Database of Publicly Accused

Monsignor. Allard was removed 2/25/2013 from his positions at St. Agatha and Precious Blood parishes and the Father Marot CYO Center after an allegation that he sexually assaulted an altar boy over two years, beginning in 1981 when the boy was about age 15 and Allard was assigned to Immaculate Conception in Cranston. After the first assault Allard told the boy that what happened was a sin, then drove him to Providence for confession. The Diocese stated that Allard admitted to the abuse and expressed profound remorse for the harm he caused. There were no criminal charges due to the statute of limitations. Allard was ordered to live a life of prayer and penance. A year later he was working as a part-time cook at St. Agatha's parish rectory. He died 4/27/2018. Included 7/1/2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report.

Allegations against Azzarone of child sexual abuse were received by the Diocese as early as 1985, 1992 and 1998-1999. He was kept in ministry. In 11/2001 Azzarone was arrested, accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy on a Caribbean cruise in 11/2000. The abuse continued until 2001, often in a parish rectory. Another youth then also accused him of abuse. Azzarone was placed on leave after his arrest. In 9/2005 Azzarone pleaded no contest to two counts of first-degree sexual assault and was sentenced to three years in prison and seven years' probation, and ordered to register as a Level III sex offender. He was named in a 2005 civil lawsuit which settled in 8/2008 as part of a $1.326M settlement by the Providence diocese. He was laicized 6/12/2009, as announced in 2/2010. Included 7/1/2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which notes that Azzarone was accused of sexually abusing at least six boys, convicted of raping two. Azzarone abused children throughout his priesthood, beginning in 1978. The abuse often involved plying the children with alcohol, and sometimes marijuana and cocaine. Azzarone's victims ranged in age from 9-16.

Educator, school administrator, parish priest. Barnes was a member of the De La Salle Christian Brothers for thirty years, as Br. Peter. He worked in RI, New Orleans LA, New York NY, Memphis TN, Paramus NJ. In 1977 he entered the seminary in Weston MA. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1980 for Diocese of Norwich, using his given name, Robert. He died 7/5/2008. Per the Diocese's 2/22/2019 list, Barnes was removed from ministry in 2002. He is included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which notes that in 2002 a woman reported that Barnes raped her in East Providence RI when she was age 17 in 1963. The woman said that other Christian Brothers sexually abused her sister. There was no prosecution due to the statute of limitations. In 2019 a man reported that Barnes sexually assaulted him when he was age 10 in the 1950s, in Pawtucket RI. Barnes was assigned at the time of the alleged assault to St. Raphael's Academy.

Ordained in 1957, Battel went on leave of absence in 1969 and did not return to ministry. He died in 1977. Named publicly as accused by in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which notes that the Diocese received a report in 3/2010 that Battel sexually abused a boy, ages 14-15, in 1969, at St. Mary's in Pawtucket. His accuser said that another boy during that time ran into a CYO hall and said that Battel molested or attacked him, and that Battel was moved from the parish a few days later.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese on its list 7/1/2019. Died 9/28/2010. Per the list, allegation(s) were received after Belhumeur's death. Included in the 3/5/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which notes that in 5/1970 a man told the Diocese in a letter that Belhumeur had sexually assaulted his teenage son. The abuse stopped after the father's complaint. The family were parishioners of St. Rose of Lima in Warwick, where Belhumeur was assigned. Some of the abuse reportedly took place during Belhumeur's subsequent assignment at Immaculate Conception in Cranston. He was kept in ministry. The alleged victim came forward to the Diocese in 9/2005, saying he was sexually abused by Belhumeur 30-40 times 1969-1970. He was and was "stunned" to learn of his father's 1970 letter. The Director of the Diocese's Office of Education and Compliance, Robert McCarthy, told the alleged victim that he believed him, but that there was no need to interview Belhumeur because he was 80-years-old and "I don't know if he's got all his marbles." In 2022 another man reported to the Diocese that he was sexually abused as an altar boy by Belhumeur at St. Mary's in Newport. Belhumeur was a fill-in priest at St. Mary's 1974-1975.

From Italy where he was ordained in 1950. Arrived in the U.S. in 5/1951, assigned to a parish in New Haven CT, then to Bristol RI 1959-1964. In 1964 Bordignon was sent as a missionary to CA. He returned to East Coast, in NYC, in around 1966 and then in 1966 to New Haven CT, per the Official Catholic Directory. From 1988 until his death in 1992 Bordignon was back in RI, at a Providence parish. He was named publicly as accused in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report. In 2/2013 a woman reported to the Diocese that in 1964, when she was age 15, Bordignon sexually assaulted her on five or six occasions. He was a family friend. She said the abuse took place during swimming outings in the Palmer River in Barrington. The Diocese informed the Scalabrinians whose lawyer responded that any civil claims were time-barred. The Order did not reach out to the alleged victim; the lawyer wrote to the Diocese that the claims were merely allegations from 49 years ago and that Provincial "will himself decide on a pastoral basis whether to speak with [the complainant]."

Accused of abuse in a 1995 lawsuit. Plaintiff claimed he was age 13 and a student at St. Henry's Seminary in IL in the 1970s when the abuse began, and that several other priests also abused him. The diocese said that, due to inconsistencies, Brassard would remain in active ministry pending further investigation. He continued as pastor of Immaculate Conception in Cranston, RI and was appointed pastor of St. Mark's in Jamestown in 2015.

Ordained for the Diocese of Providence RI. Health care ethicist and theologian. Taught at St. Ambrose University in IA, and St. Louis University in MO. Vice-president for SSM Health Care. Adopted a son. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese on its list 7/1/2019. Died 1/1/2004 in St. Louis. Allegation(s) were received after Brodeur's death. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which notes that a few days after Brodeur died in 2004, the Diocese of Providence received an allegation that Brodeur had sexually abused a boy, ages 13-14, while assigned in the late 1970s-1980 to St. Jude's in Lincoln. Brodeur was a family friend who frequently visited the boy's home. The abuse would allegedly occur at night when Brodeur would go to the boy's bedroom to tuck him in.

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 7/1/2019. Removed from ministry 8/26/2011. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report. A woman reported in 2002 that Charland sexually abused her in 1980 or 1981, when she was a 15-year-old student at St. Raphael's Academy. Charland was a guidance counselor and CYO teacher at the school. The abuse involved fondling and kissing. The woman said she saw Charland do the same thing to her friend. The abuse was known to the Diocese in 1/1982; a priest told Bishop Angell in a letter that Charland's behavior "covered ten years" and that Charland could not deny to the priest that he had kissed the 15-year-old girl, who had disclosed the abuse to the priest. Charland was sent to the House of Affirmation in Whitinsville MA for treatment, then was assigned in 1983 to a parish in Coventry. In 1992 parishioners at a Foster parish, where he had been assigned as pastor, complained to the Diocese about Charland's behavior with children. He was kept in ministry. In 2003 a woman told State Police that Charland groped and kissed her during a boating outing with her family in 7/1999, when she was age 15. No prosecution due to the RI statute of limitations. Charland was kept in ministry. He was sent for a psychological evaluation in 2/2004, and again in 6/2006 because he did not follow previous recommendations. Removed from his parish, assigned to nursing homes and assisted living centers. In 5/2011 a woman complained of recent unwanted kissing and hugging by Charland. He was removed from public ministry and allowed to retire as a senior priest. Sent to live at Regina Cleri. None of the allegations were sent to the Vatican. Chancellor Timothy Reilly in 2016 said that Bishop Tobin told him not to forward the initial allegation because he didn't believe the allegation was credible.

Started work at Portsmouth Abbey School in 1960. In 11/2016 the school reached out to alumni regarding past sex abuse, hiring a law firm to investigate. It was discovered that Chase was housemaster of dorm in the mid-1960s. He taught math and later computer science until 2002 when he was "sent away" to treatment and then long-term care, due to the past sexual abuse of a student. He admitted to abusing 3 others in the early 1970s-early 1980s. In 8/2017 he was in his late 80s and ill. He died 8/1/2023.

Professed final vows in 1923. Worked as a teacher and administrator in schools of the Sacred Heart Brothers in New England and Canada. Became superior of Sacred Heart School in Andover, MA in 1970. Died in 4/1975. In 4/2012, attorney Mitchell Garabedian announced the settlement of at least one claim regarding Claver, of abuse at a school in Rhode Island.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Columbans' U.S. Province on its list in 2/2022, with one allegation of abuse noted, occurring in the 1960s. Per the Official Catholic Directory, Crafton was assigned throughout the 1960s to the Columbans' Foreign Mission Society headquarters in Omaha, NE. He died in 1989. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report. Crafton was assigned 1974-1976 to St. Joseph's Hospital in Providence and in 1982 at the Little Sisters of the Poor in Pawtucket, as auxilliary chaplain. In 6/1994 a woman told the Diocese of Providence that Crafton sexually abused her over six or seven years, beginning when she was about age 5 in the 1960s and he was living at the Columban Seminary in Bristol RI. At least two other priests knew of the abuse and did nothing. Crafton's alleged victim came forward again in 2002, to Bishop Mulvee. She asked the Columbans for lifetime therapy; it was denied. In 2006 the woman again contacted the Diocese, who informed the Order. The Columbans' Provincial stated that there was no investigation and that they had offered the woman one year of therapy "as an act of charity." In 2024 the woman told RI State Police that there may have been another victim.

A woman notified the diocese 2/14/1994 that she had been sexually abused by DeAngelis repeatedly 1957-1965, beginning when she was age 5 and attending Sacred Heart Parish School in West Warwick. DeAngelis was the parish pastor. On 6/17/1994 the woman also wrote to Bishop Gelineau about the abuse. DeAngelis was a senior diocesan official, and was named monsignor during the period of the alleged abuse. He died 1/24/1990. The Diocese paid $12.5K to the survivor on 4/4/1996, for therapy costs. She did not sign a confidentiality agreement. DeAngelis's name was included 7/1/2019 on Diocese's list of accused. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report.

Providence priest. Founded an orphanage and school in Haiti. In 1989 boys at the orphanage complained about inappropriate touch and explicit sexual references. Arrested in Haiti. Haitian authorities apparently said the behavior was "inappropriate" but nothing else. Released from jail. Sent to St. Luke Institute for treatment for about five months 1989-1990. Assigned by Providence Bishop Gelineau to a parish in the diocese. Accused of sexually abusing several young men during that time, one reported in 2016. Removed from ministry in 2002, accused of sexually abusing a boy, ages 12-14, about 35 years prior. Absent on Leave 2002-2005. Retired in 2005. Despite the removal of his faculties, Demer was seen celebrating a memorial mass for a priest at St. Martha's Parish. Demers died 7/21/2018. Included on the Diocese's 7/1/2019 list of credibly accused. In 9/2019 a 50-year-old man stated publicly that Demers abused him at age 7 or 8 at St. Joseph Parish. He sued on 2/27/2020; said he saw boys at the rectory brought by Demers from Haiti and Central America. The suit also claims that Demers trafficked boys as early as the 1970s through his charities, and had parties in the rectory with some boys wearing diapers and made to pose for "sexually suggestive" photos. The case was dismissed in 10/2020, the judge ruling that church leadership cannot be labeled "perpetrators." The RI Supreme Court affirmed the ruling in 6/2023. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which notes that the Diocese knew as early as 1965 of possible misconduct by Demers, after which he was assigned to a hospital until 1973. There was a report to the Diocese in 1967 that Demers was seen naked in bed with a shirtless teenage boy, at a lake cottage. Demers was assigned to LaSalle Academy and Dismas House (for troubled boys) 1974-1976; one boy reported in 1976 that he ran away from Dismas house because Demers was "making passes" at him; at least five other men alleged in the 2000s sexual abuse by Demers during that time. There were more allegations in 1985, including that Demers had boys living with him in the rectory. A religious sister, who was a pastoral associate at St. Joseph's, expressed concern to Bishop Gelineau, who only responded after she threatened to go to the media. Demers then fired the sister.

Accused in a civil lawsuit filed in 1994 of molesting a girl, including rape, 1972-1974, beginning when the girl was age 15. Derosiers was assigned at the time to St. Joan of Arc in Cumberland.  She was involved in the CYO and Desrosiers was a family friend. The girl said she told the Director of the CYO in 1974, but nothing was done. She came forward to the Diocese in 1993; they did not inform law enforcement until almost a year later. Desrosiers was sent to Boston College for a sabbatical. He was criminally charged with rape in 9/1995. A trial was scheduled for Fall 1997 but portions were appealed to the RI Supreme Court as of 4/1998. The case was still pending when Desrosiers died 2/15/2001. A second lawsuit was filed in 1994 by a woman claiming sexual abuse by Derosiers in 1975 or 1976, when she was age 16 and a St. Joan of Arc parishioner. She had been sent to Desrosiers by her parents for counseling. Both claims settled, one in 9/2002 as part of $13.5M mass settlement involving 36 victims of priest abuse in the Providence diocese and allegations against 11 priests and a nun. In 2019 a woman told the Diocese that Desrosiers sexually abused her in 1974 or 1975 when she was age 14 or 15; she was working part-time at St. Joan of Arc and was involved in the CYO; Desrosiers was a family friend who often visited their home. In 2012 the Diocese received a report that Desrosiers sexually abused an altar boy, beginning when the boy was age 8 in 1980, at Our Lady of Victories in Woonsocket. The abuse continued for four years and included rape. Further, Desrosiers allegedly would force the boy to perform oral sex on him, withholding tips from serving at weddings until he did so. Included 7/1/2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report.

From the Azores, where he was ordained in 1946. Arrived in the U.S. in 1954 to work in the Diocese of Providence. Incardinated in 1983. Retired in 1993 after his cousin told the Diocese that he had sexually abused her and her sister as children in the 1950s and 1960s, beginning when she was age 5 and through her teens. Diogo was teaching the girls piano lessons, and assigned to St. Francis Xavier in East Providence during the time in question. The Diocese found the woman to be credible. Diogo was not charged criminally due to the statute of limitations. He was named "pastor emeritus" of St. Elizabeth Parish in Bristol, where he had been assigned since 1972, apparently without restrictions. In 2005 one of Diogo's victims reported that Diogo had returned to Rhode Island and was saying mass; the Diocese immediately told him that he could not say mass or function as a priest. In 3/2006 another woman reported to the Diocese that she and her sister were sexually abused as children by Diogo; her sister confirmed that she was abused, beginning at age 11, at St. Francis Xavier. Diogo died 4/4/2015. Included 7/1/2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the RI Attorney General's 3/20/2026 report.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese on its list 7/1/2019. Allegation(s) were received after Dolan's death. Per the 3/04/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, a woman reported to the Diocese in 2002 that Dolan repeatedly sexually abused her beginning when she was age 15 in 1938 and he was assigned to St. Joseph Parish in Pawtucket. Dolan told her to tell another St. Joseph's priest about the abuse in 1940, and that priest also took sexual advantage of the girl, who was then 18. In 1949 Dolan was sent to the Servants of the Paraclete in NM for treatment. He was next assigned to St. Joseph Hospital in Warick as chaplain for three years, then to St. Brendan Parish in Riverside. In 1992 a woman told the Diocese that she and her sister and "numerous other little girls" were sexually abused by Dolan at St. Brendan's and at his cousin's house in Riverside. The abuse involved his taking nude pictures of them, fondling, and intercourse. He also allegedly offered the girls alcohol. Dolan was transferred from St. Brendan's after one year. He retired in 1971 and died 11/5/1977.

Monsignor. Held multiple prominent chancery positions. Placed on leave in 1994 after a woman reported to the bishop sexual misconduct toward her by Dunn when she was a minor. Lawsuit filed in 1995. Dunn was criminally tried in 1997 on two separate rape allegations; one was dismissed. He was convicted in the second of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman in 6/1982. In 12/1999 Dunn received a 10-year suspended sentence and was ordered to continue to live at St. Antoine Residence in North Smithfield. He died 4/18/2001. At least two other lawsuits were filed. Some claims settled in 2002. One of the original complainants did not settle; she carried her case all the way to the RI Supreme Court, which dismissed it in 2/2008. She appealed unsuccessfully to the U.S. Supreme Court. Dunn's name was included 7/1/2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused. Included also in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which notes that Dunn was accused of the sexual abuse of at least five girls and young women. His modus operandi was to target vulnerable girls under age 18 and into their early 20s, then sexually assaulting them after plying them with alcohol and drugs. The Diocese knew of Dunn's behavior as early as 1967 when a man complained to the Diocese about his behavior toward girls and young woman at Christ the King Parish in South Kingston. The man's teenage daughter had allegedly been sexually abused by Dunn. Dunn was transferred to another parish, where his behavior continued. At least one, and possibly two, of Dunn's victims became pregnant - one baby was given up in 1967 for adoption in California. Dunn reportedly paid for the other girl to have a "medical procedure," ending the pregnancy.

Monsignor. Died in 2012. Named publicly as accused in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report. In 6/2020 the Diocese received a report that Diob sexually abused a 9-year-old boy, beginning when the boy was in 4th grade at St. Leo the Great School in Pawtucket. The boy had a disability and used crutches, and his mother had recently died. The abuse allegedly occurred over 100 times in Dziob's office, where the boy was often sent for discipline. It ended when Dziob retired, at the end of the boy's 5th-grade year.

Named publicly as accused in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report. In 2004 the Diocese received a report that in 1965 Feeney sexually assaulted two teenage boys at a beach house in Narragansett. The beach house belonged to Fr. William O'Connell, who was later convicted of child sexual abuse. The boys had been playing cards and drinking with the priests. Feeney allegedly rubbed up against the boy; his accuser said he also saw him penetrate another boy. Feeney died in 1974.

Placed on leave and resigned from his Pawtucket parish in 8/2009, after a 3/2009 complaint that he sexually abused a boy 1981-1982. Fisette was a deacon at Our Lady of Victory in Hopkinton and chaplain at RI Hospital during the time in question. He was ordained for the priesthood 11/21/1981. State police found the allegations to be credible. No criminal charges due to the statute of limitations. Included on the Diocese's list of credibly accused 7/1/2019. Fired from his job at Goodwill after his name appeared on the list. Indicted 5/25/2022 by the Statewide Grand Jury, charged with one count of first-degree sexual assault allegedly occurring in Burrillville between 1/1/1981 and 12/31/1982. He pleaded not guilty. In 5/2025 Fisette's attorney said the case is in a "ready trial posture."

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese on its list 7/1/2019, which notes that Fitzgerald was removed from ministry 8/27/1998. A man told the Diocese in 1998 that Fitzgerald sexually abused him over several years in 1961-1968, beginning when the man was an 8-year-old altar boy. The abuse was said to have included forced oral sex and attempted anal rape. Fitzgerald was sent for a psychological examination then reinstated. Years later, in the 2010s, the man's brother also alleged sexual abuse as a boy by Fitzgerald, at age 9. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which shows that Fitzgerald allegedly sexually abused at least eight children, boys and girls, from the beginning of his priesthood in the late 1950s until the early 1980s. The Diocese's records show that it first received a report in 1993 that Fitzgerald sexually abused a girl, age 11 or 12, sixteen years prior, and that he also abused her sister. The Diocesan investigator, Robert McCarthy, decided that the girl had lied, based on polygraph tests given to her and to Fitzgerald. In 1/1998 a man told the Diocese that in the early 1960s Fitzgerald told his son to "drop his pants." His other son said that when he was 13-14 the priest would and ask him to remove his clothes so that he could see how he was developing. Fitzgerald was kept in ministry. After the allegation in 8/1998, in 11/1998 Fitzgerald requested retirement due to "health reasons and the traumatic experiences of the last 9 months." McCarthy said in 11/1998 that there was "no evidence that is even reportedly reliable that Father Fitzgerald molested anyone." In early 1999 Fitzgerald was again sent for an evaluation, then allowed to resume ministry. In 4/2002 a man reported that Fitzgerald molested him when he was 8-years-old in 1961 or 1962, in the basement of St. Teresa in Pawtucket. In 6/2002 another man alleged that Fitzgerald sexually abused him when he was age 12 in about 1961. Fitzgerald's faculties were removed. Another man came forward in 3/2017, alleging sexual abuse by Fitzgerald in the late 1960s at St. Teresa's, when the man was an altar boy, age 8 or 9. A seventh accuser came forward in 7/2019, claiming Fitzgerald sexually abused him when he was age 12 or 13 in the late 1950s, at St. Teresa's. A woman alleged in 10/2019 that she was sexually abused by Fitzgerald in 1983 at St. Mary of the Bay in Warren, when she was age 12 or 13. None of the cases could be prosecuted due to the statute of limitations. Fitzgerald died 8/7/2020.

Ordained for the permanent diaconate in 1979. Assigned to St. Joseph Parish in West Warwick and was a teacher at its school 1990-2011. Gagnon was allowed to resign in 6/2011 after he was accused of inappropriately touching at least three 6th-grade boys between 2006 and 2011. The boys were his students. Arrested in 8/2011, charged with three counts of second degree child molestation. Confessed to fondling three boys. Released on bail. Removed from ministry. Pleaded no contest. Sentenced in 4/2013 to 10 years in prison, with one year to serve and the rest suspended with probation. Ordered to register as a Level 3 sex offender. Included on the Diocese's list of credibly accused 7/1/2019. There were at least six accusers, all young boys. Gagnon died in 8/2021.

Removed from his assignment at Precious Blood Parish in Woonsocket in 4/2012 after an allegation of misconduct, occurring about 30 years previously. His nephew reported to law enforcement in 1/2012 that Gorton sexually abused him repeatedly when he was age 12 in 1983. Per the Diocese, Gorton retired without privileges for health reasons, and due to the Review Board's findings that the allegations were credible. There was no prosecution due to the statute of limitations. Gorton died 6/18/2021. Included in the 3/4/ 2026 RI Attorney General's Report.

Ordained in 1985 for the Diocese of Wichita. Parish priest, teacher, school and Navy chaplain. Involved with the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter. Assigned in 1993 to St. Gregory's Academy, a boy's school in Elmhurst PA, in the Diocese of Scranton. Also worked in the Diocese of Tulsa OK and the Archdiocese of Denver CO. Assigned 8/2021-10/2021 to St. Mary's Parish in Providence RI. Arrested 10/30/2021 after RI State Police discovered that an internet connection from St. Mary's rectory was connected to child pornography sharing. Police discovered a large amount of child sexual abuse material they determined belonged to Jackson, including images and videos of prepubescent girls, infants and toddlers engaging in sex acts. Jackson had been the parish pastor since 8/2021. He was previously pastor of a parish in Littleton CO. He pleaded not guilty 12/21/2021 to federal charges related to distributing, possessing and accessing child pornography. Jackson was allowed to go live with a relative in Kansas, with electronic monitoring, while awaiting adjudication of the charges. Arrested in 6/2022 in Leawood KS for child porn possession due to activity on his computer detected 5/2022-6/2022. In 10/2022 he was in custody of the U.S. Marshals at a detention facility in RI. In a 10/3/2022 hearing Jackson admitted the government could prove he accessed child pornography while on pretrial release. Pleaded guilty in 6/2023 to receiving child pornography, in exchange for the dismissal of the possession charge. Sentenced in 12/2023 to six years in prison, five years of federal supervised release, and funds to victims of child pornography and trafficking. Included on the Scranton diocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 3/20/2026 RI Attorney General's Report. Jackson was laicized 1/13/2025.

Seminarian in Baltimore MD 1972-1976. Ordained in 1976 for the Diocese of Providence RI. LaMountain was pastor of St. John's in West Warwick RI when suspended in 3/1995 after two men came forward with allegations that he sexually abused them as boys. The suspension came after Bishop Gelineau learned that the victims had spoken with police. The Diocese had known for years that LaMountain had sexually abused children. He was indicted in 10/1997 on criminal charges of the sexual abuse of five boys, as young as age 10, from the 1970s-1990s. He pleaded guilty in 1/1999 to nine counts and was sentenced to nine 12-year suspended sentences, to run concurrently. At least two civil suits were filed in 12/1995. Claims were settled in 9/2002 as part of a $13.5M mass settlement involving 36 victims and the Diocese.  Accused in 2001 of sexually abusing a 7th- or 8th-grade boy in Baltimore between 1972-1974. The victim reported the abuse to police in 1993 - LaMountain was not charged. The mother of another boy reported in 2002 that her son, who was deceased by 2002, "spent time" at age 14 with LaMountain and later accused seminarian Vernon Dahmen in the mid-1970s. This boy had been named by the previous accuser as a possible LaMountain victim. Included on the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused in 9/2002. In mid-August 2010 a man alleged abuse by LaMountain, including rape, at ages 9-11 in the early 1980s. LaMountain died 8/25/2010. In 2015 a man reported that LaMountain sexually abused him between ages 8-10 in the 1970s. He said he told a nun, but no action. Included 7/1/2019 on the Providence diocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which shows that LaMountain was accused of sexually abusing at least seven other boys and young men. Also, in 1976 a supervisor just prior to ordination said he felt that LaMountain should not be so close to youths. in 1984 LaMountain wrote apology letters to some of his victims, saying he was receiving professional help. In 10/1989 he was sent in for evaluation at the Sexual Disorders Clinic at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore MD, resulting in the recommendation that LaMountain should "avoid unsupervised contact with adolescent males."

Died 3/30/1983. Named publicly as accused in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report. In 2018 a man reported to the Diocese that Leboeuf sexually abused him at ages 14-15 in 1965 or 1966, while Leboeuf was assigned to St. Agnes Parish in Providence. The man said that Leboeuf fondled him during a car ride home from a wedding, where he had served as an altar boy. He said Leboeuf then called him at home and asked him to go to the rectory so he could apologize, and that when he did, Leboeuf tried to kiss him and touch his genitals. Further, he said he told a close friend about the incidents after they happened; the friend confirmed this with State Police in 2024.

Removed from ministry 5/4/1984. Sent to the House of Affirmation in MA. Arrested. Pleaded no contest in 8/1985 to eight counts of sexually assaulting 4 boys, ages 10-16, between 1979 and 1984. Sentenced in 10/1985 to eighty-six years in prison, but after a plea for leniency was given three years in prison and twelve years' probation. In 1994 a civil lawsuit was filed on behalf of one youth. Per the suit, prior to 1980 Leech was known to the bishop to have a habit of making advances on young boys. Another suit may have been filed in 1985. In 2014 a man told the Diocese that Leech sexually abused him on one occasion 1979-1980. In 7/2020 the Diocese received a report that Leech sexually abused a boy in summer 1984. Neither case could be prosecuted because of the statute of limitations. Included on the Diocese's list 7/1/2019. Reportedly in 2020 Leech was living in Rochester, NY, and going by his first name, Paul. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report. 

Parish priest, pastor; Diocesan Director of Catholic Family Services; prison chaplain. Named publicly as accused in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report. In early 2022 man reported in to RI State Police and the Attorney General's Office that he was sexually abused between 1994 and 1996, beginning when he was 15, by Lonardo and Fr. Daniel Azzarone. The priests were assigned to St. Mary Parish in Cranston. Lonardo was pastor. The accuser said that Azzarone began to sexually abuse him after he went to him to disclose an incident of sexual abuse by Lonardo. Azzarone pleaded no contest in 2005 to sexually abusing children. In 2002, after Azzarone was indicted, a parishioner anonymously wrote in a letter to the Diocese that Lonardo was aware of Azzarone's abuse of children and that Lonardo had also abused children, on his own and with Azzarone. The parishioner said that liquor and drugs were involved, and that Lonardo hosted "young men" overnight in the rectory. The A.G. investigator discovered written on the bottom of the letter "we do not take into consideration anonymous letters." Lonardo resigned as St. Mary's pastor two weeks later and went to the North American College in Rome for a few months on sabbatical. In 11/2002 a College seminarian alleged that Lonardo had touched his groin area without his consent. Lonardo was sent to treatment and was returned to parish ministry in RI 5/2003. He retired in 2007 and died 7/9/2022.

Magaldi was ordained for the Diocese of Providence in 1960. He left Providence in 1988 after claims of financial mismanagement. He was accepted into the Diocese of Ft. Worth by Bishop Delaney in 1990. In 1992 he pleaded guilty to embezzlement in Rhode Island, then returned to ministry in Ft. Worth after eight months in a halfway house. In 1997 a young man alleged told the Ft. Worth Diocese that Magaldi would pay him to give him enemas.  Magaldi was still active until 1999, after an allegation that he raped a boy and paid the boy to give him enemas in the 1970s, while Magaldi was assigned in Rhode Island. The accuser filed suit in 1998; it was dropped when he died in 10/2000. Magaldi was removed briefly from ministry by Fr. Worth in 1999, was reinstated, then removed permanently in 2001. He was HIV positive. Laicization was requested. He died in 8/2008. Another claim settled 8/21/2012 in Ft. Worth.  In 2017 a man claimed in a lawsuit that Magaldi sexually abused him in RI beginning when he was about age 7 in 1965. Included 7/1/2019 on the Providence diocese's list of credibly accused. A lawsuit filed in 9/2019 claimed abuse of a boy, ages 12-17, in the late 1970s-early 1980s, while Magaldi was pastor of St. Anthony's in Providence. The suit was dismissed, the judge ruling that church leadership cannot be labeled "perpetrators." The RI Supreme Court affirmed the ruling in 6/2023. The plaintiff also filed suit NY in 10/2020 claiming Magaldi sexually abused him during a trip to NYC in 1983; the suit was dismissed. Included in the 2/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which notes that Magaldi has been accused of the sexual abuse of nine boys. His modus operandi is said to have involved targeting vulnerable, at-risk boys, lavishing them with gifts and money and threatening them. His known victims were as young as age 7 through early adulthood, and the sexual abuse included rape. 

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese on its list 2/2/2026. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which shows that. McCra was accused of sexually abusing two boys and tried to molest others. Further, Bishop McVinney was aware of the allegations and kept McCra in ministry. McVinney was bishop 1948-1971. In 9/1951 an employee of a parish reported seeing McCra wrestle altar boys and put his hands inside their pants; in 7/1952 a parish assistant priest told McVinney a boy was spending every Sunday afternoon in the rectory with McCra, and that he took the boy with him to Canada for a vacation. McCra was put on a short leave then reassigned to another parish, then to another within a year after an unspecified complaint. In 1955 a boy reported that McCra sexually abused him and another boy the previous year in McCra's vacation home, plying them with alcohol. The same year another boy reported a similar experience. Both said McCra brought friends who drank alcohol; one said one of McCra's friends tried to touch him. McCrae was suspended by early 1956, then assigned him a few months later as chaplain to a convalescents home; McCra was also allowed to assist on weekends at parishes. At McCra's request, the bishop reassigned him in 2/1958, to the Novitiate of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. He was again suspended, in 1961, and sent to a priests' home, Fraternite Sacerdotale, in Montreal. McCra pleaded with the bishop to be reinstated; in 9/1961 McCra was assigned to a parish in Woonsocket. He died 5/14/1964.

At least two civil lawsuits filed in 1992 and 1993 named McIntyre as responsible for covering up abuse at the RI Catholic orphanage, St. Aloysius Home, where he was director, and conspiring to prevent proper reporting procedures. One man alleges that McIntyre also participated in his sexual abuse. In a civil trial in 1999 the jury found no evidence to support the charges. Included 7/1/2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused, which notes that McIntyre was removed from ministry 3/30/1994. Died 6/23/2020.

Meehan worked in parishes in West Warwick, Cranston, and Providence. In 12/2012 a man reported to the Diocese that Meehan had sexually assaulted him between 1986 and 1991, when the man was a teenage boy. State Police were notified; during their investigation a second accuser was discovered who said Meehan sexually abused him when he was a teenager in 1991 and 1992. Meehan was placed on leave in 1/2013. He denied the allegations. In 11/2014 he was arrested and charged with five counts of first degree sexual assault; he pleaded not guilty. Meehan was laicized 6/7/2015. He died of a heart attack 12/8/2016, at age 67, while awaiting trial. Included 7/1/2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused.

Removed from ministry 4/17/1990. A civil lawsuit filed in 1993 and six filed in 1995 alleged that Micarelli sexually abused at least seven boys, one for seven years. The suits claim that Bishop Gelineau and Auxiliary Bishop Angell knew of Micarelli's behavior prior to 1962. Claims against Micarelli were settled in 9/2002 as part of a $13.5M settlement involving 36 victims. Reportedly in 2007 Micarelli was living in Florida and "cannot function as a priest." A 2012 article references his involvement in the Boy Scouts and his cover-up of at least one abuser. Included 7/1/2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused. Died 7/12/2019.

Assigned to four parishes in three years, then became a Navy chaplain 1953-1958. Resigned to avoid court martial for "criminal homosexual contact." Reassigned in Providence. Sexual abuse of three boys 1965-1972 was alleged in a lawsuit settled 6/11/1993 and a 10/31/1994 RICO suit. Pleaded guilty to the sexual abuse of three boys 1972-1985; sentenced 6/23/1986 to five years, four suspended. Sent to St. Luke Institute for treatment. Retired in 1986 to Camden. Pleaded guilty 12/19/1994 to sexual assault and making child pornography; sentenced to ten years in 2/1995. Other lawsuits part of 9/9/2002 and 3/2003 settlements. Died 5/12/1996. Included 7/1/2019 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused.

Removed from ministry 8/22/2002. Accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in the late 1980s. The court denied the Diocese's Motion to Dismiss Negligence Claims on 9/20/2007. Claim settled in 8/2008 as part of a $1.326M settlement by the Diocese. Included on the Diocese's list 7/1/2019. In 10/2020 a lawsuit against the diocese by a man alleging abuse as a boy by Petrocelli was dismissed, the judge ruling that church leadership cannot be labeled "perpetrators." The RI Supreme Court affirmed the ruling in 6/2023. Petrocelli was indicted 11/2/2020 by a statewide grand jury on charges of abuse of three young boys, occurring 11/1981-10/1990 while assigned to Holy Family in Woonsocket. He pleaded not guilty.

Worked in the dioceses/archdioceses of Washington DC, Boston, Nashville, Providence. Left the priesthood in 1986, laicized in 1988. Reportedly in 9/2001, pleaded guilty to 1999 the sexual assault of a 21-year-old mentally disabled man; sentenced to 10 years probation and counseling. Ordered to register as a sex offender. Died in 2009. Included on Attorney Garabedian's list 3/28/2016 of accused clerics named in civil claims resulting in settlements or arbitration awards. Settlement with his Order 11/2015 for the alleged abuse of a minor 1968-1969 at St. Stephen's Priory in Dover MA. Included on the Dominican Province of St. Joseph's list in late 2018. On the Providence diocese's list 7/1/2019.

Arrested in MA in 2001 after arranging over the internet to meet someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. He wanted sex and to take pornographic photos of the girl. He also sent nude photos of himself. The Diocese immediately placed him on leave. Sentenced in 2002 to two years in prison and five years' probation. Also arrested in RI on similar charges. Arrested again in RI in 12/2009 for internet solicitation and child pornography. Convicted in 7/2010 in VA. In prison in 2/2011. Case referred to the Vatican. Included on the Diocese's list 7/1/2019. Convicted again in 9/2022 in MA of child pornography possession, per the RI sex offender registry. Living in 6/2025 in Warwick, RI.

Placed on leave in 2/2022 due to an allegation of the sexual abuse of a minor in 1979 or 1980. Pastor of St. Philip in Greenville since 2010 when suspended. Per the Diocese, it received an allegation on 12/29/2021 against a priest currently active in the diocese, without naming him. State police investigated and interviewed the alleged victim, who named Santilli, then informed the Diocese 2/2/2022. Unable to criminally prosecute due to the statute of limitations. The Diocese had received reports of the sexual abuse of minors by Santilli twice before: in 2012 a man alleged abuse as a young altar in the early 1980s, and said Santilli also molested his brother; in 2014 a man alleged abused by Santilli as an altar boy, age 10, in 1980 at Our Lady of Lourdes in Providence. One alleged victim is known to have died by suicide. The Diocesan Review Board determined that both the 2012 and 2014 allegations lacked credibility, and Santilli was kept in ministry. Lawsuit filed in 5/2022. Included as of 2/2026 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused.

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese on its list 7/1/2019. Removed from ministry 1/1/1994. Died 7/12/2017.

Removed from ministry 3/1/1993. Two men filed suit in 1994. Seven more men filed civil suits alleging they were sexually abused as children by Silva in the 1960s-1980s. Criminal charges were also filed in 1994. Silva admitted in court that he sexually abused a young man. Received a 7-year suspended sentence and was ordered to undergo counseling. Eight claims were settled by the diocese as part of a $13.5M mass settlement in 9/2002 (one may have settled earlier). Multiple transfers after initial notice. Included on the Providence diocese's list 7/1/2019. On the Santa Fe archdiocese's list 5/19/2021, which notes he was at Via Coeli in Jemez Springs in 1981 and at a Jemez Springs parish. Indicted in 11/2021 on charges of abuse of a boy under the age of 14 1989-1990, after an investigation by the A.G. and RI State Police.

From Ireland. Full name John Gerard Brendan Smyth. Worked in RI, ND and MA in the US. Likely abused over 50 boys and girls, in Ireland and the US. Sentenced to four years in jail in Ireland in 1995 on 17 counts of assaulting five girls and four boys 1964-1988. Sentenced in 7/1997 to 12 years for abusing 20 boys and girls. Died in prison in 8/1997. Two people sued Smyth's order in 6/2010. Settlements 1998-1999 to three Dublin relatives who sued the Kilmore bishop after finding the Diocese knew Smyth abused children prior to his abusing them. Denied by a court of appeals in 11/2015; appealed in 2/2016. Lawsuit filed in 6/2008 in Providence RI claiming abuse in 1968 of a boy and girl; dismissed due to the statute of limitations. In 9/2016 one of the two filed a complaint with the RI State Ethics Commission against Supreme Court judge Francis X. Flaherty, who oversaw the ruling; Flaherty had not disclosed his leadership role with a Catholic nonprofit. The Commission ruled "probable cause" in 4/2017. Included on the Providence diocese's list of credibly accused 7/1/2019. On the Fargo diocese's list 1/2/2020.

Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list 7/1/2019. Removed from ministry 6/17/2002. Accused of abuse in RI 1965-1981. Also worked in Minneapolis, MN and the Diocese of Charlotte.

Assigned to our Lady of Good Help Parish 1980-1985. Indicted 8/1985 for sexually molesting two altar boys and one mentally handicapped youth 1981-1984. In 1986 the judge dismissed the charges concerning the two altar boys; the following day the judge found Ventre not guilty of abuse of the third boy in a non-jury trial. Ventre returned to active ministry as chaplain at a VA Hospital, and then another hospital. Retired in 1/1999. Died 12/27/1999. Included 7/1/2019 on the diocese's list of credibly accused, which notes only that he was removed from ministry 7/5/2985.

Assigned to Blessed Sacrament High School in NYC 1971-1976, then Bishop Kearney High School in Rochester NY 1977-1982. Principal of Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, RI 1/1/1986 when arrested and indicted for soliciting sex from a male minor. Charge dropped in 1987. Transferred to Cardinal Hayes High School in Bronx NY 1987-1991, then to Rice High School in Harlem NY 1991-2001. Assigned to Edmund Rice Institute in Australia 2001-2005, then back to Rice High in Harlem. Was principal of Rice until Order received a letter about his 1986 arrest.