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From Ireland. Worked in the Philippines after ordination until about 1974, then in London, England until about 1984. Beginning in 1986 he spent ten years in Belize, after which he was sent to the United States. He returned to Ireland in 2014 and died 4/27/2018. McGrath was named publicly as accused on the Los Angeles archdiocese's updated list 12/6/2018.

Accused in a 4/2018 lawsuit of the sexual abuse of a boy ages 13-15 in 1995-1996. The abuse allegedly included rape and occurred at Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox, where McGrath was President. Police were investigating. Had been investigated in 12/2017 after a girl reported she saw at a wrestling match that McGrath had a photo of a nude boy on his cellphone. McGrath refused to give the phone to police; that investigation closed. McGrath resigned from the high school. The man who filed suit in 4/2018 came forward to police in 1/2018. Per news in 9/2018, McGrath moved to his Order's St. John Stone Friary in Hyde Park, across an alley from a preschool and near a Catholic grade school. The Augustinians agreed to move him after an outcry. Sent to a friary in Chicago. Reported in 12/2018 to have "gone missing" from Order. Thought to be living alone in a Chicago apartment. Lawsuit settled in 11/2023 for $2M. Reportedly in 2/2025, McGrath was dismissed from the Augustinians in 12/2024. In 5/2024 his whereabouts remained unclear; he was reported by some to have been seen in Mokena.

Monsignor. Ordained in 1906 for what was then the Diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles. Died in 1943. Included in 2021 on the Diocese of Fresno's list of credibly accused.

Assigned to many parishes; led one for a brief time. Taught at parish schools and at DuBourg High. Suspended in 1997 after an allegation that he fondled a boy in the 1970s while a seminarian. Sent to treatment, reinstated after a year. A 6/2003 civil lawsuit alleged that a man had recently killed himself after a lifetime of turmoil due to abuse by McGrath as a child in the 1980s. The suicide was just after the man learned that McGrath could not be prosecuted due to the statute of limitations. At least 20 more suits followed of men and women alleging abuse as children by McGrath. He would take children on outings in his van, and some overnight trips. Most allegations are of fondling, at least one of forced oral copulation. In 8/2004 17 people settled claims against McGrath in a settlement with the Archdiocese. In 12/2007, the MO Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by the lower court. McGrath was one of 6 priests named in a 7/2008 settlement. He was laicized in 2005. Included on the Archdiocese's 7/26/2019 list if credibly accused .

Attended seminary in Baltimore MD 1972-1974 and again 1976-1977. Ordained in 1978 for the Diocese of Trenton NJ. In 1995 a man told the Baltimore archdiocese McGrath sexually abused him as a minor in the 1970s, while McGrath was in seminary. Baltimore informed Trenton; McGrath acknowledged he sexual abused "three or four victims" during his time in Trenton. Was at St. Luke Institute for treatment when the allegation was reported. His status from then was 'leave of absence' as of 6/2002, when a man alleged abuse in 1975 as a Calvert Hall freshman. Allegation in 8/2002 of abuse in the 1970s of a 13-year-old boy; he told his mother who reported it to the Baltimore Archdiocese and Trenton Diocese immediately. In 9/2002 a man reported abuse 1976-1977 as a St. Anthony Middle School student. Name included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused in 9/2002. Report in 2013 of abuse in 1974 of a boy, age 15; settled for $50K. Included on the Trenton diocese's list 2/13/2019, noted to have been removed from ministry. Per news in 6/2020, McGrath was named in two lawsuits, one alleging abuse in 1983 of a boy, age 17, at St. Anthony's in Hamilton NJ, the other claiming abuse of a boy, age 11, in 1978. A 7/29/2020 suit alleged abuse in the early 1980s of a Red Bank Catholic High student. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.

Accused in 1988 of molesting a grammar-school girl in 1963 or 1964 at his first assignment, Nativity church in St Paul. Denied the allegation, which then-Vicar General Michael O'Connell and then-Chancellor Kevin McDonough found credible. McGrath was allowed to remain as pastor at Sacred Heart in Robbinsdale. Accused in 1993 lawsuits of sexually abusing two, girls ages 14 and 16, at St. Helena's in Minneapolis, in 1966-1969. McGrath denied the allegations, McDonough found them credible; McGrath continued as pastor at Sacred Heart. The suits were dismissed and the complaints settled for a 'nominal amount' before appeal. Included in 12/2013 on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused. A 10/2/2014 lawsuit accused McGrath of forcing oral sex and attempting anal rape of a boy age 13-15 in 1978-80 at Sacred Heart. Died 3/15/1995.

First named publicly as accused by the diocese on its 11/13/18 list of priests credibly accused of sexual misconduct with a minor or vulnerable adult. Per the Official Catholic Directory, McGrath was "on duty outside the diocese" in the Archdiocese of Miami FL, where he appears to have spent the remainder of his priesthood. Died 7/20/16. Named in lawsuit(s) filed in 8/19 under the NY Child Victims Act.

Taught briefly at Salesian High School in New Rochelle, NY, later assigned to St. Thomas More School in Montville as a chaplain and counselor. The school began an investigation in 2000 after it received an allegation, and informed alumni and parents. The allegations were found credible. In 2003 a former student filed suit, claiming sexual abuse in the 1970s by McGrath, and in 2004 another accuser came forward. McGrath died in 1998 at age 62 of cirrhosis and liver cancer. Included on the Norwich diocese's list 2/22/2019 of those with substantiated allegations against them. Included in 3/2020 on the Salesians' list of credibly accused. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/2026 of sexually abusing a Thomas More boarding student during 1992-1993. McGrath's accuser said he reported the abuse in Spring 1993 to the school's headmaster, who did nothing.