Fr. James D. Campbell

Worked in RI and Rhode Island Medical Center 7/1975 -11/1977. Also assigned in OH, Bogota Colombia, IL, the Marshall Islands, and PA. In 1994 the Providence Diocese received a report that Campbell sexually abused a boy, age 15, multiple times 1975-1976 at St. Joseph’s in Warwick RI, at a Narragansett hotel, and in a hotel near Youngstown OH. No action. Placed on leave by his Order in 2002; he had been living in Center Valley PA. The Order told Providence that there were other complaints filed against Campbell while he was in IL. Indicted in 9/2003. Convicted in 12/2004 of the abuse of two teenagers, one a girl, in Uxbridge MA 1975-1978. Sentenced in 1/2005 to 90 days in a house of corrections and 10 years’ probation, and to register as a sex offender. Laicization announced in 3/2005. Included on the Diocese of Rockford’s list 11/14/2018. Died in 2007. On the Providence diocese’s list 7/1/2019 of credibly accused. Also included on the the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart USA list of credibly accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General’s Report, which notes that the victim who came forward in 1994 told the Providence diocese’s investigator in 2002 that he believed that Campbell had also abused two brothers around the time of his abuse, one of whom later died by suicide.