Rev. James M. Silva-Assignment

Rev. James M. Silva

Ordained: 1967

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1967 Bishop of Providence was Russell J. McVinney (1948-1971).	1968	Church of Jesus Saviour (Portuguese)	Newport	RI	2/2; Revs. Joseph A. Cardoza, Administrator; James M. Silva	Parish had a school with 170 boys and 163 girls.
1968	1969	St. Francis Xavier (Portuguese)	East Providence	RI	3/3; Revs. Manuel Rego; Gerard L. Claessens; James M. Silva	Parish had a school with 240 boys and 277 girls.
1969	1971	Church of Jesus Saviour (Portuguese)	Newport	RI	2/2; Revs. Joseph A. Cardoza, Administrator; James M. Silva	Parish school had 94-98 boys and 129-132 girls.
1971	1972	St. Barnabas	Portsmouth	RI	2/2; Rev. Thomas B. Hart; James M. Silva.
1972 Bishop was Louis E. Gelineau (1971-1997)	1974	St. Christopher's	Tiverton • Allegations in 1994 emerged that Silva sexually abused a 15-year-oldboy while at this parish (Providence Journal-Bulletin, March 18, 1994).	RI	3/3; Revs. James A. Mangan, C.S. Sp.; John McHugh, C.S. Sp.; James M. Silva.	Listed in Directory as in residence 1973-1974.
1974	1975	St. Mary's	Bristol	RI	2/2; Revs. William C. O'Connell, James M. Silva	O'Connell convicted in 1986 of sexual abuse of boys (Associated Press June 24, 1986.)
1974	1975	Our Lady of Prudence	Prudence Island	RI	2/2; Revs. William C. O'Connell, James M. Silva	Our Lady's was a mission of St. Mary's during summers.
1975	1976	St. Matthew's	Cranston • Silva was reported twice to diocese for molesting young boys while at St. Matthew's (Boston Globe March 16, 2002).	RI	3/4; Rev. Msgr. George J. Brennan; Revs. Philip A. Magaldi; James Silva; Robert C. Gagne.	Parish had a school with 512 students. Magaldi accused in 1997 and 1999 of sexual abuse (Dallas Morning News [Fort Worth TX] November 29, 2006).
1976	1980	St. Joseph's	Pascoag • Removed from St. Joseph's after accusations of sexual abuse (Boston Globe March 16, 2002).	RI	2/2,2/4 Silva worked under Rev. William M. Gallagher 1976-1979. In 1979-1980 he worked under Rev. Thomas L. Keenan,in which year they were joined by Rev. Mr. Alfred P. Leach and Rev. Daniel C. Holland, Pastor Emeritus.
1976	1980	Dr. U. E. Zambarano Memorial Hospital	Wallum Lake	RI		Zambarano Memorial was a mission of St. Joseph's.
1980	1981	St. Lucy's	Middletown • Removed from St. Lucy's due to accusation of abuse of a boy (Boston Globe March 16, 2002).	RI	3/3; Revs. Timothy L. Gillen; Thomas J. Carnevale. James M. Silva.
1981	1982	?	?	?		Indexed in Directory as "on duty outside the diocese" and listed in the Directory's diocesan pages under "advanced studies".
1982	1983	SS. Peter and Paul	West Warwick	RI	2/2 Revs. Edward F. Boland; James M. Silva.
1983	1986	Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul	Providence	RI	2/5, 2/4 Silva worked uner Rev. Francis J. Giudice, Rector. In residence was Rev. Robert E. Evans, as well as Most Rev. George Pearce, S.M. in 1983-1984 and Rev. James J. Hamilton 1984-1986.
1986	1993	Assistant Director of Ministerial Formation	Providence •Accused of assaulting an 18 yr. old male in 1991 at a parish while filling in for a vacationing pastor. Went on a leave of absence in 1994 after lawsuits filed against him. (Providence [RI] Journal-Bulletin July 3, 1994) • Convicted in 1995 and received a seven-year suspended sentence. (Boston Globe March 16, 2002)	RI	Silva worked under Rev. Robert J. McManus.
1993 Bishop was Robert E. Mulvee (1997-2005)	2003	Retired				Not indexed in the Official Catholic Directory after 2003.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1968-2003).

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