Rev. Leon Beauvais-Assignment

Rev. Leon Beauvais

Ordained: 1961

Beauvais was named in a 2003 lawsuit among Boston priests accused of having sexually abused children.

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1961 Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970)	1964	Star of the Sea	Quincy	MA	2/2
1964	1965	Padres de Santiago Apostol	Miraflores	Lima, Peru		This was a missionary society.
1965	1974		Guayaquill	Ecuador
1974 Boston archbishop was Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983)	1981	St. Mary's	Waltham	MA	3/4, 3/5, 2/4, 2/3
1981	1983	St. Timothy's	Norwood	MA	4/4
1983 Madeiros was replaced by Bernard Francis Law (1984-2002)	1994	St. Mary's	Waltham	MA	1/4, 1/5, 1/3
1994	1995	Absent on Sick Leave
1995	1997	Sacred Heart	Roslindale (Boston) • Beauvais was named in a 2003 lawsuit among Boston priests accused of sexually abusing children. (Boston Globe January 30, 2003)	MA	2/5	Parish had a school with 464 students. Beauvais died March 23, 1997

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1962-1998).

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