Rev. William J. Duffy, s.j.-Assignment Record

Assignment Record– Rev. William J. Duffy, S.J.

Summary of Case: Included in a list of accused priests posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on January 19, 2011.

Ordained: 1931
Died: July 23, 1998

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1920 New York archbishop was Patrick Joseph Hayes (1919-1938).	1922	St. Andrew-on-Hudson	Poughkeepsie	NY	student, seminarian
1922 Manila archbishop was Michael James O’Doherty (1916-1949).	1924	Ateneo de Manila	Manila	Philippines	teacher, seminarian
1924	1927
1927 Boston archbishop was William Henry O'Connell (1907-1944).	1928	Boston College High School	Boston	MA	teacher, seminarian
1928	1931	Weston College	Weston	MA	student, seminarian
1932	1934	Immaculate Conception	Boston	MA	8/22, 11/23
1934	1935	Bellarmine House	Cohasset	MA		This was the Tertianship of the New England Province, Society of Jesus. There were 21 priests and 3 brothers.
1935	1944	Boston College High School	Boston	MA	spiritual director of students, administrator of the Jesuit community
1935	1944	Immaculate Conception	Boston	MA	11/24, 2/14, 2/16, 2/17, 2/18, 2/21 Prefect of Church 1938-1943	Duffy is indexed in the 1937, 1938 and 1944 Directories as at this parish, but he is not listed there in the Boston archdiocesan pages of those volumes.
1944	1946	U.S. Army			chaplain
1946 O'Connell was succeeded by Richard James Cushing (1944-1970).	1955	St. Mary's	Boston	MA	2/17, 2/16, 2/19, 2/13, 2/11, 2/13, 2/14, 2/12	Parish had a school with 195-108 boys and 186-107 girls.
1955	1969	St. Andrew Bobola House	Boston	MA	Administrator 1955-1969	This was a Jesuit residence with 29-19 priest, 4-14 Scholastics, and 1-2 Brothers.
1969 Cushing was replaced by Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983).	1974	Immaculate Conception	Boston	MA		Duffy was among 36-44 priests, 7 Novices, 3 Laymen, and 3 Brothers.
1974 Bernard Francis Law followed Medeiros as Boston archbishop (1984-2002).	1985	St. Cecilia's	Boston	MA	2/3, 2/2
1985	1986	Immaculate Conception	Boston	MA	7/27
1986	1990	St. Cecilia's	Boston	MA	2/3
1990	1994	Loyola House	Boston	MA		This was a Jesuit residence.
1994	1998	Campion Health Center, Inc.	Weston	MA		This was a nursing facility for Jesuits. Duffy died July 23, 1998.

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1932-1999)

• William J. Duffy Obituary, Patriot Ledger, July 25, 1998
• Rev. William J. Duffy, 96; Jesuit Priest Taught at BC High, Boston Globe, July 26, 1998
• Boston Priests Not Previously Identified As Accused, BishopAccountability.org, January 19, 2011
• Church's Accused Abusers Named Online, Boston Channel, January 19, 2011
• Lawyer Reveals List of 19 Priests Accused of Sex Abuse, Metrowest Daily News, January 19, 2011
• The Missing Names from Cardinal O'Malley's List of Accused Clerics, Boston Globe, Nov. 20, 2011

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This assignment record was last updated on December 23, 2014.