Assignment Record– Rev. Leo P. Landry
Summary of Case: A former Stigmatine priest, Landry is accused of sexually abusing boys throughout his priesthood in Massachusetts, Canada, Virginia and New Hampshire. The abuse occurred in rectories, camps, on recreational outings, and at an apartment Landry rented with another priest. Landry left the priesthood and married in 1972. He pleaded guilty in 2004 to abusing boys in the 1950s in Massachusetts and was sentenced to lifetime of probation.
Ordained: 1958
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| Start | Stop | Assignment | Town/Accusations | State | Position | Notes |
1958 Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970). |
Sacred Heart | Waltham | MA | |||
| 1958 | 1959 | Elm Bank | Wellesley • In 2002 a man said he had been molested by Landry as a 13 year old high school student at Elm Bank in 1958-1959. A number of men have accused Landry and other Stigmatines of sexual abuse when they were students in the minor seminary. (Boston Globe |
MA | 2/2 | This was the Stigmatine Fathers' Juniorate. There were 13 priests, 4 brothers, 7 college students, and 20 high school students. |
Summer 1959 Sault St. Marie bishop was Alexander Carter (1958-1985). |
Dec. 1959 | Sault St. Marie • Accused in 1959 of molesting a 13 or 14 year old boy here. Landry was removed from a parish in December 1959. (NH D.A.'s report on Manchester diocese 3-3-03) |
Ontario Canada | |||
| May 1960 | Aug. 1960 | Sacred Heart | Waltham | MA | ||
Aug. 1960 Springfield bishop was Christopher Joseph Weldon (1950-1977). |
June 1961 | Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | Pittsfield | MA | 5/5 | Parish had a school with 121 boys and 128 girls. |
| 1960 | 1962 | St. Anthony's |
Agawam • Landry admitted to sexually abusing "4 or 5 minors" while at this parish, including abuse at a nearby summer camp. (NH D.A.'s report on Manchester diocese 3-3-03) |
MA | The parish is not listed in the Springfield diocesan pages, but Landry is indexed at its address (108 Bridge St., North Agawam). | |
Jan. 1962 Timmons bishop was Maxine Tessier (1955-1971). |
Timmons (South Porcupine) • Landry admitted to molesting a 14 year old boy here. (NH D.A.'s report on Manchester diocese 3-3-03) |
Ontario Canada | While in South Porcupine, Stigmatine Fr. Egan confronted Landry with "rumors" about Landry's sexual misconduct with boys, and recommended Landry see a Boston University psychiatrist. Landry had around three sessions, and has stated he spoke openly with the psychiatrist about his sexual conduct with boys. | |||
July 1962 Richmond bishop was John Joyce Russell (1958-1973). |
1963 | Our Lady of Angels | Woodbridge • Admitted to "masturbating" a 14 or 15 year old boy in the rectory of this parish. Landry would confess his behavior to priests at local monasteries during this time. (NH D.A.'s report on Manchester diocese 3-3-03) |
VA | 2/2 | |
| Camp Elm Bank | Wellesley • Archdiocesan files released in 2002 show that Landry was accused of fondling a 14 year old boy at Camp Elm Bank in 1964. (Boston Globe |
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| Aug. 1963 | 1965 | Timmons | Ontario Canada | Address given is 296 Cedar St. | ||
| 1965 | Sault St. Marie | Ontario Canada | Address given is 222 Albert St. E. Landry decided to leave the Stigmatine order in 1965. He was "exclaustrated ad experimentum" by the Stigmatines (placed on leave of absence) to the diocese of Manchester NH. |
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Summer 1965 Manchester bishop was Ernest John Primeau (1959-1974). |
St. Joseph's | Lincoln | NH | Filled in for the pastor who was away. | ||
| Fall 1965 | Jan. 1966 | St. Joseph's | Laconia | NH | Filled in for a pastor who was having surgery. | |
1966
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Holy Trinity | Somersworth • Accused in a 2002 lawsuit of molesting a 12-13 year old boy at Holy Trinity in 1966-1967. (Manchester Union Leader • Another man reported to the NH A.G. in 2002 that Landry sexually assaulted him in the parish rectory from 1966-1968, when the man was 13-16 years old. (NH D.A.'s report on Manchester diocese 3-3-03) |
NH | Bishop Primeau confronted Landry in 1966 after being told by a woman that Landry was "touching" her son, and Landry admitted it was true. Per Landry, Primeau told him not to do it again, and to stay away from the boy. Landry continued to see the boy, and other boys from Somersworth after he was transferred to another parish. He continued through subsequent parish assignments unmonitored, and overseeing altar boys. | ||
1966
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1969 | St. Anne's | Manchester • In Oct. 1967 a boy told his parents that Landry was sexually abusing him. The parents went to Bishop Primeau, who apologized and promised to put Landry in an assignment where he would not be around children. (NH D.A.'s report on Manchester diocese 3-3-03) |
NH | 3/3, 2/3 | Parish had a school with 142-135 boys and 129-130 girls. |
| 1969 | 1970 | St. Kieran | Berlin • Landry was named in a 2002 lawsuit as having sexually assaulted a boy, age 13-14, in 1969-1970. The boy was a St. Kieran's altar server. (Manchester (NH) Union Leader • Investigators in 2002 interviewed three more alleged victims from this parish. (Union Leader |
NH | 3/3 | Parish had a school with 242 boys and 236 girls. |
| 1970 | Lebanon • Landry admitted in 2002 to an allegation that he had touched a male student's "pants". |
MA | Teacher | Landry went on a leave of absence from the Manchester diocese. After the accusation at the school, he told the principal he was called back to the Stigmatines | ||
1970 Boston archbishop was Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983). |
1971 | Stigmatine Fathers' Provincial House | Waltham | MA | Landry returned to the Waltham for a short while, and was granted a leave of absence in 1971. |
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| 1971 | 1972 | Leave of Absence | NH | Landry left the priesthood altogether in 1972 and got married. (Union Leader Landry pleaded guilty in 2004 to sexually abusing two Massachusetts boys in the late 1950s. He was sentenced to a lifetime of probation. In 2004 he was living in Colorado. (TheWMURChannel.comAugust 5, 2004) |
Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1959-1972)
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This assignment record was last updated on Nov. 9, 2010.