Fr. Edward F. Egan
Ordained in 1941 for the Diocese of Providence. Assigned for the summer to St. Brendan Parish in Riverside, after which he was appointed chaplain at St. Francis Orphanage in Woonsocket. From 1942-1965 Egan was assistant pastor at St. Anthony Parish in Providence, then pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Bradford 1965-1970. From 1970-1991 he was pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Providence. Monsignor. Died in 2004. Egan was accused in a lawsuit filed in 2026 of sexually abusing a boy, ages 11-13, during 1978-1980, at St. Augustine’s. The boy was a student at the parish school. Egan allegedly would sexually assault the boy after calling him from class to his office for “purported disciplinary issues.” He would tell the boy he could “make it all go away,” then abuse him. He allegedly would also give the boy money, telling him not to tell anyone.
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