Rev. Aime Boisselle-Assignment

Rev. Aime Boisselle

Ordained: 1959

Three men came forward 5/02 to allege that Boisselle had sexually abused them at Ste. Marie Church in Manchester in early 1960s. Docs released by Atty General 3/03 show a college student had complained that Boisselle had seduced him in 1983, there were complaints in 1995 or 1996 re youths at rectory, and diocese knew about encounters with adults at gay bars & parks. At least some claims in 11/02 settlement with Diocese.

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1959 Manchester bishop was Matthew Francis Brady (1944-1959), followed by Ernest John Primeau (1959-1974)	1962	St. John the Baptist	Suncook	NH	3/3	Parish had a school with 204-183 boys and 187-183 girls.
1962	1967	St. Mary's	Manchester • Accused in 2002 of having molested young boys at this parish. (Concord Monitor March 4, 2003)	NH	3/4, 2/4	St. Mary's had a grade school with 257-242 boys and 272-257 girls, and a high school with 102-80 boys and 219-203 girls.
1962	1967	Holy Angels	Manchester	NH		This was a chapel of St. Mary's.
1962	1967	Our Lady of Lourdes	Manchester	NH		This was a chapel of St. Mary's.
1967	1969	St. Joseph's	Berlin	NH	2/3	Parish had a school with 169-149 boys and 162-150 girls.
1967		Notre Dame High School	Berlin	NH	part time teacher	Per personnel file.
1969	1970	St. Kathryn's	Hudson	NH	temporary administrator
June 1970	Dec. 1970	St. Thomas Aquinas			temporary assistant pastor
1970	1971	St. Edmund's	Manchester	NH	2/3	Parish had a school with 160 boys and 181 girls.
1971 Primeau was replaced as bishop by Odore Joseph Gendron (1974-1990)	1980	St. Augustine's	Manchester	NH	2/3, 4/4, 3/4, 2/2	Parish had a school until 1972 with 160-237 boys and 181-241 girls. Boisselle is listed as "in residence" 1976-1980.
1973	1976	Sacred Heart	Manchester	NH	chaplain, rencontre, residency, weekend ministry
March 1976	June 1976	St. Kathryn's	Hudson	NH	pastor	Per personnel record, Boisselle resigned 6/16/76
July 1976	Oct. 1976	St. Aloysius	Nashua	NH	temporary assistant pastor
Oct. 1976		Sacred Heart	Manchester	NH	chaplain, rencontre, residency, weekend ministry
1977	1978	St. Joseph Jr. High School			coordinator of religious activities
Oct. 1979	1980	Holy Rosary	Hookset	NH	administrator
Sept. 1980	Nov. 1980	Immaculate Conception	Penacook	NH	administrator
1980 Gendron was replaced by Leo Edward O'Neil (1990-1997), followed by John Brendan McCormack (1998- )	2002	Sacred Heart	Concord • In 1983 a college student accused Boisselle of getting him drunk in the rectory and taking advantage of him sexually. • A woman reported in the mid 1990s that she saw a young teen boy, who was not wearing a shirt, through the kitchen window of the rectory at 1:00 a.m. (Concord Monitor March 4, 2003)	NH	1/1	Boisselle's personnel record shows he was on sick leave 8/10/92-3/23/93. Boisselle resigned in May 2002 after he was accused of having sexually abused three boys in the early 60s. (Manchester Union Leader May 21, 2002) He is not indexed in the Directories after 2002.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1960-2002).

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