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Rev. Leo Thomas Riley, C.S.S.– Assignment History
Summary of Case: Leo T. Riley was ordained in 1954 for the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines). For over then years he taught at Elm Bank, which was the Order's minor seminary in Wellesley, MA, then assisted at a Milford, MA parish. There appears to be a gap in his assignments 1968-1970, after which he was assigned to parishes in Waltham and then Lynn, Milford and, finally, Agawam, MA, where he was the sole priest. He died in 1995. Per Riley's obituary, "He was delegate in several provincial chapters. As a general councillor (1976-1979) he contributed much to insure the stability of the Thailand province."
In 2002 a man informed the Stigmatines that Riley had sexually abused him over a four-year period when the man was a student at Elm Bank and Riley was a teacher. While still a student the man reported the alleged abuse to the Provincial, Rev. Charles Egan. In 2002 Egan acknowledged having received the allegations, and said he did not remember sharing the information with anyone and did not record it.
Ordained: 1954
Died: February 22, 1995
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Town/Allegations |
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1954
Archdiocese of Boston
Archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970). |
1965 |
Elm Bank Juniorate |
Wellesley
• In 2002 the order received a complaint from a man who said he was sexually abused by Riley over a four-year period when he was a student at Elm Bank and Riley was a teacher. The former student said that he told the head of the Province at the time, Rev. Charles F. Egan, who had Riley trasferred. In 2002 Egan acknowledged that the boy had told him about the abuse, and said he did not remember sharing the information with anyone or recording it. The former students said he was also abused by two other Stigmatines. |
MA |
teacher, prefect of students
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This was a Stigmatine Fathers' minor seminary, with 13-32 students. |
1965
Diocese of Worcester
Bishop was Bernard Joseph Flanagan (1959-1983). |
1968 |
Sacred Heart |
Milford |
MA |
3/4, 2/5, 2/4 |
Sacred Heart had a school with 153-146 boys and 177-178 girls. |
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1970 |
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Riley is indexed but not listed in the diocesan pages of the 1969 Directory as at Sacred Heart in Milford. In the 1970 Directory he is indexed at the address for the Stigmatine Fathers in Waltham MA, but he is not listed as there or at his next assignment in the diocesan pages. |
1970
Archdiocese of Boston
Archbishop was Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983). |
1972 |
Sacred Heart |
Waltham |
MA |
2/2, 3/3 |
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1972 |
1976 |
Holy Family |
Lynn |
MA |
5/7, 5/6, 4/5 |
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1972 |
1976 |
St. Francis of Assisi |
West Lynn |
MA |
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This was a mission of Holy Family in Lynn. |
1976 |
1979 |
Stigmatine American Province/Holy Spouses Province |
Waltham |
MA |
general councillor |
Per Riley's obituary he "was much involved also in the provincial activities. He was delegate in several provincial chapters. As a general councillor (1976-1979) he contributed much to insure the stability of the Thailand province." |
1976
Diocese of Worcester
Bishop was Bernard Joseph Flanagan (1959-1983), followed by Timiothy Joseph Harrington (1983-1994). |
1989 |
Sacred Heart |
Milford |
MA |
3/4, 3/3, 2/2 |
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1989
Diocese of Springfield
Bishop was John Aloysius Marshall (1991-1994). |
1995 |
St. Anthony's |
Agawam |
MA |
1/1 |
Riley died February 22, 1995. |
Priests in a Parish: We use the following
convention to show a priest's place among the clergy of a parish: 1/2 means
that he is the first priest listed in the Official Catholic Directory (usually
the pastor) and that there is a total of two priests at the parish. The shorthand
3/4 means that the priest is listed third on a four-priest roster. See our sample
page from the Directory.
Source: Official Catholic Directory (Kenedy & Sons, 1955-1996).
• Leo Thomas Riley, Confratelli Stimmatini, February 22, 1995
• Abuse Alleged at Wellesley Seminary, by Matt Carroll, The Boston Globe, August 10, 2002
• The missing names from Cardinal O'Malley's list of accused clerics, The Boston Globe, November 20, 2011
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This assignment record was last updated on July 5, 2018 . |
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