Rev. Harvey Lamothe-Assignment

Rev. Harvey Lamothe

Summary of Case: Lamothe was accused of sexually abusing at least one male minor in the Manchester diocese, between 1979-1985. He was named as an abuser in a 2002 settlement with Manchester victims. Lamothe died in 1987.

Ordained: June 1947
Died: Jan. 12, 1987

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1949 Milwaukee archbishop was Moses Elias Kiley (1940-1953)	1950	Sacred Heart Monastery	Hales Corners	WI		This is noted to be the Scholasticate of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. Lamothe was of this order, according to the Directories, until 1963. Prior to the 1964 Directory, he is referred to as Rev. Harvey Lamothe, s.c.j.
1950 Ft. Wayne bishop was John Francis Noll (1924-1956)	1951	Divine Heart Seminary	Donaldson	IN
1951	1952	Sacred Heart Monastery	Hales Corners	WI
1952 Scranton bishop was William Joseph Hafey (1938-1954)	1953	Seminary of the Sacred Heart	Homesdale	PA	Provincial Secretary
1953 Springfield bishop was William Aloysius O'Connor (1948-1975)	1959?	Sacred Heart Mission House	Ste. Marie	IL	Superior	Lamothe is referred to as "Very Rev." The 1959 Directory indexes Lamothe at this assignment, but does not list him there in the Springfield diocesan pages.
1959 Quebec archbishop was Maurice Roy (1947-1981)	1960	Ste.Marguerite dii Lacc Masson	Cte. de Terrebonne	P.Q. Canada
1960 Manchester bishop was Ernest John Primeau (1959-1974)	1964	St. Christopher's	Nashua	NH	4/4 ,3/3	St. Christopher's had a school with 163-172 boys and 174-182 girls.
1964	1967	St. George's	Manchester	NH	3/4, 2/3
1967	1969	Holy Rosary	Rochester	NH	3/3	Holy Rosary had a school with 198-185 boys and 202-193 girls.
1969	1970	St. John the Evangelist	Hudson	NH	2/3	St. John's had a school with 312 boys and 286 girls.
1970	1974	St. Patrick's	Pelham	NH	2/2	St. Patrick's had a school with 377-277 students.
1970	1974	St. Margaret's				This was a mission of St. Patrick's in Pelham.
1974 Primeau was replaced in 1974 by Odore Joseph Gendron (1974-1990)	1975	St. Catherine	Charlestown	NH	1/1
1975	1979	Sacred Heart of Jesus	Manchester • Lamothe has been accused of sexual abuse of at least one male minor associated with this parish. The abuse abuse was alleged to have included mastubation, oral sex, pornography, and naked photographing of the victim.	NH	2/2, 2/3
1979	1985	St. Mary's	Rollinsford • The Manchester diocese disclosed to the NH Attorney General in a Jan. 2005 audit that Lamothe sexually abused a youth between 1979-1985 at St. Mary's. The abuse is said to have occurred at the parish and on trips.	NH	1/1
1985	1986	Retired	Rollinsford	NH		Lamothe's address was a Rollingsford P.O. Box
1986	1987	Retired	York Beach	ME		Lamothe died Jan. 12, 1987

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1950-1987

• Rev. Harvey Lamothe Obituary, The Telegraph, Jan. 13, 1987
• NH Diocese Will Pay $5 Million to 62 Victims, By Mark Hayward, Union Leader, November 27, 2002
• Allegations of Abuse of a Minor, Report Summary, Nov. 2003
• NH Audit Records, July 3, 2009

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