Fr. Edward R. Townsend
Taught at Cardinal Dougherty High School 1963-1969. Was previously at Eudist College in Montreal, Canada. Per his brother’s 1992 obituary, Townsend was living in Ottawa. He died in 1998. A man stated publicly in 3/2018 that Townsend sexually abused him over 5 years in the 1960s, starting when he was age 5. He said he reported the abuse to the Diocese in 2006. A second man told a news outlet in 3/2018 that Townsend also sexually abused him, at ages 7 and 8. In 2008 the Diocese of Manchester NH received a report that Townsend sexually abused a child, ages 6 and 7, in a rectory parking lot in Farmington NH in Fall 1975 through early 1977. The Diocese said he did not serve there. Lawsuit in 8/2019 claimed abuse of a boy, ages 8-11, 1963-1967 in Buffalo.
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