Priest accused of abuse has served on North Shore

MASSACHUSETTS
Salem News

By Tom Dalton Staff writer

The Plymouth priest who is accused of sexually abusing a child three decades ago served at three parishes on the North Shore.

The Rev. James E. Braley, longtime pastor of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Plymouth, also served at parishes in Salem, Lynn and Marblehead.

He was assigned to St. James Parish, Salem, from 1986 to ’90; St. Mary’s, Lynn, from 1990 to ’94; and Our Lady Star of the Sea, Marblehead, in 1994, according to the Archdiocese of Boston.

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