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Additions to Attorney Mitchell Garabedian's
List of Accused Priests and Brothers


Names Released by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian
Assignment Records Researched by BishopAccountability.org
October 31, 2014

Bro. John B. Chaney, C.F.C. Bro. Charles Irwin, C.F.C. Bro. Alan Scheneman, S.D.B.

On October 31, 2014, Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian added 13 priests and brothers to his website's list of accused clerics named in civil claims resulting in settlements or arbitration awards. Below we provide assignment histories and other information for some of these clerics. Four of the 13—Bro. William Hennessy, C.F.C., Bro. Martin Mattingly, O.P., Rev. Sean Leo Rooney, S.D.B., and Bro. Alan Scheneman, S.D.B.—have not been previously identified as accused.

This page supplements our previous collection of assignment records for the 19 new clerics named by Garabedian when he posted his original list of 117 accused clerics on January 19, 2011 and the 12 new clerics he named on April 11, 2012. He added five newly accused clerics, a nun, and a lay choir director to his list in September 2013. A complete list of all the clerics named by Garabedian clients is provided on the law firm's website. Click on the linked names in red below to view assignment histories and additional information.

  1. Bro. John B. Chaney, C.F.C. (Congregation of Christian Brothers, now the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers). Still a current brother, according to the order's 6/11/2014 list of members named in two or more sexual abuse claims filed in the bankruptcy. Assignments included Bergen Catholic, Oradell NJ.

  2. Bro. William A. Hennessy, C.F.C. (Congregation of Christian Brothers, now the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers). Not included in the order's 6/11/2014 list of members named in two or more sexual abuse claims filed in the bankruptcy. Name also spelled Hennessey. Died 9/22/1978. Not previously identified as accused.

  3. Bro. Andrew Thomas Hewitt, C.F.C. (Congregation of Christian Brothers, now the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers). Included as a deceased brother in the order's 6/11/2014 list of members named in two or more sexual abuse claims filed in the bankruptcy. Principal of Essex Catholic HS, East Orange NJ, in early 1980s. Died 5/22/2002.

  4. Bro. Charles Irwin, C.F.C. (Congregation of Christian Brothers, now the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers). Included in the order's 6/11/2014 list of members named in two or more sexual abuse claims filed in the bankruptcy. Assignments included Bergen Catholic, Oradell NJ. Died 10/9/1997.

  5. Rev. Donald J. Keenan, C.P. (Passionist Missionaries). Died 1995.

  6. Rev. Irving F. Klister (Dioceses of Superior and El Paso, and Archdiocese of Santa Fe). Died 1997.

  7. Rev. Richard Matte (Archdiocese of Boston). Laicization announced 2005.

  8. Bro. Julius Martin Mattingly, O.P. (Dominican Order). Died 5/25/1991. Birth name was Julius Henry Mattingly. Not previously identified as accused.

  9. Rev. Terence O. McAlinden (Diocese of Trenton)

10. Rev. Sean Leo Rooney, S.D.B. (Salesians of Don Bosco). Laicized 2008. Named in civil complaint filed 12/16/2013, alleging abuse at the Salesian junior seminary in Goshen NY, where Rooney was the financial administrator and taught theology and physics. Not previously identified as accused.

11. Bro. Alan Scheneman, S.D.B. (Salesians of Don Bosco). Named with Sean Rooney, S.D.B. in civil complaint filed 12/16/2013. Not previously identified as accused.

12. Rev. J. Garret Thomson (Archdiocese of Boston). Died 1/6/2010. Name sometimes misspelled Thompson.

13. Rev. James J. Tully, S.X. (Xaverian Missionary Fathers)

See related links:

- Full Garabedian list
- Our Database of Accused Priests, sortable by Boston or any other diocese
- Guide to assignment records and the Official Catholic Directory
- Lists of Accused Priests Released by Dioceses and Religious Institutes
- Civil complaint describing alleged child sexual abuse by Rooney and Scheneman


 
 


 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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