and the boy belonged to the parish. The sexual abuse took place inside the sacristy of St. John Chrysostom Church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father LaVoie included the following: Father LaVoie fondling the boy’s penis and testicles, both over the clothes and skin on skin.
  • The claim settled in 2023 in the high five figures.

Father Roger R. Leblanc - Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1972 Ordained
1973-1978 St. Anthony of Padua’s Church, Shirley, MA
1979 Died August 19, 1978
Source:
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons
Summary:
  • Father Roger R. Leblanc was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least twenty-five occasions from approximately 1972 when the boy was approximately eleven years old until approximately 1973 when the boy was approximately twelve. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Leblanc was assigned to St. Anthony of Padua’s Church in Shirley, Massachusetts, and the male child attended church services at St. Anthony of Padua’s Church. The sexual abuse took place inside the boy’s home.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Leblanc included the following: Father Leblanc fondling the boy’s penis and testicles skin on skin and Father Leblanc would masturbate in front of the boy.
  • The claim settled in June 2023 in the high five figures.

Father Theodore F. Llanos – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1974 Ordained in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
1975 – 1978 St. Bernard’s Church, Los Angeles, CA
1979 St. Bernard’s Church, Bellflower, CA
1980 – 1984 St. Louise de Marillac Church, Covina, CA
1985 – 1989 St. Barnabas Church, Long Beach, CA
1990 – 1992 Epiphany Church, South El Monte, CA
1991 – 1992 “Personnel Board, Vicar for Clergy”
1993 – 1996 St. Lucy’s Church, Long Beach, CA
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 Llanos died in December 1996.
  • Father Theodore “Ted” Llanos was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least three occasions between approximately 1988 and 1992 when the boy was approximately 8 to 12 years old. At the time the sexual abuse began, Father Llanos was assigned to St. Barnabas Church in Long Beach, California. The boy’s family did not attend St. Barnabas Church, but they came to know Father Llanos as a family friend.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Llanos took place near the boy’s family home in Long Beach and included the following: Father Llanos fondled the boy’s penis and testicles, skin-on-skin, and Father Llanos performed oral sex on the boy.
  • The claim settled in 2020 in the low six figures.

Father Salvatore Luzzi – Diocese of Erie

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1962 Ordained in the Diocese of Erie
1962 – 1968 Venango Catholic High School, Oil City, PA
1968 – 1979 St. Mark’s Seminary, Erie, PA
1979 – 1994 St. Joseph Church, Warren, PA
1991 – 1994 Warren Deanery, Warren, PA
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
Summary:
  • According to the Grand Jury report, Father Luzzi was placed on “sick leave” in 1994, and his priestly faculties were removed in 1995.
  • Father Salvatore Luzzi was accused of sexually abusing a male on at least six occasions from approximately 1978 to 1979 when the male was approximately eighteen to nineteen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Luzzi was assigned to St. Mark’s Seminary in Erie, Pennsylvania, and the male was a student at the seminary. Father Luzzi served as the male’s spiritual director. The sexual abuse took place in Father Luzzi’s residence on the campus of the seminary.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Luzzi included the following: Father Luzzi fondled the male’s genitals, skin-on-skin, and kissed the male on his face and lips.
  • The claim settled in November 2019 in the low six figures.
  1. Father Gerald F. Lyons – Diocese of Trenton
  2. Father Patrick Francis Magee – Diocese of Trenton
  3. Monsignor Daniel Martin – Diocese of Erie
  4. Father George Maslar, O.M.F.Conv. (Conventual Franciscans)
  5. Father James McAuliffe – Diocese of Scranton
  6. Father Maurus McBarron, O.S.B. (Benedictines)
  7. Father Paul R. McCarthy – Archdiocese of Boston
  8. Father James McDonnell – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  9. Father Joseph McHugh – Diocese of Trenton
  10. Father Joseph F. McGarvey – Diocese of Camden
  11. Father Francis G. McInerney - Archdiocese of Boston
  12. Father Thomas McKenna – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  13. Father William McKeone – Diocese of Trenton
  14. Father Paul J. McLaughlin – Archdiocese of Boston
  15. Father F. Dominic Menna – Archdiocese of Boston (at times indexed as “Fiori D. Menna”)
  16. Father John L. Murray – Diocese of Erie
  17. Monsignor John O’Donnell – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  18. Father Francis E. O’Brien, Jr. – Archdiocese of Boston
  19. Father Denis O’Driscoll, S.M.A. – Society of African Missions
  20. Father Martin O’Hara – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  21. Father George Parme – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  22. Father Gabriel Patil, c.r.s.p. – Diocese of Allentown / The Barnabites
  23. Father Robert Patterson – Archdiocese of Newark
  24. Father John P. Paul – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  25. Father Michael Pecharich – Diocese of Orange
  26. Father John Piatkowski – Diocese of Erie
  27. Father William Presley – Diocese of Erie
  28. Father Joseph J. Pucci, O.M.I.
  29. Father Paul V. Rattigan – Archdiocese of Boston
  30. Father Michael J. Regan
  31. Brother Remigius, C.F.X., a/k/a Francis O’Lone – Xaverian Brothers
  32. Father Joseph P. Rice – Archdiocese of Newark
  33. Brother Donald Richard, F.M.S. - Archdiocese of Newark - Marist Brothers of the Schools
  34. Father Edward Richard – Diocese of Manchester
  35. Father Thomas A. Riley – Archdiocese of Boston
  36. Father Eugene Riordan, S.M.A. – Society of African Missions
  37. Father James J. Rosch – Diocese of Albany
  38. Father Sylvio Ruest – Archdiocese of Boston
  39. Father Robert F. Ryan – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  40. Father John Salvucci – Archdiocese of Boston