Rev. Edmund C. Micarelli-Assignment

Rev. Edmund C. Micarelli

Ordained: 1959

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1959 Bishop of Providence was Russell J. McVinney (1948-1971)	1963	Christian Brothers' Novitiate	Narragansett	RI	Chaplain
1959	1966	University of Rhode Island Newman Club	Kingston	RI	Chaplain
1963	1966	Christ the King	Kingston	RI	2/2 Micarelli worked under Rev. John J. Canole 1964-1964 and under Very Rev. Msgr. Louis W. Dunn 1964-1966.	Dunn with multiple allegations of sexual assault and a rape conviction.
1964	1966	Chancery Position: Director of Newman Clubs
1966	1967	Sacred Heart (Italian)	West Warwick	RI	3/4 Pastor was Msgr. Anthony A. DeAngelis. Other priests were Revs. Alfred W. Santagata and William R. Macera.	Sacred Heart had a school wtih 126 boys and 131 girls. DeAngelis accused of sexually abusing a young girl.
1967	1969	St. Ann's (Italian)	Providence	RI	4/4 Micarelli is listed last after Rt. Rev. Msgr. Anthony L. Dimeo, Revs. B. Samuel Turillo, and Nicholas J. Iacovacci.	Parish had a school with 164-163 boys and 155-173 girls.
1969 Louis Edward Gelineau succeeded McVinney as bishop (1971-1997)	1972	St. Ann's	Cranston	RI	2/3, 2/2 Micarelli worked under Rev. John W. Murphy1969-1971. Listed third 1969-1970 is Rev. James R. McCann and 1970-1971 Rev. James A Byrne is third, after Micarelli. Pastor in 1971-1972 was Rev. Francis J. Sweeney.	Parish had a school with 104-79 boys and 136-86 girls.
1972	1973	SS. Peter and Paul	West Warwick	RI	2/2 Pastor was Rev. Edward F. Boland.
1972	1978	Dean of Bristol County Deanery-#17
1973	1988	St. Alexander's	Warren •Micarelli accused in the 1990s of having molested a 10 yr. old boy in 1975 while at St. Alexander's (Providence Journal-Bulletin, July 3, 1994).	RI	1/1
1988 Mulvee replaced Gelineau (1997-2005)	2003	Retired	?	?		Directories state Micarelli retired to Grenacres FL, 1988-1997. Beyond that his address is listed as "c/o chancery" until 2003, the last Directory in which he appears. The Boy Scouts of America website in Nov. 2007 states "In the Diocese of Providence (RI), the Rev. Edmund Micarelli, who had been the Diocesan Scout Chaplain, the NCCS Regional Scout Chaplain, a member of the Executive Board of the NCCS, and at one time, the chaplain for a council scout camp, caused the diocese to settle with his victims for millions of dollars."

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1960-2003).

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