Rev. Terrence Healy

Summary of Case: A priest of the Marquette diocese, Healy was transferred in 1980 to the diocese of Lansing, after a two year leave of absence. Healy was convicted in 1988 of "sexual misconduct" involving minors. He spent 4 1/2 years in jail. He was laicized in 1992 and died January 1, 2019.  

Ordained: 1969
Laicized: 1992
Died: January 1, 2019


     

Start Stop Parish/Assignment Town/Accusations State Position Notes

1969

Marquette bishop was Charles Alexander K. Salatka (1968-1977)

1974 St. Joseph's

Sault Ste. Marie

MI 2/3, 2/2 St. Joseph's had a school with 135-130 boys and 146-126 girls.
1974 1977 St. Ignatius Loyola Houghton MI 2/2  
1974 1977 St. Mary's Hermansville MI In residence. This was a mission of St. Ignatius Loyola in Houghton.
1977 1978 St. Peter's Cathedral Marquette MI 4/4 In residence.  
1978 1980 Absent on Leave        

1980

Lansing bishop was Kenneth Joseph Povish (1975-1995)

1983 Holy Family Grand Blanc MI 2/2 In residence. Holy Family had a school with 544-482 students.
1983 1984 St. Francis of Assisi Ann Arbor MI 3/3 St. Francis had a school with 490 students.
1984 1985 St. Joseph's St. John's MI 2/2 St. Joseph's had a school with 325 students.
    St. John the Baptist Howell MI pastor This assignment is per this parish's church history.
1985 1987 Holy Family

Ovid

• Healy was accused in 1987 of child sexual abuse. He pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal sexual misconduct involving minors.

 MI 1/1

Healy is not indexed beyond the 1987 Directory.

 

 1987           Healy spent 4 1/2 years in prison, after having gone to treatment in Washington D.C.

He was laicized in 1992. 

Healy died January 1, 2019.

 

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1970-1987)

• Parents Say Catholic Church Covered up Priest's Pedophilia, By Mount Clemens, United Press International, January 3, 1988
• Churches Take Steps to Prevent Sex Abuse, By Hayes Lori, Lansing State Journal, March 8, 2002
• Bishop: Scandal Will Bring Change, By Martin Tim, Lansing State Journal, April 25, 2002
• St. John the Baptist Church website, Howell MI
• Former Marquette Diocese priest on list of those credibly accused of abuse, By Nicole Walton, WNMU-FM, September 29, 2019   



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This assignment record was last updated on May 22, 2021.