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 William McKeone – Diocese of Trenton

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1972 Ordained in the Diocese of Trenton (some sources indicate 1969)
1973 – 1975 St. Dominic’s Church, Brick Town, NJ
1976 St. Denis Church, Manasquan, NJ
1977 – 1978 “On Duty Outside the Diocese (listed at Christ House in Lafayette, NJ)
1979 – 1983 St. Mary of the Lakes Church, Medford, NJ
1984 – 1989 Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Hainesport, NJ
1990, 1992 Morris Hall Home for the Aged/Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel, Lawrenceville, NJ
1991 – 1992 St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center (chaplain), Lawrenceville, NJ
1993 – 1995 “Leave of Absence" (no location provided)
1996 – 2001 “On Duty Outside the Diocese” (no location provided)
2002 – 2009 “On Duty Outside the Diocese” (listed as Voluntas Dei Society, Canada)
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 McKeone is not indexed after the 2009 Official Catholic Directory.
  • Father William McKeone was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least thirty occasions from approximately 1975 to 1976 when the male child was approximately thirteen to fourteen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father McKeone was assigned to St. Denis Church in Manasquan, New Jersey, and the male child was a parishioner and an altar boy at the church. The sexual abuse took place in the sacristy of St. Denis Church and, on one occasion, at a house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • The sexual abuse by Father McKeone included the following: Father McKeone repeatedly hugged the boy from behind such that the boy could feel Father McKeone’s erect penis rubbing against the boy’s buttocks over their clothing. On the one occasion in Philadelphia, Father McKeone sodomized the boy.
  • The claim settled in December 2019 in the low six figures.

Father Paul J. McLaughlin – Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1955 Ordained
1955 – 1956 St. Ann’s Church, Peabody, MA
1957 – 1958 Christ the King Church, Richland, WA (Diocese of Yakima);
1959 – 1962 St. Joseph’s Church, White Salmon, WA (Diocese of Yakima)
1963 – 1966 St. Agnes Church, Arlington, MA
1967 – 1972 St. John the Evangelist Church, Swampscott, MA
1973 – 1977 Regis College, Weston, MA
1978 – 1985 St. Peter’s Church, Lowell, MA
1986 – 2001 Immaculate Conception Church, Marlboro, MA
2002 – 2003 “Senior Priests”
2004 – 2008 Senior Priests (Retired)”
2009 “Senior Priests (Retired)” – listed as living in Indian Wells, 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 McLaughlin is not indexed after the 2009 Official Catholic Directory.
  • Father Paul J. McLaughlin was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least ten occasions from approximately 1967 to 1969 when the boy was approximately 8 to 10 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father McLaughlin was assigned to St. John the Evangelist Church in Swampscott, Massachusetts.
  • The sexual abuse by Father McLaughlin included the following: Father McLaughlin fondled the boy’s penis and testicles over the boy’s clothing; and Father McLaughlin took the boy and other children skinny dipping.
  • The Archdiocese of Boston agreed to settle the claim in 2021.

Father F. Dominic Menna – Archdiocese of Boston (at times indexed as “Fiori D. Menna”)

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1958 Ordained in the Archdiocese of Boston
1959 – 1968 St. Mary’s Church, Quincy, MA
1969 – 1985 St. Florence’s Church, Wakefield, MA
1986 – 2001 St. Anthony of Padua Church, Revere, MA
2002 – 2008 St. Mary Church, Quincy, MA
2009 – 2010 “Retired” (listed in residence at St. Mary Church, Quincy, 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.)

Summary:
  • Father F. Dominic Menna was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least six occasions from approximately 1968 to 1969 when the male child was approximately six to seven years old. At the time the sexual abuse began, Father Menna was assigned to St. Mary’s Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, and the male child was a parishioner at the church. The sexual abuse by Father Menna took place in the nearby rectory affiliated with St. Mary Church and in Father Menna’s car.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Menna included the following: Father Menna fondled the boy’s genitals, performed oral sex on the boy, and forced the boy to perform oral sex on Father Menna.
  • The claim settled in February 2020 in the high five figures.

Father John L. Murray – Diocese of Erie

Assignment Record (per the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report):

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1947 Ordained in the Diocese of Erie
1947 – 1955 Sacred Heart Church, Sharon, PA
1955 – 1960 St. Paul Church, Erie, PA
1959 – 1966 Erie Cathedral Preparatory School (faculty), Erie, PA
1966 – 1969 DuBois Central Catholic High School (headmaster), DuBois, PA
1967 – 1968 St. Bernard Church, Falls Creek, PA
1968 – 1972 “Health Leave”
1972 – 1979 Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, Conneaut Lake, PA
1979 – 1985 St. Matthew in the Wood Church, Erie, PA

 

Official Catholic Directory entries:

DatesAssignment
1986 – 1988 “Leave of Absence” (per the Official Catholic Directory)
1989 – 2002 “Retired” (per the Official Catholic Directory)
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

(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 John L. Murray was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on one occasion in approximately 1959 when the male child was approximately twelve years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Murray was assigned to St. Paul Church in Erie, Pennsylvania, and the male child was a parishioner of the church. Father Murray sexually abused the boy at a beach in Erie,
    Pennsylvania.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Murray included the following: Father Murray fondled the boy’s penis and testicles, skin-on-skin, and Father Murray rubbed his body against the boy’s such that the boy could feel Father Murray’s erect penis against the boy’s body over their clothing.
  • The claim settled in December 2019 in the low five figures.
  1. Monsignor John O’Donnell – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  2. Father Francis E. O’Brien, Jr. – Archdiocese of Boston
  3. Father Denis O’Driscoll, S.M.A. – Society of African Missions
  4. Father Martin O’Hara – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  5. Father George Parme – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  6. Father Gabriel Patil, c.r.s.p. – Diocese of Allentown / The Barnabites
  7. Father Robert Patterson – Archdiocese of Newark
  8. Father John P. Paul – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  9. Father Michael Pecharich – Diocese of Orange
  10. Father John Piatkowski – Diocese of Erie
  11. Father William Presley – Diocese of Erie
  12. Father Joseph J. Pucci, O.M.I.
  13. Father Paul V. Rattigan – Archdiocese of Boston
  14. Father Michael J. Regan
  15. Brother Remigius, C.F.X., a/k/a Francis O’Lone – Xaverian Brothers
  16. Father Joseph P. Rice – Archdiocese of Newark
  17. Brother Donald Richard, F.M.S. - Archdiocese of Newark - Marist Brothers of the Schools
  18. Father Edward Richard – Diocese of Manchester
  19. Father Thomas A. Riley – Archdiocese of Boston
  20. Father Eugene Riordan, S.M.A. – Society of African Missions
  21. Father James J. Rosch – Diocese of Albany
  22. Father Sylvio Ruest – Archdiocese of Boston
  23. Father Robert F. Ryan – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  24. Father John Salvucci – Archdiocese of Boston
  25. Father William I. Shinnick - Archdiocese of Boston
  26. Father Edward Shoback – Diocese of Scranton
  27. Father David Soderlund – Diocese of Allentown
  28. Father Leonard P. Spanburgh – Archdiocese of Newark
  29. Father Francis Stinner – Archdiocese of New York
  30. Father John Stonebridge – Diocese of Brooklyn
  31. Father Gerard Sudol – Archdiocese of Newark
  32. Father Bernard L. Sullivan – Archdiocese of Boston
  33. Father John T. Sullivan – Diocese of Manchester, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Diocese of Gallup, Diocese of Phoenix
  34. Father T. Raymond Sullivan – Archdiocese of Boston
  35. Father Patrick J. Tague – Archdiocese of Boston
  36. Father Arthur Taraborelli – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  37. Father Toribio Villacastin – Archdiocese of Hartford
  38. Father Robert J. Vonnahmen – Diocese of Belleville
  39. Father Michael Wempe – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  40. Father Michael Weston – Archdiocese of Chicago