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Assignment Record– Rev. Leon Beauvais
Summary of Case: Leon Beauvais was ordained for the Archdiocese of Boston in 1962. After two years as an assistant at a Quincy parish, he transferred to South America where he spent a decade doing missionary work. In 1974 he returned to the archdiocese, assisting in Waltham, Norward and Roslindale MA parishes. Prior to his Roslindale assignment, Beauvais was pastor of St. Mary's in Waltham 1983-1994, followed by a year's sick leave. He died March 23, 1997. In January 2003 litigation Beauvais was one of 16 newly identified priests in the Boston archdiocese accused of having sexually abused minors.
Born: 1936
Ordained: February 2, 1962
Died: March 23, 1997.
Start |
Stop |
Assignment |
Town/Accusations |
State/Country |
Position |
Notes |
1961
Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970). |
1964 |
Star of the Sea |
Quincy |
MA |
2/2 |
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1964 |
1965 |
Padres de Santiago Apostol |
Miraflores |
Lima, Peru |
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This was a missionary society. |
1965 |
1974 |
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Guayaquill |
Ecuador |
missionary work |
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1974
Boston archbishop was Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983). |
1981 |
St. Mary's |
Waltham |
MA |
3/4, 3/5, 2/4, 2/3 |
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1980 |
1983 |
Walpole State Prison |
Walpole |
MA |
Chaplain |
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1981 |
1983 |
St. Timothy's |
Norwood |
MA |
4/4 |
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1983
Madeiros was replaced by Bernard Francis Law (1984-2002). |
1994 |
St. Mary's |
Waltham |
MA |
1/4, 1/5, 1/3 |
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1994 |
1995 |
Absent on Sick Leave |
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1995 |
1997 |
Sacred Heart |
Roslindale (Boston)
• Beauvais was named in a 2003 lawsuit among Boston priests accused of sexually abusing children. |
MA |
2/5 |
Sacred Heart had a school with 464 students.
Beauvais died March 23, 1997. |
Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York:
Kenedy & Sons, 1962-1998).
• Father Leon Beauvais, Roslindale Associate Pastor; 60or, Boston Globe, March 25, 1997
• 16 Priests Named for First Time in Sexual Abuse Lawsuits, By Michael Rezendes and Matt Carroll, Boston Globe, January 30, 2003
• Boston Archdiocese Posts Sex-Abuse Database Online, By Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register, August 25, 2011
• Rev. Leon F. Beauvais, stjohndem62.com
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This assignment record was last updated August 31, 2015.
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