Rev. Bernard J. Lennon
Monsignor. Died 2/28/1968. Accused in a 2026 lawsuit of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy in 1958 at St. Margaret Parish in Rumford. The boy was training to become an altar server and Lennon was pastor. Lennon would allegedly ply him and other boys with alcohol and show them child abuse images. The abuse ended when the boy was sent to the school’s principal’s office to speak with a police detective about the abuse. The detective told him to go home and tell his parents. Lennon remained pastor of St. Margarert’s until his death in 1968.
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