Fr. James P. McNally
McNally, a 1980 graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas High School Seminary, was on staff there in 1986 when he befriended a 16-year-old student and became a favorite with the boy’s family. McNally reportedly sexually abused the boy for eight years on trips, at the boy’s home, and at rectories. The alleged victim told Bishop McAuliffe in 1996 and McNally was sent for therapy. There were possibly two other victims from the high school seminary. The public was not informed of McNally’s behavior until the publication of a 2004 news article. McNally left the priesthood, was laicized and married. Included on the Diocese’s list of accused 11/8/2018.
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