RHODE ISLAND
GoLocalProv
Friday, July 01, 2016
GoLocalProv News Team
The Diocese of Providence has announced that Reverend B. Samuel Turillo, a senior priest of the Diocese is prohibited from exercising the sacred ministry after the Diocese received credible accusations regarding alleged misconduct involving a minor that took place 60 years ago.
Turillo’s faculties or permission to serve as a priest have been removed in accordance with the Charter.
Turillo will soon be 96-years-old and retired from active ministry in June of 1994 and is living in a private residence.
Turilo as a Priest
Father Turillo was ordained to the priesthood in 1946 and had assignments at St. Benedict, Warwick 1946-1946; St. Patrick, Providence 1946-1948; Sacred Heart, West Warwick 1948-1953; St. Mary, Cranston 1953-1954; Holy Angels, Barrington 1954-1962; St. Joseph Hospital, Providence 1962-1962; St. Anthony, Woonsocket 1962-1965; St. Ann, Providence 1965-1971; St. Joseph, Hope Valley 1971-1979 and Sacred Heart, West Warwick 1979-1994.
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