Fr. Jerome S. Fioretti
From Italy, where he was ordained in 1932. Arrived in the U.S. in late 1949. Assigned to parishes in the Diocese of Grand Rapids, MI. Transferred to the Diocese of Providence, RI in 1951. Assisted at St. Ann’s in Providence until he was named pastor of Our Lady of Grace in Johnston. Retired in 1980 and became a Navy chaplain in Newport RI; also assisted at area parishes. Died 3/19/2002. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2026 of sexually abusing a girl, age 7, in 1967 while assigned to Our Lady of Grace. Fioretti allegedly was alone with the girl after her first communion, told her she was now “a wife of Jesus” then sexually assaulted her.
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