Rev. John Bocciarelli C.S.-Assignment Record

Rev. John Bocciarelli, C.S.

Ordained: 1945

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town	State	Position	Notes
1948	1953	Holy Ghost Church	Providence	RI	3/5	Indexed but not listed at Holy Ghost in 1952 and 1953 Directories. Parish had a grade school with154-191 boys and 161-175 girls and a junior high with 55-60 boys and 70-55 girls. Appears in Directories prior to 1962 as Giovanni Bocciarelli, p.s.c.c. (Pious Society of the Missionaries of St. Charles, or "Scalabrinians". The initials c.s. also refer to the Scalabrinians.)
1953	1972	St. Anthony's (Italian)	Somerville	MA	2/2; 1/1;1/2; 1/3; 1/2	Parish had a school starting in 1959 with 62-187 boys and 55-190 girls. Appears in 1962-1967 Directories as John Bocciarelli, p.s.c.c. and thereafter as John Bocciarelli, c.s. Indexed but not listed at St. Anthony's in 1972 Directory.
1972	1973	Scalabrinian Provincial Curia	New York	NY	Third Consultor and Provincial Procurator	The Provincial Curia was at 27 Carmine St., New York NY. Possible association with Our Lady of Pompeii, which was a c.s. parish. Bocciarelli not listed there, but parish's priests resided at 25 Carmine St.
1973	1984	Holy Ghost Church (Italian)	Providence	RI	1/2	Parish had a school with 331-231 students and a daycare with 60-75 children.
1984	1989	St. Anthony's (Italian)	Everett	MA	2/2	Parish had a school with 262-175 students.
1989	1997	St. Anthony's (Italian)	Somerville	MA	2/2; 2/3	Parish had a school with 204 students. The 1997 volume of the Official Catholic Directory is the last in which Bocciarelli's name appears. He was accused in 1997 of sexually abusing a boy in the late 1960s while at St. Anthony's in Somerville MA. In 2007 the St. Bartholomew in Providence RI website indicates Bocciarelli deceased. Per its church bulletin for April 8, 2007, memorials for the week of April 9 include one for Father John Bocciarelli, c.s.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1949-1997).

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