Rev. William F. Maloney-Assignment Record

Assignment Record– Rev. William F. Maloney

Summary of Case: A priest of the Boston archdiocese ordained in 1959, Maloney worked in Wakefield, Wellesley and North Reading parishes before serving as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy, beginning in 1968. He went on leave of absence in 1973 and was laicized in 1974. Maloney was accused in 2002 of having sexually abused one person in the 1960s, while an assistant at St. Theresa's in North Reading.

Born: 1934
Ordained: 1959
Laicized: 1974

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1959 Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970).	1965	St. Joseph's	Wakefield	MA
1965	1967	St. John the Evangelist	Wellesley	MA	3/3, 2/3	Parish had a school beginning in 1965 with 27-50 boys and 23-38 girls.
1967	1968	St. Theresa's	North Reading • Accused in 2002 of having sexually abused one person while at St. Theresa's. (Sherman letter 2002)	MA	2/3
1968 Humberto Sousa Medeiros followed Cushing (1970-1983).	1973	U.S. Navy			Chaplain
1973	1974	Leave of Absence				Maloney is not indexed beyond the 1974 Directory. He was laicized in 1974. (Archdiocese of Boston Categories of Accused Priests)

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1965-1974)

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This assignment record was last updated on October 27, 2015.