Br. George Donnelly
Made perpetual vows in 1964. Assigned to St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale NJ (start year unclear.) Transferred in 1984 to the all-male St. John’s Prep school in Danvers MA. In 12/2002 Donnelly was accused of having molested a St. John’s student in 1993. He initially denied the allegations but later admitted to two incidents with the then 17-year-old student while denying two other allegations involving the same boy. The school’s headmaster said the conduct “was so egregious as to force removal from his post.” The D.A.’s office did not consider the incidents to be of a criminal nature. Donnelly was allowed to work as a chaplain at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth MA by 2006. Per his Linkedin page in 6/2025, Donnelly remains a Xaverian Brother and has been active as a non-denominational volunteer hospital chaplain in Venice, FL and as a volunteer since 1/2014 at South Sarasota County Food Bank in Sarasota.
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