Fr. James G. Graham
In 4/2012, the Diocese received an allegation of abuse of a 9-year-old boy by Graham in late the 1960s. The accusation was made by the female partner of the alleged victim, who had recently died of a drug overdose. Graham, who had been scheduled to retire on 4/30/2012, was immediately removed from his assignment at St. Lawrence O’Toole, and the Diocese investigated. The sister of another alleged victim told the Diocesan Review Board in 2012 that Graham molested her brother, who died at age 15 in 2002. Another man told the diocese in 2012 that when he was age 16, Graham sexually abused him. All allegations were deemed credible and Graham was permanently removed from ministry. He died in 2015. Named in 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Included on the Diocese’s list of credibly accused.
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