Fr. James Aloysius Mulvey
Ordained in 1905 for the Diocese of Grand Rapids; became a priest of the Diocese of Saginaw when it was established in 1938. Died 11/7/1959. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Saginaw diocese on its list 4/10/2019. Included in the MI Attorney General’s 6/25/2026 Diocese of Saginaw Report, which reveals that in 2018 a woman reported to the Saginaw diocese that Mulvey molested her and another girl when they were grade-schoolers at St. Boniface in Bay City, where Mulvey was pastor 1942-1959. The girls were helping Mulvey with the Sunday collection at the rectory when he allegedly had them sit in his lap and then fondled their breasts. The woman said that she later told the other girl’s father, who went to the rectory and confronted Mulvey. Nothing further was done.
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