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Here’s the full, updated list of credibly accused priests in RI

Laura Breault April 8, 2026

PROVIDENCE (RI)
Providence Journal [Providence RI]

April 7, 2026

By Wheeler Cowperthwaite and Katherine Gregg

Rhode Island lawmakers’ vote today on a bill allowing victims of sexual abuse by clergy to sue the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence will put the spotlight back on the updated list of credibly accused priests in a recent report by Attorney Gen. Peter Neronha.

The House is scheduled to vote on Tuesday, April 7, on the bill to allow the victims to file suits seeking damages from the Diocese – and any other entity that knew and failed to stop sexual abuse they suffered as children. The legislation would also provide the victims with a two-year window to revive claims currently barred by expired time limits.

The total list of credibly accused clergy is 75 names long, with 14 still living. The previously released list by the diocese was 55 names long.

What does credibly accused mean? “[A]n allegation of Sexual Misconduct Perpetrated Against a Child where there is a reasonable basis to believe that the alleged conduct more likely than not occurred, as determined by the Attorney General.”

“In those cases where we were unable to adequately substantiate an allegation of abuse through witness interviews or other information, or where the available information was simply too scant or otherwise impossible to substantiate, we did not name the accused priest,” the report says.

Read our full coverage here.

Here is a breakdown of the credibly accused clergy list.

New names added to the RI credibly accused clergy list:

Click on their names to jump to their assignments. They are listed in alphabetical order.

The allegations against Raphael Edes

The only member of the clergy who is an addition to the 2019 list and is still living, Edes is accused of abusing two male students between 1986 and 1990, and he allegedly admitted to state police investigators in 2025 that he had “sexual contact with one of these complainants but claimed that it was consensual; he denied sexually abusing the other complainant.”

The first complaint against Edes came in 1994, when an attorney for one of the victims filed a complaint with the diocese, alleging sexual abuse between 1986 and 1990. The only recorded response was a memo that the complaint was received by Office of Education and Compliance Director Robert McCarthy. In 2018, another complaint was filed. McCarthy’s successor, Kevin O’Brien, reported the allegations to the state police, who determined that Edes couldn’t be charged because the statute of limitations is three years, according to the report’s appendix.

He also had two credible allegations with the Congregation of Christian Brothers, one of which was settled out of court, O’Brien wrote to investigators in 2018.

While the diocese’s Review Board looked at Edes’ case in 2019, there is no record of their determination, and they did not include him on the credibly accused list.

See his full appendix entry here.

The full list of credibly accused Catholic clergy in RI

Below you’ll find the updated list of credibly accused clergy, with updates made since the diocese originally released its list in 2019. The list is grouped into the living and the dead, as of 2026. Each entry includes assignment history.

The lists of credibly accused are broken into the following categories. Click on the link to skip down to that section:

List of credibly accused clergy in Rhode Island who were living as of 2026

Joseph Abbruzzese

  • Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, North Providence, 1990-1991
  • St. Francis de Sales Church, North Kingstown, 1991-1992
  • St. Anthony Church, North Providence, 1992-1993
  • Suspended on leave, 1993

See his full appendix entry here.

Daniel Azzarone

  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Providence, 1978-1980
  • St. Clement Church, Warwick, 1980-1981
  • St. Paul Church, Cranston, 1981-1983
  • St. Ann Church, Providence, 1983-1990
  • St. Mary Church, Cranston, 1990-2001
  • Suspended on leave, 2001
  • Indicted on six counts of first-degree sexual assault, April 5, 2002
  • Sentenced to 3 years in prison, Sep. 6, 2005
  • Laicized, 2009

See his full appendix entry here.

Paul Charland

  • St. Augustine Church, Providence, 1971-1975
  • Christian Youth Center, North Kingstown, 1975-1979
  • St. Raphael Academy, Pawtucket, 1979-1982
  • St. Joseph Church, Cumberland, 1979-1982
  • SS. John & Paul Church, Coventry, 1983 (temp.)
  • St. Agatha Church, Woonsocket, 1983-1986
  • Holy Ghost Church, Tiverton, 1986-1990
  • St. Lawrence Church, North Providence, 1990-1992
  • St. Paul the Apostle Church, Foster, 1992-2006
  • Mount St. Rita Health Centre, Cumberland. 2006-2007
  • St. Francis House, Woonsocket, 2007-2009
  • Pastoral Ministry at various nursing homes in the Providence area, 2009-2011
  • Suspended and retired, 2011

See his full appendix entry here.

Raphael Edes

  • St. Raphael Academy, Pawtucket, 1978-1994

See his full appendix entry here.

Kevin Fisette

Kevin Fisette is one of three priests currently being prosecuted by the attorney general’s office. He is charged with first-degree sexual assault for an incident that allegedly took place in 1981 involving a 13-year-old boy. There is no appendix entry for Fisette because his case is currently being prosecuted.

  • Our Lady of Victory Church, Ashaway, 1981
  • Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 1981-1982
  • St. Mary Church, Cranston, 1982-1985
  • St. Catherine of Siena Church, Warwick, 1985-1990
  • Our Lady of Providence Preparatory Seminary High School, Providence, 1987-1988
  • St. James Church, West Warwick 1990-1993
  • Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, 1989-1997
  • Pawtuxet Valley CYO, Warwick, 1990-1993
  • SS. Peter & Paul Church, West Warwick, 1993-1997
  • Holy Name of Jesus Church, Providence, 1997-2004
  • Father Barry CYO Center, Pawtucket, 1998-1999
  • St. Leo the Great Church, Pawtucket, 2004-2009

Edmund Fitzgerald, died Aug. 7, 2002

  • St. Thomas Church, Providence, Summer 1957
  • St. Teresa of the Child Jesus Church, Pawtucket, 1957-1969
  • St. Joseph Church, Cumberland, 1969-1971
  • St. Mary Church, Newport, 1971-1976
  • St. Agnes Church, Providence, 1976-1979
  • Our Lady of Providence Preparatory Seminary High School, Providence, 1979-1980
  • St. John Church, Providence, Summer 1980
  • Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 1980 (temp.)
  • SS. Peter & Paul Church, West Warwick, 1980-1981
  • St. Mary of the Bay Church, Warren, 1981-1984
  • St. Mary Church, West Warwick, 1984-1992
  • St. Clare Church, Misquamicut, 1992-1998
  • Jesus Saviour Church, Newport, 1998
  • Eleanor Slater Hospital, Cranston, 1998
  • St. Mark Church, Cranston, 1998
  • Suspended on leave, August 1998
  • Retired, December 1998
  • Faculties reinstated, February 1999
  • Part-time ministry at various parishes, 1999-2002
  • Faculties suspended indefinitely, June 2002

See his full appendix entry here.

James Jackson

James Jackson was added to the credibly accused list in 2022, following his arrest in 2021 on charges of possessing and transferring child pornography. Jackson pled guilty in June 2023 to a charge of receipt of child pornography and was sentenced in federal district court to six years in prison followed by a term of five years of probation.

  • St. Mary Church, Providence, August-October 2021
  • Arrested, Oct. 30, 2021
  • Suspended, Oct. 31, 2021
  • Resigned, Nov. 18, 2021
  • Pleaded guilty, June 8, 2023
  • Laicized, Jan. 13, 2025

See his full appendix entry here.

Richard Meglio

  • St. Bernard Church, Wickford, 1971
  • St. Mary Church, Cranston, 1971-1972
  • St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Pawtucket, 1972-1973
  • Our Lady of Grace Church, Johnston, 1973-1980
  • Sacred Heart Church, West Warwick, 1980-1983
  • Continuing Education & Spirituality, Diocese of Providence, Providence, 1983
  • St. Mark Church, Cranston, 1983-1988
  • Suspended in leave, 1988

See his full appendix entry here.

Francis Santilli

  • Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Providence (deacon), 1979-1980
  • St. Joseph Hospital, Providence, 1980
  • St. Charles Borromeo Church, Woonsocket, 1980-1984
  • St. Pius X Church, Westerly, 1984-1988
  • Diocesan Office for Vocations, Providence, 1987-1991
  • St. Vincent House of Formation, Providence, 1988-1991
  • St. Raphael Academy, Pawtucket, 1988-1999
  • St. Cecilia Church, Pawtucket, 1991-2004
  • St. Paul Church, Cranston, 2004-2010
  • Sabbatical, North American College, Rome, Italy, 2006
  • Diocesan Review Board, 2009-2012
  • Council of Priests, 2011-2014
  • College of Consultors, 2011-2016
  • St. Philip Church and School, Smithfield, 2010-2022
  • Suspended on leave, 2022

Francis Santilli was added to the diocese’s list in 2022. Allegations against him were brought in 2012, 2014 and 2021. He was not removed from the ministry, and added to the list, until the attorney general’s office contacted the diocese in 2022 to ask about his status as a priest at the St. Philip School and Church in Smithfield. Criminal prosecutions have been barred by statutes of limitations, and a lawsuit was also barred by a separate statute of limitations.

See his full appendix entry here.

John Petrocelli

A grand jury indicted John Petrocelli on three counts of first-degree child molestation and nine counts of second-degree child molestation in 2020. The indictment alleges Petrocelli abused three boys, all younger than 14 at the time. His case is ongoing, and because of that there is no appendix entry.

  • St. Ann Church, Providence, 1971-1976
  • Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence, 1976-1981
  • Holy Family Church, Woonsocket, 1981-1990
  • Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, North Providence, 1990-1994
  • St. Joseph Hospital, Providence 1994-2002

James Silva

A grand jury indicted James Silva on 11 counts in 2021, alleging he sexually assaulted a boy younger than 14 between 1989 and 1990 while an administrator in the Office of Ministerial Formation within the Diocese of Providence. Because his case is ongoing, there is no appendix entry.

  • Jesus Saviour Church, Newport, 1967-1968
  • St. Francis Xavier Church, East Providence, 1968-1969
  • Jesus Saviour Church, Newport, 1969-1971
  • St. Barnabas Church, Portsmouth, 1971-1972
  • Regional CYO Newport County, 1971-1974
  • St. Christopher Church, Tiverton, 1972-1974
  • St. Mary Church, Bristol, 1974-1975
  • St. Matthew Church, Cranston, 1975-1976
  • St. Joseph Church, Pascoag, 1976-1980
  • St. Lucy Church, Middletown, 1980-1981
  • St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Narragansett, 1982
  • Continuing Education & Spirituality, Diocese of Providence, Providence, 1981
  • SS. Peter & Paul Church, West Warwick, 1982-1983
  • Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence, 1983-1986
  • Office of Ministerial Formation, Providence, 1986-1993
  • St. Joseph Hospital, Providence, 1991

William Tanguay

  • Immaculate Conception Church, Cranston, 1969
  • Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, North Providence, 1969-1974
  • St. Michael Church, Providence, 1974-1983
  • Pastoral care of Hmong Refugees, Minneapolis, 1983-1984
  • St. Michael Church, Providence, 1984-1995
  • Hmong Ministry, Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, 1995-2002
  • Suspended on leave, 2002
  • Retired, 2008

See his full appendix entry here.

John Tormey

  • Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, Providence, Summer 1967
  • St. Margaret Church, Rumford, 1967-1973
  • St. Mary Academy Bay View, East Providence, 1970-1973
  • On sabbatical 5 months, 1973
  • Blessed Sacrament Church, Providence, Summer 1973
  • House of Affirmation, Worcester, 1973-1974
  • St. Maria Goretti Church, Pawtucket, (residence) 1973-1974
  • St. Xavier Academy, Providence, 1974-1979
  • St. Joseph Hospital, OLP Unit, Providence, (residence) 1974-1979
  • Resigned, 1979
  • Sued the diocese for defamation, lawsuit pending, 2019

See his full appendix entry here.

List of credibly accused deacons in Rhode Island who were living as of 2019

Edward Sadowski

See his full appendix entry here.

List of credibly accused deacons in Rhode Island who were deceased as of 2026

Laurence Gagnon, died Aug. 28, 2021

  • West View Nursing Home, West Warwick, 1979-1990
  • St. Joseph Church & St. Joseph School, West Warwick, 1990-2011

Gagnon served a year, starting in 2013, for molesting three students at the St. Joseph School, following his arrest in 2011, after pleading nolo contendere.

See his full appendix entry here.

List of credibly accused clergy in Rhode Island who were deceased as of 2026

John Allard, died April 27, 2018

  • St. Cecilia Church, Pawtucket, 1974-1975
  • Immaculate Conception Church, Cranston, 1975-1984
  • Providence South CYO Center, Providence, 1977-1982
  • Office for Youth Ministry, Providence, 1984-1996
  • St. Aloysius Church, Woonsocket (residence), 1984-1986
  • Our Lady of Good Help Church, Mapleville, 1986-1996
  • Office of Evangelization & Spirituality, 1986-2001
  • Precious Blood Church, Woonsocket, 1996-2013
  • St. Agatha Church, Woonsocket, 1996-2013
  • Sacred Heart Church (temp.), Woonsocket, 2001
  • Father Marot CYO Center, Woonsocket, 2006-2013
  • Retired, Feb. 21, 2013

See his full appendix entry here.

Francis Xavier Battel, died Dec. 16, 1977

  • St. Mary Church, Pawtucket, 1957
  • St. Joseph Church, Providence, 1957-1962
  • La Salle Academy, Providence, 1958-1962
  • St. Lawrence Church, North Providence, 1962-1963
  • La Salle Academy, Providence, 1962-1963
  • Jesus Savior Church, Newport, 1963-1964
  • Blessed Sacrament Church, Providence, 1964-1967
  • St. Pius X Church, Westerly, 1967-1968
  • St. Mary Church, Pawtucket, 1968-1969
  • Leave of Absence, 1969

Francis Battel was not included on the diocese’s list of the credibly accused.

See his full appendix entry here.

Roger Belhumeur, died Sept. 28, 2010

  • St. Joseph College, Mountain View, California, 1961-1962
  • Immaculate Conception Church, Cranston, 1962-1963
  • Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, West Warwick, 1963-1965
  • Our Lady of Providence Seminary, Warwick, 1963-1973
  • St. Rose of Lima Church, Warwick, 1965-1969
  • Immaculate Conception Church, Cranston, 1969-1973
  • Mary, Immaculate Queen Novitiate, Newport, 1973-1979
  • St. Agnes Church, Providence, 1979-1991
  • St. Mary Church, Newport, 1991-1994
  • Retired, pastor emeritus, St. Agnes Church, Providence, 1994

See his full appendix entry here.

Dennis Brodeur, died Jan. 1, 2004

  • Holy Trinity Church, Central Falls, 1976-1977
  • St. Catherine Church, Warwick, 1977
  • St. Jude Church, Lincoln, 1977-1980
  • St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa, 1980-1982
  • St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1982-1986
  • Sisters of St. Mary Health Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 1986-2004

See his full appendix entry here.

Robert Carpentier, died May 9, 2012

  • St. Clare Church, Misquamicut, Summer 1967
  • Precious Blood Church, Woonsocket, 1967-1969
  • St. Agatha Church, Woonsocket, 1969-1973
  • Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, Woonsocket, 1973-1976
  • St. Mary Church, Newport, Summer 1976
  • Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, North Providence, 1976-1982
  • St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Church, Nasonville, 1982-1992
  • St. John the Evangelist Church, North Slatersville, 1992
  • Medical Leave of Absence, Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut, April-May 1992
  • Sabbatical, Boston College, 1992-1994
  • Leave of absence, 1994-2006
  • Retired, 2006

See his full appendix entry here.

Joseph D’Angelo, died Jan. 15, 2026

  • Immaculate Conception Church, Westerly, 1977-1978
  • St. Anthony Church, Providence, 1978-1979
  • Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 1979
  • St. John Church, Providence, 1979
  • St. Augustin Church, Newport, 1979-1980
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Providence, 1980-1981
  • Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 1981
  • St. John Church, Providence, 1981
  • St. Margaret Church, Rumford, 1981-1983
  • Suspended, 1983-1994
  • Diocese of Isernia-Venafro, Italy, 1994-1997
  • Suspended, 1997-2006
  • Laicized, 2006

See his full appendix entry here.

Normand Demers, died July 21, 2018

  • St. Francis of Assisi Church, Wakefield, 1958
  • St. John the Evangelist Church, Slatersville, 1958-1959
  • St. Vincent de Paul Church, Coventry, 1959-1965
  • Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, North Providence,  1964-1973
  • Teacher, La Salle Academy, Providence, 1970s
  • Adult Correctional Institutions, Cranston, 1971-1976
  • Dismas House (half-way house for ex-offenders), Providence, 1973-1976
  • St. Joseph Church, Providence, 1974-1990
  • St. Martha Church, East Providence, 1990-2002
  • Our Lady of Fatima Church, North Providence, 1998-2002
  • Suspended on leave, 2002-2004
  • Retired, 2004

See his full appendix entry here.

Alfred Desrosiers, died Feb. 15, 2001

  • St. Michael Church, Smithfield, Summer 1961
  • St. Jean Baptiste Church, Warren,  1961-1962
  • Holy Family Church, Woonsocket, 1962-1971
  • St. Joan of Arc Church, Cumberland, 1971-1978
  • Mount St. Francis Day Care Center, Lincoln, 1977-1983
  • Our Lady of Victories Church, Woonsocket, 1978-1993
  • Suspended on leave, 1993-1997
  • Retired, 1997

See his full appendix entry here.

Paul Desrosiers, died June 27, 1984

  • St. Vincent de Paul Church, Coventry, 1940-1943
  • St. John the Baptist Church, West Warwick, 1943-1946
  • St. Joseph Church, Woonsocket, 1946-1951
  • Precious Blood Church, Woonsocket, 1951-1960
  • Diocesan Tribunal, 1959-1968
  • St. Joseph Church, Woonsocket, 1960-1973
  • Leave of absence, January-August 1973
  • St. John the Baptist Church, West Warwick, 1973-1981
  • Retired, 1981

See his full appendix entry here.

Louis Diogo, died April 4, 2015

  • Jesus Saviour Church, Newport, 1954
  • St. Anthony Church, West Warwick, 1954-1957
  • St. Francis Xavier Church, East Providence, 1957-1964
  • Jesus Saviour Church, Newport, 1964-1965
  • Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Providence, 1965-1972
  • St. Elizabeth Church, Bristol, 1972-1993
  • Retired, 1993
  • St. Francis Xavier Church, East Providence (residence), 2000-2006
  • Faculties restricted, 2005

See his full appendix entry here.

Charles Dolan, died Nov. 9, 1977

  • Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence, 1931
  • Sacred Heart Church, Taunton, Massachusetts, 1931-1932
  • St. Mary Church, Taunton, Massachusetts, 1932-1933
  • St. Francis Church, Wakefield, 1933
  • Immaculate Conception Church, Providence, 1933-1937
  • St. Joseph Church, Pawtucket, 1937-1941
  • St. Leo the Great Church, Pawtucket, 1941-1942
  • St. Bernard Church, Wickford, 1942-1943
  • St. Agnes Church, Providence, 1943
  • Sacred Heart Church, East Providence, 1943-1949
  • St. Francis Home (Annex of St. Joseph Hospital), Warwick, 1949-1952
  • St. Brendan Church, Riverside, 1952-1953
  • St. Anthony Church, Woonsocket, 1953-1955
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Providence, 1955-1958
  • St. Ann Church, Cranston, 1958
  • Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Providence, 1958-1967
  • St. Patrick Church, Providence, 1967-1971
  • Retired, 1971

See his full appendix entry here.

John Doran, died June 1, 1992

  • St. Clare Church, Misquamicut, 1950
  • Sacred Heart Church, East Providence, 1950-1954
  • St. Rita Church, Warwick, 1954-1955
  • Blessed Sacrament Church, Providence, 1955-1960
  • Veterans Hospital, Providence (part time), 1957
  • St. Patrick Church, Providence, 1960-1968
  • St. Timothy Church, Warwick, 1968-1969
  • St. Leo the Great Church, Pawtucket, 1969-1971
  • St. Mary Church, Providence, 1971-1976
  • St. Martha Church, East Providence, 1976-1992
  • Retired

John Doran was not included on the diocese’s list of the credibly accused.

See his full appendix entry here.

Louis Dunn, died April 18, 2001

  • St. Bernard Church, Wickford, 1947
  • St. Benedict Church, Warwick, 1947
  • St. Mary Church, West Warwick, 1947-1948
  • Appollinaris Seminary, Lateran University, Rome, Italy, 1948-1950
  • Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence, 1950-1956
  • Assistant Chancellor, Diocese of Providence, Providence, 1950-1952
  • Vice Chancellor, Diocese of Providence, Providence, 1952-1953
  • Vicar for Religious, Diocese of Providence, Providence, 1953-1956
  • Mother of Hope Novitiate, Warwick, 1956-1964
  • St. Joseph Church, Hope Valley, 1963
  • Christ the King Church, Kingston, 1964-1967
  • University of Rhode Island, Kingston, 1964-1967
  • Diocesan Tribunal, Providence, 1966-1967
  • St. Thomas Church, Providence, 1967-1974
  • Suspended on leave, April 1994
  • Retired, June 1994
  • St. John Vianney Residence, Providence, 1997

See his full appendix entry here.

Michael Dziob, died Nov. 27, 2012

  • St. Joseph Church, Central Falls, June-October 1942
  • Catholic University, Washington, DC, 1942-1944
  • St. Joseph Church, Central Falls, 1944-1945
  • Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence, 1945-1946
  • St. Joseph Church, Central Falls, 1946-1947
  • St. Hedwig Church, Providence, 1947-1948
  • Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, North Providence, 1948-1973
  • St. Leo the Great Church, Pawtucket, 1973-1993
  • Retired, pastor emeritus, St. Leo the Great Church, Pawtucket, June 1993

Michael Dziob was not included on the diocese’s list of the credibly accused.

See his full appendix entry here.

John Feeney, died Nov. 10, 1974

  • St. Brendan Church, Riverside, 1928-1929
  • St. Bernard Church, North Kingstown, 1929-1937
  • St. Matthew Church, Cranston, 1937-1941
  • Sacred Heart Church, Woonsocket, 1941-1943
  • Mt. St. Francis Orphanage, Woonsocket, 1941-1943
  • St. Patrick Church, Cumberland, 1943
  • St. Augustin Church, Newport, 1943-1951
  • St. Joseph Church, North Scituate, 1951-1971
  • Retired, 1971

John Feeney, also known as John Joseph Keough Feeney, was not included on the diocese’s list of the credibly accused.

See his full appendix entry here.

Oscar Ferland, died July 8, 1998

  • St. Patrick Church, Harrisville, 1945-1953
  • St. Brendan Church, Riverside, 1953-1956
  • St. Michael Church, Providence, 1956-1967
  • Christ the King Church, Kingston, 1967-1972
  • University of Rhode Island, 1968-1972
  • St. Luke Church, Barrington, 1972-1991
  • Retired, 1991
  • Part-time help at various parish assignments including St. Aidan Church, Cumberland, St. Joseph’s in Hope Valley and St. Bernard’s in Wickford, 1991-1998 (death)

See his full appendix entry here.

John Ferry, died April 11, 1988

  • St. Rose of Lima Church, Warwick, 1957-1965
  • Our Lady of Providence Seminary, Warwick, 1962-1965
  • The Providence Visitor Newspaper, Providence, 1965-1973
  • St. Margaret Church, Rumford, 1965-1967
  • St. Margaret Home, Providence, 1967-1973
  • St. Rose of Lima Church, Warwick, 1973-1988

See his full appendix entry here.

John Flanagan, died March 7, 1973

  • Camp Yawgoog Boy Scout Camp, Hopkinton, summer 1934
  • St. Edward Church, Pawtucket, 1935-1937
  • Diocese Chancery Office, Providence, 1937-1942
  • Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence, 1942-1943
  • St. Bernard Church, Wickford, February 1943
  • St. Agnes Church, Providence, 1943-1944
  • St. Mary Church, Providence, 1944-1946
  • St. Francis House, Hillsgrove, 1946
  • Sacred Heart Church, East Providence, 1946-1947
  • Sick leave, 1947-1951
  • Sacred Heart Church, Pawtucket, 1951-1953
  • St. Ann Church, Cranston, 1953-1961
  • St. Joseph Church, Pascoag, 1961-1962
  • Monastery of the Servants of the Paraclete, Jemez Springs, New Mexico, 1962-1963
  • St. Patrick Church, Cumberland, 1963-1968
  • Stella Maris Home, Newport, 1968-1970
  • Retired, 1970

In 2016, a woman reported that Flanagan abused her at St. Patrick’s Church in Cumberland in the 1960s. He was not on the diocese’s list of the credibly accused.

See his full appendix entry here.

William Gillooly, died Sept. 2, 1989

  • St. James Church, West Warwick, 1945-1947
  • St. Francis of Assisi Church, Wakefield, 1947-1950
  • St. Peter Church, Warwick, 1950-1958
  • Regional CYO Director, Warwick, 1950-1953
  • St. Charles Borromeo Church, Woonsocket, 1958-1961
  • St. Patrick Church, Harrisville, 1961-1965
  • St. Francis of Assisi Church, Wakefield, 1965-1967
  • St. Teresa of Avila Church, Providence, 1967-1968
  • St. Agnes Church, Providence, 1968-1972
  • St. Patrick Church, Harrisville, 1972
  • St. Clare Home, Newport, 1972-1973
  • St. Rita Church, Warwick, 1973-1981
  • Retired, 1981

See his full appendix entry here.

Timothy Gorton, died June 18, 2021

  • St. Joseph Church, Cumberland, 1982-1984
  • St. Joseph Church, Newport, 1984
  • Our Lady of Providence Prepatory Seminary High School, Providence, 1984-1989
  • St. Mark Church, Cranston, 1987-1989
  • St. Ann Church, Cranston, 1989-1993
  • St. Mary of the Bay Church, Warren, 1993-1997
  • Roger Williams University, Bristol, 1994-1997
  • St. Francis of Assisi Church, Warwick, 1997-2004
  • St. Joseph Church, Pawtucket, 2004-2007
  • Precious Blood Church, Woonsocket, 2008-2012
  • St. Agatha Church, Woonsocket, 2008-2012
  • Suspended and retired, 2012

See his full appendix entry here.

Rene Guertin, died Jan. 23, 1982

  • St. Andrew Church, Block Island, 1946
  • St. Aloysius Orphan Home, Greenville, 1946-1969
  • St. Xavier Academy, Providence, 1946-1952
  • La Salle Academy, Providence, 1952-1969
  • Our Lady of Good Help Church, Mapleville (Burrillville), 1969-1980
  • Retired, 1980

See his full appendix entry here.

Richard Holden, died March 23, 1985

  • St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Narragansett, 1964
  • St. Aloysius Church, Woonsocket, 1964-1970
  • Sacred Heart Church, Pawtucket, 1970-1971
  • St. Vincent de Paul Church, Coventry, 1971-1985

See his full appendix entry here.

Edward Kelley, died Sept. 26, 2022

  • St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Narragansett, 1968
  • St. Catherine Church, Warwick, 1968-1969
  • St. John the Evangelist Church, North Smithfield, 1969
  • St. James Church, Manville, 1969-1974
  • St. Joseph Church, Pascoag, 1974-1976
  • St. Matthew Church, Cranston, 1976-1978
  • St. Joseph Hospital, Providence, 1978
  • St. Margaret Church, East Providence, 1978-1980
  • St. John Church, Slaterville, 1980-1985
  • Our Lady of Consolation Church, Pawtucket, 1985-1986
  • St. Agatha Church, Woonsocket, 1986-1992
  • St. Aidan Church, Cumberland, 1992
  • U.S. Army Chaplain Corps, 1993
  • Retired, 2013
  • Faculties revoked, 2015

Kelley was added to the diocese’s list of the credibly accused after his indictment on charges of three counts of first-degree sexual assault in 2021. He was declared incompetent to stand trial and died at Eleanor Slater Hospital in 2022.

See his full appendix entry here.

Michael La Mountain, last name also spelled LaMountain, died Aug. 25, 2010

See his full appendix entry here.

Norman LeBoeuf, died March 30, 1983

  • Sacred Heart Church, Pawtucket, 1941
  • Our Lady of Providence Seminary, Warwick, 1941-1957
  • St. Jude Church, Lincoln, 1957
  • St. Michael Church, Providence, 1957-1964
  • St. Agnes Church, Providence, 1964-1968
  • St. Edward Church, Pawtucket, 1968-1980

While LeBoeuf was not on the diocese’s list of the credibly accused, The Providence Journal reported on allegations against him in 2019. The victim told The Journal, upon not seeing LeBoeuf’s name in the credibly accused list, “Is there an insinuation because there is an omission that my report was less than credible?”

When asked why he was not in 2019, diocesan spokeswoman Carolyn Cronin told The Journal: “Beyond the extensive information which was already released, the diocese will have no further information or comment at this time.” She would not disclose his assignments in Rhode Island, or when he retired from the ministry.

See his full appendix entry here.

P. Henry Leech, also known as Paul Henry Leech, died July 9, 1984

  • St. Philip Church, Greenville, 1979-1980
  • St. Joseph Church, Woonsocket, 1980-1983
  • St. Jude Church, Lincoln, 1983-1984
  • Suspended on leave, 1984
  • Pleaded nolo contendere to molesting four children, sentenced to 3 years, 1985

See his full appendix entry here.

Roland Lepire, died Feb. 26, 2025

  • St. James Church, Manville, 1974-1975
  • St. Aloysius Church, Woonsocket, 1975-1979
  • St. Mary Church, Cranston, 1979-1980
  • St. Matthew Church, Central Falls, 1980-1986
  • St. Leo the Great Church, Pawtucket, 1986-1991
  • St. Vincent de Paul Church, Coventry, 1991-1996
  • Suspended on leave, 1996-2004
  • Dismissed from the clerical state, 2004

See his full appendix entry here.

Alfred Lonardo, died July 9, 2022

  • St. Francis Church, Wakefield, 1963
  • St. Teresa of Avila Church, Providence, 1963-1973
  • St. Mary Church, Cranston, 1973-1975
  • Adult Correctional Institutions, Cranston, 1975-1977
  • Holy Cross Church, Providence, 1977-1986
  • St. Mary Church, Cranston, 1986-2002
  • Sabbatical, North American College, Rome, Italy, 2002
  • St. Augustine Church, Providence, 2003-2007
  • Retired, 2007

Alfred Lonardo was not included on the diocese’s list of the credibly accused. In 2022, an alleged victim told state police and the attorney general’s office about being sexually abused between 1994 and 1996 by Lonardo and Daniel Azzarone, who is on the credibly accused list. Azzarone pleaded nolo contendere to two counts of first-degree sexual assault. Lonardo was Azzarone’s supervisor at St. Mary Church from 1999 to 2001.

See his full appendix entry here.

Philip Magaldi, died Aug. 12, 2008

  • St. Alexander Church, Warren, Summer 1961
  • Our Lady of Grace Church, Johnston, 1961-1965
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Providence, 1965-1968
  • Our Lady of Grace Church, Johnston, 1968-1969
  • North American College, Rome, 1968-1969
  • Assistant Chancellor, Diocese of Providence, Providence, 1969-1972
  • St. Matthew Church, Cranston, 1969-1976
  • St. Anthony Church, North Providence, 1976-1988
  • San Antonio, Texas, 1988-1989
  • St. Augustin Church, Newport, 1989-1990
  • Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, at St. Mary Church in Henrietta, 1990-1992
  • Imprisoned (embezzlement conviction), 1992-1993
  • St. John the Apostle Church, North Richland Hills, Texas, 1993-1998
  • Suspended on leave, 1998
  • Temporary retirement, 1999
  • Unknown church, Keller, Texas, 2000-2001
  • Suspended on leave, 2001
  • Faculties removed, 2005

One of Magaldi’s alleged victims tried to sue the Diocese of Providence and church leaders under a novel legal argument, that they were perpetrators and therefore the statute of limitations for lawsuits had been extended. A judge dismissed the lawsuit.

See his full appendix entry here.

Thomas Manu, also known as Thomas Dente Kofi Manu, died 2023

  • Summer Assignments, Prudence Island and St. Mary Church, Bristol, 1980-2007

Manu was not on the diocese’s list of credibly accused priests. The rape accusation against him was first reported to the diocese in 2005, and the diocese director of education and compliance at the time, Robert McCarthy, reported the allegations to the state police after interviewing the alleged victim and her parents. Manu was allowed to go to St. Mary’s in 2006 and 2007, at which point the victim’s father called to complain and he was not invited back.

See his full appendix entry here.

Robert Marcantonio, died Oct. 20, 1999

  • Sacred Heart Church, West Warwick, 1967
  • St. Mary Church, Cranston, 1967-1968
  • Sacred Heart Church, West Warwick, 1968-1969
  • St. Mary Church, Cranston, 1969-1970
  • Our Lady of Providence Preparatory Seminary, Providence, 1969-1970
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Ames, Iowa, 1970-1975
  • Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1971-1972; 1972-1973; 1973-1974, 1975
  • Ames High School, Ames, Iowa, 1972, 1973
  • Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 1974
  • Stonehill College, North Easton, Massachusetts, 1975-1979
  • St. John Vianney Church, Cumberland, 1975-1979
  • University of Rhode Island, 1977-1981
  • Rhode Island College, Providence, 1979-1989
  • U.S. Navy Reserve, 1980
  • Bryant College, Smithfield, 1989
  • Sabbatical, University of Rhode Island, 1989
  • Suspended on leave, Providence, 1989-1992
  • Suspended on leave, Arizona, 1992-1999

See his full appendix entry here.

Joseph McCra, died May 14, 1964

  • Christ the King Church, West Warwick, 1932-1937
  • St. John Church, Warren, 1937-1948
  • St. Lawrence Church, North Providence, 1948-1949
  • Our Lady of Good Help Church, Burrillville, 1949-1951
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Providence, 1951-1952
  • St. Joseph Church, Woonsocket, 1952-1953
  • Our Lady of Consolation Church, Pawtucket, 1953-1955
  • Suspended on leave, Queen of the Clergy Villa, West Greenwich, 1956
  • Suspended on leave, Stella Maris Home for Convalescents, Newport, 1956-1958
  • Brothers of the Sacred Heart, Burrillville, 1958-1961
  • Suspended on leave, Fraternite Sacerdotale, Montreal, Canada, 1961
  • St. Ann Church, Woonsocket, 1961-1964

Joseph McCra was added to the diocese’s list of credibly accused in 2023 “following outreach” by the attorney general’s office. The attorney general’s office only received his file after finding handwritten references to McCra being accused in 1951 of molesting boys at his Pascoag villa and being relieved of his duties. Subsequently, the diocese provided the attorney general’s office the files, according to the appendix.

See his full appendix entry here.

Robert McIntyre, died June 23, 2020

  • St. Charles Borromeo Church, Woonsocket, 1963
  • St. Teresa of the Child Jesus Church, Pawtucket, 1963-1967
  • Rhode Island College, Providence, 1964-1965
  • Office of Religious Education, Diocese of Providence, Providence, 1965-1974
  • Christian Brothers Novitiate, Narragansett, 1967
  • St. Joseph Hospital, Providence, 1967-1971
  • St. Brendan Church, Riverside, 1967-1971
  • St. Aloysius Home, Greenville, 1971-1994
  • Retired, 1994

See his full appendix entry here.

Barry Meehan, died Dec. 8, 2016

  • St. Gregory the Great Church (deacon assistant), Warwick, 1976
  • SS. Peter & Paul Church, West Warwick, 1978-1980
  • St. Mary Church, Cranston, 1980-1991
  • St. Augustine Church, Providence, 1991-1996
  • St. John the Baptist Church, West Warwick, 1996-2002
  • St. James Church, West Warwick, 2000-2002
  • St. Timothy Church, Warwick, 2002-2013
  • Suspended on leave, 2013
  • Laicized, 2015

A grand jury indicted Barry Meehan on five counts of first-degree sexual assault in 2014. He died a month before his trial was scheduled to begin.

See his full appendix entry here.

Adrian Menard, died Feb. 1, 1976

  • St. Peter Church, Warwick, 1946-1947
  • Sacred Heart Church, Central Falls, 1947
  • St. Lawrence Church, North Providence, 1947-1948
  • St. Teresa of the Child Jesus Church, Nasonville, 1948-1949
  • Sacred Heart Church, Central Falls, 1949-1960
  • Notre Dame High School, Central Falls, 1949-1960
  • Sacred Heart Academy, Central Falls, 1949-1960
  • St. Joseph Church, Woonsocket, 1960-1971
  • St. Joan of Arc Church, Cumberland, 1971-1976

See his full appendix entry here.

Edmund Micarelli, died July 20, 2019

  • St. Mary Church, Carolina, Summer 1959
  • Camp Yawgoog, Rockville, (summer chaplain) 1959-1973
  • Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence, 1959 (2 months)
  • St. Ann Church, Cranston, 1959 (2 months)
  • Christian Brothers Center, Narragansett, 1959-1960
  • Newman Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, 1960-1966
  • Christ the King Church, Kingston, 1964-1966
  • Sacred Heart Church, West Warwick, 1966-1967
  • St. Ann Church, Providence, 1967-1969
  • Diocesan Chaplaincy for Scouting, Providence, 1967-1973
  • St. Ann Church, Cranston, 1969-1972
  • SS. Peter & Paul Church, West Warwick, 1972-1973
  • St. Alexander Church, Warren, 1973-1989
  • Regional Scout chaplain, Boy Scouts of America, 1978
  • Retired, 1989
  • Suspended on leave, 1990

Edmund Micarelli, also known as Edmond Micarelli, was the subject of lawsuits for alleged sexual abuse. In addition to being listed in the diocese’s credibly accused list, he was also in the ineligible volunteers files for the Boy Scouts of America.

See his full appendix entry here.

William O’Connell, died May 12, 1996

  • St. Andrew Church, Block Island, 1950
  • St. Francis Church, Wakefield, 1950-1952
  • St. Brendan Church, Riverside, 1952-1953
  • St. Michael Church, Georgiaville, 1953
  • Chaplain, U.S. Navy, 1953-1958
  • SS. Peter & Paul Church, West Warwick, 1958-1961
  • St. Mary Church, Providence, 1961-1966
  • St. Joseph Church, Central Falls, 1966-1967
  • Sacred Heart Church, Pawtucket, 1967
  • Holy Ghost Church, Tiverton, 1967-1972
  • St. Mary Church, Bristol, 1972-1985
  • Resigned, 1985
  • Indicted on 26 counts, 1985
  • Pleaded nolo contendere to 12 sexual abuse counts, June 1986
  • Suspended on leave, 1988
  • Arrested in New Jersey on charges related to child sex abuse, pleaded guilty, sentenced to 10 years, 1994

See his full appendix entry here.

John O’Neil, died Sept. 10, 1978

  • Diocesan Chancery, Providence, 1937
  • Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence and sick leave, 1937-1944
  • St. Mary Church, Pawtucket, 1944-1950
  • Sick leave, Monastery of the Servants of the Paraclete, Jemez Springs, New Mexico, 1950
  • Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence, 1951-1952
  • Sick leave, Queen of the Clergy Villa, Escoheag, 1952
  • St. Lawrence Church, North Providence, 1952-1953
  • St. Mark Church, Cranston, 1953-1954
  • St. Rose Church, Warwick, 1954-1957
  • Queen of the Clergy Villa, Escoheag, 1957
  • St. Anna Church, Cranston, 1957-1959
  • St. Thomas Church, Providence, 1959
  • Suspended on leave, “Out of Diocese,” 1961-1964
  • Faculties Reinstated, chaplain, Carmelite Monastery, Barrington, 1965

John O’Neil, also referred to as John Francis O’Neil, was not on the diocese’s credibly accused list, but his accuser reported that she had received financial compensation from the diocese after reporting her abuse in 2003, which happened in 1959 or 1960.

See his full appendix entry here.

William O’Neill, died May 3, 2000

  • St. Mary Church, Charlestown, 1968
  • Immaculate Conception Church, Cranston, 1968-1969
  • Blessed Sacrament Church, Providence, 1969-1971
  • Suspended on leave, 1971
  • Laicized, 1972

See his full appendix entry here.

Hugh Rafferty, died Jan. 11, 2001

  • St. Matthew Church, Cranston, 1964-1966
  • St. Leo the Great Church, Pawtucket, 1966-1967
  • 1967-1974: served in various places – Dioceses of Brooklyn, Boston, Norwich, Paterson, Worcester and in Ireland
  • Laicized, 1976

In addition to being listed on the diocese’s credibly accused list, Hugh Rafferty is also on the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s list.

See his full appendix entry here.

William Raiche, died March 26, 1983

  • Our Lady of Consolation Church, Pawtucket, 1932-1935
  • Holy Family Church, Woonsocket, 1935-1958
  • Our Lady of Victories Church, Woonsocket, 1958-1978
  • Retired, 1978
  • Holy Family Church, Woonsocket (residence), 1978-1980
  • St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Woonsocket (temp), 1980

See his full appendix entry here.

Paul Reynolds, died Oct. 30, 2017

  • Blessed Sacrament Church, Providence, 1965-1969
  • St. Lawrence Church, North Providence, 1969-1982
  • St. Martha Church, East Providence, 1982-1992
  • St. Mary Church, West Warwick, 1992-2007
  • Medical leave of absence, February-November 2007
  • Retired as Pastor Emeritus, St. Mary Church, West Warwick, November 2007

Paul Reynolds, as known as Paul F. Reynolds, was not on the diocese’s credibly accused list. Two of his accusers sued in 2020, and their lawsuits were dismissed in 2023, on the grounds that an expanded statute of limitations only applied to sexual abusers, and not their superiors and enablers. In all, at least three people alleged that he abused them.

See his full appendix entry here.

Alfred Santagata, died Aug. 18, 1967

  • St. Mary Church, Cranston, 1954-1964

Alfred Santagata is not in the diocese’s credibly accused list. The first complaint the diocese received against him was in 1995. The victim accused Santagata and the parish music minister of abusing her over a number of years. Both were dead by the time she reported the abuse. She died in 2022. A second victim came forward in March 2024.

See his full appendix entry here.

Peter Scagnelli, died July 12, 2017

  • St. John the Evangelist Church, Slatersville, 1975-1976
  • St. Ann Church, Providence, 1976-1977
  • St. Timothy Church, Warwick, 1977-1981
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Bristol, 1981-1987
  • Roger Williams University, Bristol, 1981-1985
  • East Bay Regional CYO Center, East Providence, 1985-1986
  • St. Mary of the Bay Church, Warren, 1986-1987
  • Genesis Community, Providence, 1987-1988
  • Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence, 1987-1988
  • Office of Worship & Liturgy, Providence, 1988-1991
  • Sacred Heart Church, Woonsocket, 1988-1991
  • Holy Trinity Church, Central Falls, 1988
  • St. Patrick Church, Providence, 1988
  • St. Anthony Church, Woonsocket, 1991
  • St. Anselm Abbey, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1991-1994
  • Suspended on leave, 1994

See his full appendix entry here.

Paul Tousignant, died May 27, 1987

  • St. Vincent Church, Coventry, 1951-1954
  • St. Joseph Church, Woonsocket, 1954-1955
  • Precious Blood Church, Woonsocket, 1955-1956
  • Our Lady of Consolation Church, Pawtucket, 1956-1964
  • Suspended on leave, Monastery of the Servants of the Paraclete, Jemez Springs, New Mexico, 1960
  • St. Edward Church, Pawtucket, 1964
  • St. Vincent de Paul Church, Coventry, 1964
  • Suspended on leave, 1965-1967
  • Laicized, 1967

Paul Tousignant is not on the diocese’s credibly accused list. The Archdiocese of Denver received a complaint in 2013 about a sexual assault in Woonsocket in 1956, which it forwarded, followed by a second complaint in 2019. While he was sent to New Mexico in 1960, where many abusers were also sent, no record of why was produced, or for his “prolonged leave of absence from the diocese,” according to the appendix. The diocese also provided no records for his laicization.

See his full appendix entry here.

Samuel Turillo, died July 17, 2023

  • St. Benedict Church, Warwick, 1946
  • St. Patrick Church, Providence, 1946-1948
  • Sacred Heart Church, West Warwick, 1948-1953
  • St. Mary Church, Cranston, 1953-1954
  • Holy Angels Church, Barrington, 1954-1962
  • St. Joseph Hospital, Providence, 1962
  • St. Anthony Church, Woonsocket, 1962-1965
  • St. Ann Church, Providence, 1965-1971
  • St. Joseph Church, Hope Valley, 1971-1979
  • Sacred Heart Church, West Warwick, 1979-1994
  • Retired as senior priest, 1994
  • Suspended on leave, 2016

See his full appendix entry here.

Armand Ventre, died Dec. 27, 1999

  • St. Jude Church, Lincoln, 1957
  • Our Lady of Providence Seminary, Warwick, 1957-1958
  • St. Joseph Church, Pascoag, 1957-1958
  • St. Patrick Church, Harrisville, 1958-1959
  • St. Paul Church, Cranston, 1958
  • Mount St. Charles Academy, Woonsocket, 1959-1972
  • Director, Cursillo Movement, Diocese of Providence, Providence, 1972-1983
  • St. Luke Church, Barrington, 1972-1974
  • St. Teresa of the Child Jesus Church, Pawtucket, 1974-1980
  • St. Raphael Academy, Pawtucket, 1974-1977
  • Our Lady of Good Help Church, Mapleville, 1980-1985
  • Charged with second-degree sexual assault, 1985
  • Judge dismissed charges, acquitted on others during bench trial, 1986
  • Continuing Education in Spirituality Program, Providence, 1986-1987
  • Veterans Administration Medical Center, Providence, 1987
  • Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, North Providence, 1987-1999
  • Retired, 1999

See his full appendix entry here.

Credibly accused religious order priests in Rhode Island who were deceased as of 2026

Roger Argencourt, died Sept. 23, 2002

  • Bishop Guertin High School, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1972-1978
  • Mount Saint Charles Academy, Woonsocket, 1981-1986
  • Bishop Guertin High School, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1986-2002

Argencourt was not on the diocese’s credibly accused list.

See his full appendix entry here.

Robert Barnes, aka Peter Barnes, died 2008

  • De La Salle Christian Brothers, 1950s to 1960s
  • lncardinated as a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Feb. 23, 1980

Robert Barnes was not included on the diocese’s credibly accused list, although he is on the Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut‘s similar list of accused clergy.

See his full appendix entry here.

Mario Bordignon, died Dec. 22, 1992

  • St. Anthony Church, New Haven, Connecticut, 1951-1959
  • Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Bristol, 1959-1964
  • St. Bartholomew Church, Providence, 1988-1992

Mario Bordignon was not included on the diocese’s credibly accused list. He was a non-diocesan priest of the Scalabrini Order.

See his full appendix entry here.

James D. Campbell, MSC, died 2007

  • M.S.C. Center, Shelby, Ohio, 1974-1975
  • St. Joseph Church, West Warwick, 1975-1977
  • Rhode Island Medical Center, Cranston, 1975-1977
  • Missionary, Bogota, Colombia, 1978-1982
  • St. Therese of Jesus Church, Aurora, Illinois, 1982-1991
  • Sacred Heart Monastery, Aurora, Illinois, 1991-2000
  • M.S.C. Foreign Missions, Marshall Islands, 2000-2002
  • Sacred Heart Villa, Center Valley, Pennsylvania, 2002
  • Laicized, 2005

See the full appendix entry for James Campbell here.

Vincent Cavanaugh, died 1966

  • Assignment history unknown

Vincent Cavanaugh was a member of the Congregation of the Christian Brothers, which was employed by La Salle Academy during the 1950s. He was not included on the diocese’s credibly accused list.

See his full appendix entry here.

Eugene Corbesero, died 2016

  • Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1962
  • Consolata Society for Foreign Missions, Somerset, New Jersey, 1963-1971
  • Consolata Society for Foreign Missions, 1971-1972
  • Archdiocese of Hartford, Milton, Connecticut (residence), 1972-1973
  • Our Lady of Consolation Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1973-1975
  • St. Dorothy Catholic Mission, Lincolnton, North Carolina, 1973-1975
  • St. Lawrence Church, North Providence, 1976-1977
  • Left order, 1981
  • Laicized, 1983

Eugene Corbesero was a religious order priest of the Consolata Society for Foreign Missions. He was not included on the diocese’s credibly accused list, but was on the lists for the Diocese of Charlotte and Archdiocese of Hartford.

See his full appendix entry here.

John Crafton, died Jan. 12, 1989

  • St. Joseph Hospital, Providence, 1974-1976
  • Auxiliary Chaplain, Little Sisters of the Poor, Pawtucket, 1982

John Crafton was a priest with the Missionary Society of St. Columban. The Missionary Society listed him on their credibly accused list.

See his full appendix entry here.

Joseph Lacasse, died Oct. 7, 2018

  • Oblate missions, Republic of the Philippines, 1959-1973
  • Epheta House, Cumberland, 1973-1981
  • lmmaculata Retreat House, Willimantic, Connecticut, 1981
  • Faculties revoked, 1997
  • Treatment, Saint John Vianney Center, Pennsylvania, January-October 1997
  • Oblate Foreign Missions House, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1997
  • Released from his vows, 2012

Lacasse, also known as Joseph Gerard Raymond Lacasse, was not on any credibly accused list, including that of the diocese. While he was released from his vows in 2012, he continued to live with the Oblates. He was a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

See his full appendix entry here.

John Aquinas Powers, OP, died Oct. 19, 2010

  • St. Pius V Church, Providence, 1962-1965

John Powers, also known as John Aquinas Powers, was on the diocese’s credibly accused list as well as the credibly accused lists of the Dominican Order’s Province of St. Joseph and the Dioceses of Fall River, Massachusetts; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Columbus, Ohio.

See his full appendix entry here.

Joseph James Rocha, OP, died April 13, 2009

  • Dominican Monastery, Syracuse, New York, 1966-1967
  • St. Stephen’s College, Dover, Massachusetts, 1967-1970
  • East Tennessee State Catholic Center, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1970-1971
  • St. Pius V Church, Providence, 1971-1977
  • Diocesan Marriage Tribunal, Providence, 1977-1986
  • Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, 1977-1982
  • St. Raymond Church, Providence, 1983-1986
  • Left Diocese of Providence, 1986
  • Left Dominican Order, 1988
  • Sentenced to 10 years of probation after guilty plea to sexually assaulting a mentally disabled person, Sept. 1, 2001

Joseph Rocha, also known as Joseph James Rocha, is on the diocese’s credibly accused list as well as the Dominican Province of St. Joseph’s list of “Friars with an Allegation that was Established after their Death or Departure from the Province.“

Rocha’s time at Bishop Hendricken High School is not listed on his assignment history provided by the diocese, where one of the sexual abuse allegations happened.

See his full appendix entry here.

John Gerard Brendan Smyth, O. Praem, Norbertine Monk, died Aug. 22, 1997

  • Holy Trinity Abbey, Kilnacrott, Republic of Ireland, 1951-1957
  • St. Columba Church, Annan, Scotland, 1957-1959
  • St. Mary Cathedral, Wrexham, Wales, 1959-1963
  • Holy Trinity Abbey, Kilnacrott, Republic of Ireland, 1963-1965
  • St. John Church, Providence, 1965
  • Our Lady of Mercy Church, East Greenwich, 1965-1968
  • St. Alphonsus Church, Langdon, North Dakota, 1979-1983
  • Holy Trinity Abbey, Kilnacrott, Republic of Ireland, 1983-1990
  • Tralee General Hospital, Kerry, Republic of Ireland, 1990-1993
  • Mercy Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland, 1993
  • Imprisoned for sexual abuse, Northern Ireland, 1994-1997

John Gerard Brendan Smyth, also known as Brendan Smyth, was a prolific child abuser in his native Ireland, where he was sentenced to 35 years in prison for abusing 20 children. His case figured “prominently” in the 1994 collapse of Ireland’s coalition government, according to The Providence Journal-Bulletin in 1995.

See his full appendix entry here.

Publicly accused clergy in Rhode Island who were deceased as of 2026

Anthony DeAngelis, died Jan. 23, 1990

  • St. Bartholomew Church, Providence, 1935-1936
  • Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Providence, 1936
  • Sacred Heart Church, West Warwick, 1936-1979
  • Retired, 1979

See his full appendix entry here.

Peter Tedeschi, died Oct. 18, 1986

  • Holy Trinity Church, Central Falls, 1960
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Providence, 1960-1962
  • St. Alexander Church, Warren, 1962-1964
  • St. Ann Church, Providence 1964-1965
  • St. Anthony Church, Woonsocket 1965-1971
  • St. Mary Church, Cranston, 1971-1979
  • St. Joseph Hospital, Providence, 1979-1985
  • St. Joseph Church, Cumberland 1985-1986

See his full appendix entry here.

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: RI list of priests credibly accused of abusing children, updated in 2026

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