Fr. James Daniel McKenna
Reportedly in 6/2019, a woman told the Diocese in Fall 2018 that McKenna sexually abused her over 18 months at St. Francis in South Lee, beginning she was a high school sophomore in the early 1970s. She said she reported the abuse in 2018 to the Berkshire D.A. and to state police. McKenna died in 10/2000. Added to the Diocese’s list of credibly accused in 6/21.
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