Fr. Benjamin J. McMahon, Jr.

Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Arrested in 1985 for a sex act with a man. The archdiocese and court kept the arrest quiet. Took leave from the priesthood in 1986. In 1991 a family complained to the church that McMahon had abused three of their sons in the late 1970s – early 1980s, while assigned to Immaculate Conception in Marlboro. He was a family friend who often went on vacations with them and slept in the same room as the boys. No criminal charges because of SOL. Voluntary laicization in 2010, announced 6/13/11. Per the Boston archdiocese’s list in 8/11, case concluded canonically.


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