Fr. George N. Lally
From Ireland. Ordained for the Diocese of Providence RI. Transferred to the San Diego diocese around 1970. A man filed a civil lawsuit in 8/2002 alleging sexual abuse by Lally on several occasions in 1971, when Lally was assigned to St. Mary’s in El Centro. Then 9 years old, the boy reported the matter to the church’s pastor. Lally was removed from the parish and reassigned as a college chaplain. By 1973 he was back in Providence, working in parishes. The Diocese agreed to pay college costs for the boy. Lally left the priesthood in 1979, married a former nun, and was living in San Clemente, CA. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General’s Report.
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