Fr. R. Joseph Dooley
Monsignor. Long-time chaplain of the Catholic Police and Firemen’s Society in Hyattsville, among others. The Archdiocese said it received a first report of abuse in 1991. Dooley was removed from parish ministry 1992, worked as Coordinator for Sick and Retired Priests 1992-1995, then retired without faculties. Died in 2002. Allegations first public when two brothers sued the WDC archdiocese 6/2009, alleging sex abuse by Dooley 1950s-early 1960s, and that the Archdiocese knew there had been other allegations against him. A third man also filed suit in 6/2009. All said they were St. John’s College High School students when abused. On the archdiocese list released 10/15/2018.
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