Fr. Donald J. Joyce

Worked in the archdioceses of Washington DC, Boston, dioceses of Buffalo, Grand Rapids, Charlotte, San Antonio. Included on a list of accused posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian 1/19/2011. Garabedian said he settled at least one claim with the Boston archdiocese involving Joyce. The claimant said Joyce fondled and attempted to rape him when he was a Lowell, MA altar boy, ages 11-13, in 1977-1979. Joyce was working as Director of Libraries at Oblate College in San Antonio in 2011, at least since 2002. The Order said on 1/27/2011 that he was barred from working as a priest. Omitted from the 2011 Boston AD database. Died in 2013. Included on the Charlotte diocese’s list 12/29/2019. Accused in 2002 of the sexual abuse of a boy 1973-1976 at Sacred Heart Catholic Mission in Wadesboro, NC. Accused in two lawsuits filed in 9/2019 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing two boys, both students at Bishop Fallon High School in Buffalo. One claimed abuse at ages 11-13 in 1964-1966, and the other at ages 15-18 in 1962-1965. Included on the Diocese of Buffalo’s list of credibly accused.