Fr. Paul Joseph Bolton
Assigned to parishes in Wakefield, Woonsocket, North Smithfield, Barrington, Pawtucket, and Central Falls. Was also a U.S. Army chaplain. Died 9/23/2022. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2026 of the sexual abuseof an altar boy, beginning when the boy was age 9, 1975-1978. The abuse allegedly included rape, and occurred at St. Joseph’s in Pawtucket, where Bolton was assigned.
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