Fr. Raymond E. Dougherty
Deceased. Name included on diocese’s list released 8/1/18. Accused after his death of having sexually abused a child. Lawsuit filed in 7/19 claiming Dougherty and another priest, Walter Sempko, of raped an altar boy repeatedly at St. Joseph’s in the early 1960s.
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