Rev. Robert P. Beale-Assignment

Rev. Robert P. Beale

Ordained: 1970

Removed in July 2002 after "credible" accusations surfaced that he molested a minor in 1970s. At the time of his suspension he was director of Our Lady's Hall, a rehabilitation center for priests with problems that included molestion of children. Also worked at Norfolk Co. House of Corrections, and continued to be listed as there in the Directories through at least 2007 . Beale was defrocked in 2010.

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1970	1975	St. Ann's	West Bridgewater	MA	2/2 ,2/3
1975	1979	St. Mary of the Annunciation	Cambridge	MA	4/6, 5/7, 2/6	Parish had a high school with 364-296 students.
1979	1980	St. Luke's	Belmont • Beale was accused in 2002 of having molested a minor more than 25 years previously. (Patriot Ledger [Quincy, MA] July 18, 2002)	MA	3/3 In residence.
1980	1982	Assigned to Graduate Studies				The Directories do not list where Beale was in graduate studies, unlike the other priests for whom there is a graduate studies assignment listed under this heading in the Directories' diocesan pages.
1982	1983	Awaiting Assignment
1982	2002	Our Lady's Hall	Milton	MA	Assistant Director, Director	Robert P. Beale is not indexed in the 1984-1987 Directories, but a Robert E. Beale is indexed for the first time in the 1984 Directory, and is listed at St. Pius V in Pasadena TX, in the Galveston-Houston archdiocese. Robert E. no longer appears in the Directories beginning with 1988, the same Directory in which Robert P. reappears. It is possible that Robert P. and Robert E. are one and the same. St. Pius V had a school with 287-230 students. The Directories do not index Beale as being at Our Lady's Hall, but his name does appear in the Directories' Boston diocesan pages as there. Our Lady's Hall was a "retreat for priests with alcohol, depression and sexual abuse problems". He was a member of "The Singing Priests" while here. Beale was placed on administrative leave in 2002.
1987	2007	Norfolk County Prison/House of Correction	Dedham	MA	Chaplain	Beale is listed in the 2007 Directory at the prison, despite having been suspended in 2002. He also appears under Retired Priests, and Senior Priests. Beale was defrocked in 2010. His last known addresses were in Quincy and Stoughton MA. (Patriot Ledger August 21 2010)

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1971-2007).

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