Fr. W. James Nyhan

Ordained: 1973
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Boston MA

Allegations in 1993 and 1997, per archdiocesan records. Removed in 2002. Arrested in 2003 in Charleston SC for abuse in 1979-80. Was a visiting priest there. Criminal trial in 4/06. Allegations in both Boston and Charleston. Pleaded guilty just prior to start of criminal trial 4/25/06. A 30-year sentence was changed to 5 years probation. Civil suit in Charleston settled at mediation in 8/06. Involuntary laicization announced by the Boston Archdiocese in 3/07. Included on the Boston archdiocese’s list in 8/11. On the Charleston diocese’s list 3/29/19. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2/22 of sexually abusing a girl, age 11, while assigned to St. Brendan’s in Dorchester MA in 1980.


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