Fr. James F. Talbot
Taught at Boston College High School 1971-1980, then Cheverus High in Portland ME 1980-1998. Claims in 1998 that Talbot abused a student in 1984-1985. Suspended. Sent to St. Luke’s Institute in MD for treatment. Claim settled in 2001. Allegations by at least eight men in 2002 that he abused them as minors 1972-1980. Criminal charges were filed but dropped. Fourteen claims were settled in 1/2003 for $5.2M. Pleaded guilty 2005 to raping two teenagers 1977-1979. Sentenced to five to seven years. On sex offender registry. Released from prison 3/18/2011. Living at Vianney Center in Dittmer, MO. Laicized in 2013. Indicted in 11/2017, accused of the sexual assault of an 8- or 9-year-old boy in Freeport ME between 5/1/1997 and 6/14/1998. Pleaded not guilty 12/1/2017. Pleaded guilty 9/24/2018. Sentence to 10 years’ prison for gross sexual assault, with all but three years suspended, and a three years concurrent sentence for unlawful sexual contact. Reportedly admitted at a Massachusetts Parole Board hearing to abusing 89 boys. Included on the Jesuits Northeast Province list of credibly accused 1/15/2019. New suit filed in 4/2021. Talbot died 2/28/2025 at a hospice center in St. Louis.
- Boston Globe 03.08.02
- Boston Globe 01.10.03
- Boston Globe 01.14.03
- Patriot Ledger 02.05.03
- Boston Globe 04.16.03
- Providence Journal (AP) 05.13.04
- Telegram & Gazette 01.10.05
- Boston Globe 10.01.05
- Patriot Ledger 10.20.08
- Boston Globe 02.27.11
- Patriot Ledger 03.19.11
- Boston Globe 03.20.11
- Boston Globe 11.20.11
- Boston Globe 11.20.11
- Providence Journal 11.28.15
- Boston Globe 02.29.16
- Boston Globe 07.26.17
- Press Herald 11.28.17
- Bangor Daily News 11.29.17
- Portland Press Herald 12.01.17
- Portland Press Herald 12.01.17
- Associated Press via NH Register 12.16.17
- Press Herald 12.17.17
- ABC 6 05.04.18
- Portland Press-Herald 09.22.18
- Associated Press 09.24.18
- Bangor Daily News 09.24.18
- Portland Press-Herald 09.25.18
- Press Herald 01.12.19
- Jesuits Northeast Province List 01.15.19
- VTDigger 04.20.21
- KMOV 05.02.22
- Associated Press 05.30.25
- Boston Globe 05.30.25
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