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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Monsignor John O’Donnell – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Partial Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1923 – 1938 St. Augustine Church, Culver City, CA
1939 – 1969 Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Los Angeles, CA
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.)

Summary:
  • According to the Official Catholic Directory, Monsignor O’Donnell died in 1969.
  • Monsignor John O’Donnell was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least two occasions in approximately 1949 when the male child was approximately ten years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Monsignor O’Donnell was assigned to Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Los Angeles, California. The sexual abuse took place inside Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.
  • The sexual abuse by Monsignor O’Donnell included the following: Monsignor O’Donnell fondled the boy’s penis and testicles, skin-on-skin, and Monsignor O’Donnell performed oral sex on the boy.
  • The claim settled in April 2020 in the mid five figures.

Father Francis E. O’Brien, Jr. – Archdiocese of Boston

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1966 Ordained
1967 – 1971 Christ the King Church, Hudson, MA
1972 St. Mary’s Church, Quincy, MA
1973 – 1988 St. Patrick’s Church, Watertown, MA
1989 – 1995 St. Francis of Assisi Church, Medford, MA
1996 – 2008 St. George Church, Framingham, 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 O’Brien died in 2008.
  • Father O’Brien was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least 14 occasions from approximately 1966 to approximately 1971 when the boy was approximately 7 to 12 years old. The sexual abuse took place in property belonging to Christ the King Parish, including in a room in Christ the King Church and a room in the parochial grammar school of Christ of the King Parish.
  • The sexual abuse by Father O'Brien included the following: Father O’Brien forcing the boy to perform oral sex on Father O'Brien, and Father O'Brien penetrating the boy’s anus with Father O'Brien's finger.
  • The Archdiocese of Boston agreed to settle the claim in 2021.
Complaint:

Father Denis O’Driscoll, S.M.A. – Society of African Missions

NOTE: Father O’Driscoll is indexed as “Father Denis O’Driscoll, S.M.A.” through the 1982 Official Catholic Directory. From 1983 on, Father O’Driscoll is indexed as “Father Denis O’Driscoll,” with the “S.M.A.” initials removed, possibly indicating that Father O’Driscoll was no longer affiliated with the Society of African Missions after that time.

Assignment Record:

(all assignments below are within the Archdiocese of Boston)

DatesAssignment
1978 St. Nicholas Church, Abington, MA
1979 Not indexed
1980 – 1985 St. Paul’s Church, Hingham, MA
1986 – 1987 St. Joseph’s Church, Quincy, MA
1988 – 1989 Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Quincy, MA
1990 – 1994 “Absent on Sick 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 O’Driscoll died in 1994.
  • Father Denis O’Driscoll, S.M.A., was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least three occasions from approximately 1979 to 1980 when the male child was approximately eight to nine years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father O’Driscoll was assigned to St. Paul’s Church in Hingham, Massachusetts, and the male child was a parishioner at the church and a student at St. Paul’s School, the parochial school affiliated with the church. The sexual abuse by Father O’Driscoll took place inside St. Paul’s School.
  • The sexual abuse by Father O’Driscoll included the following: Father O’Driscoll fondled the boy’s genitals and buttocks, skin-on-skin. Father O’Driscoll also pressed Father O’Driscoll’s crotch against the boy’s back, over their clothing.
  • The claim settled in April 2020 in the mid five figures.

Father Martin O’Hara – Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1941 Ordained in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
1942 – 1944 St. Patrick’s Church, Pottsville, PA
1945 – 1956 St. Martin of Tours Church, Philadelphia, PA
1957 – 1961 Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Philadelphia, PA
1962 – 1966 Holy Family Church, Philadelphia, PA
1967 – 1969 St. Gabriel’s Church, Norwood, PA
1970 – 1978 St. Francis of Assisi Church, Philadelphia, PA
1979 – 2002 St. Jerome’s Church, Philadelphia, PA
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 O’Hara died in 2002.
  • Father Martin O’Hara was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least thirty occasions from approximately 1971 to 1973 when the male child was approximately nine to eleven years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father O’Hara was assigned to St. Francis of Assisi Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the male child was an altar boy at the church. The sexual abuse took place inside St. Francis of Assisi Church and in the rectory near the church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father O’Hara included the following: Father O’Hara forced the boy to perform oral sex on Father O’Hara, and Father O’Hara sodomized the boy.
  • The claim settled in May 2020 in the low six figures.
  1. Father George Parme – Diocese of Pittsburgh
  2. Father Gabriel Patil, c.r.s.p. – Diocese of Allentown / The Barnabites
  3. Father Robert Patterson – Archdiocese of Newark
  4. Father John P. Paul – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  5. Father Michael Pecharich – Diocese of Orange
  6. Father John Piatkowski – Diocese of Erie
  7. Father William Presley – Diocese of Erie
  8. Father Joseph J. Pucci, O.M.I.
  9. Father Paul V. Rattigan – Archdiocese of Boston
  10. Father Michael J. Regan
  11. Brother Remigius, C.F.X., a/k/a Francis O’Lone – Xaverian Brothers
  12. Father Joseph P. Rice – Archdiocese of Newark
  13. Brother Donald Richard, F.M.S. - Archdiocese of Newark - Marist Brothers of the Schools
  14. Father Edward Richard – Diocese of Manchester
  15. Father Thomas A. Riley – Archdiocese of Boston
  16. Father Eugene Riordan, S.M.A. – Society of African Missions
  17. Father James J. Rosch – Diocese of Albany
  18. Father Sylvio Ruest – Archdiocese of Boston
  19. Father Robert F. Ryan – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  20. Father John Salvucci – Archdiocese of Boston
  21. Father William I. Shinnick - Archdiocese of Boston
  22. Father Edward Shoback – Diocese of Scranton
  23. Father David Soderlund – Diocese of Allentown
  24. Father Leonard P. Spanburgh – Archdiocese of Newark
  25. Father Francis Stinner – Archdiocese of New York
  26. Father John Stonebridge – Diocese of Brooklyn
  27. Father Gerard Sudol – Archdiocese of Newark
  28. Father Bernard L. Sullivan – Archdiocese of Boston
  29. Father John T. Sullivan – Diocese of Manchester, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Diocese of Gallup, Diocese of Phoenix
  30. Father T. Raymond Sullivan – Archdiocese of Boston
  31. Father Patrick J. Tague – Archdiocese of Boston
  32. Father Arthur Taraborelli – Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  33. Father Toribio Villacastin – Archdiocese of Hartford
  34. Father Robert J. Vonnahmen – Diocese of Belleville
  35. Father Michael Wempe – Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  36. Father Michael Weston – Archdiocese of Chicago
  37. Father Harold Robert White – Diocese of Denver
  38. Father Benjamin D. Wysolmerski – Diocese of Burlington
  39. Father Theodore Zabowski – Diocese of Pittsburgh