Rev. Michael V. LaMountain-Assignment

Rev. Michael V. LaMountain

Ordained: 1976

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusation	State	Position	Notes
1972 Archbishop of Baltimore was Lawrence Joseph Shehan (1961-1974), followed by William Donald Borders (1974-1989)	1976	St. Mary's Seminary and University	Baltimore • In 2001, accused of sexual abuse in mid-1970s. (Baltimore Sun September 26, 2002)	MD	Seminarian
1974	1976	Most Precious Blood	Baltimore	MD	Assisted as a seminarian.
1976 Bishop of Providence was Louis E. Gelineau (1971-1997)	1983	St. Kevin's	Warwick • Multiple allegations of sexual abuse of boys while at St. Kevin's. (Providence Journal-Bulletin October 21, 1997)	RI	2/2 Pastor was Rev. Raymond E. Dyer.	Ordained in 1976. St. Kevin's had a school with 451-579 students.
1983	1986	St. Joseph's	Woonsocket	RI	2/3 Pastor was Rev. Lionel A. Blain. Third priest was Rev. Robert L. Marciano.
1986	1995	St. John's (French)	West Warwick • First accusations of abuse of boys from this parish surface in 1995. LaMountain suspended from priestly duties. assigned to a residence for retired priests associated with St. Joseph Church in Providence. (Providence Journal-Bulletin, December 19,1995)	RI	1/3,1/2 LaMountain was pastor, assisted by Rev. Alphonse O. Lethiez (Haiti). Pastor Emeritus, Rev. C.E. Roland Remy was in residence 1986-1987.	St. John's had a school (Monsignor Vincent) with 147-231 students. Known as "Fr. Mike", LaMountain was chaplain to West Warwick Police and Fire Departments.
1987	1995	Diocesan Advisory Board on Major Seminarians
1995 Robert Edward Mulvee succeeded Gelineau as bishop (1997-2005)	2002	Absent on leave	• Pleaded guilty in 1999 to nine counts of child sex offences between 1979-1992 (Baltimore Sun, September 26, 2002). • Sentenced. Received no jail time. (Providence Journal-Bulletin January 30, 1999)			No longer appears in Directories after 2002.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1977-2002).

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