Fr. Thomas Boyce
Removed from ministry in 2002, died the same year. A woman filed a civil lawsuit in 2002 alleging that Boyce sexually abused her for several years in the 1970s-1980s. She was ages 13-18 during the time of the abuse. The Diocese acknowledged the abused in 2003. In 6/2006 the suit was dismissed by a MS appeals court due to the statute of limitations. In 1/2007 the MS Supreme Court declined to hear the plaintiff’s appeal. Boyce’s name was included on the Diocese’s 3/19/2019 list of credibly accused.
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