Fr. Edward C. Boyle
Died in 12/1987. Accused in a 2005 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy for over ten years, beginning in 1956. Name included on the Seattle archdiocese’s list released 1/15/2016 of clergy and religious for whom allegations of sexual abuse of a minor have been admitted, established or determined to be credible. Worked in the archdiocese 1940-1987, in Kenmore, Longview, Everett, Arlington, Sedro-Woolley, Bremerton, Renton, Seattle, and Bellevue. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 7/2024 of sexually abusing a boy in the 1980s at St. John Catholic School. The plaintiff also claimed he was abused by two of his coaches at the school, John Schade and Terry McGrath. Another lawsuit was filed 9/9/2024 alleging abuse by Boyle of a boy 1983 through 1984 at St. John’s.
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