MASSACHUSETTS
The Republic
By JAY LINDSAY Associated Press
September 04, 2013
BOSTON — Six Roman Catholic clerics and a choir director were named publicly as alleged abusers for the first time by a prominent lawyer for clergy sex abuse victims.
Attorney Mitchell Garabedian released the names of the five priests, one nun and the choir director on Wednesday.
Each of the alleged victims is a client of Garabedian’s and all their cases were settled within the last year for amounts ranging from the high five figures to the low six figures, he said.
Garabedian periodically releases new names publicly, and is highly critical of Catholic church officials for what he says is their refusal to consistently do so. …
The Rev. Alan Caparella, a Franciscan, worked at St. Leonard’s of Port Maurice Parish in Boston. Brother Paul White, a Capuchin, worked at St. Lawrence Friary in Milton. The Rev. Joseph Maffei, of the Salesians of Don Bosco, worked at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Ipswich. W. Emmitt O’Brien was children’s choir director at St. John Chrysostom Church in West Roxbury. …
The others named by Garabedian on Wednesday include:
— The Rev. Vincent Inghilterra, who was chaplain at Trenton State Teachers College when he allegedly abused a minor in the 1970s
— Sister Agnes Daniels, who worked at St. Mary school in Boston when she alleged committed the abuse.
— The Rev. Victor Phelan, who worked in the African countries of Burkina Faso and Ghana.
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