Rev. George J. Callahan, O.S.A.-Assignment

Rev. George J. Callahan, O.S.A, or
Rev. George J. Callaghan, O.S.A.

Ordained:

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town	State	Position	Notes
1956	1957	Augustinian College	Washington	DC	12/13
1957	1959	Augustinian Preparatory Seminary	New York (Staten Island, New York archdiocese)	NY	6/8	.
1959	1964	Holy Rosary (Italian)	Lawrence (Boston archdiocese)	MA	4/5, 4/4	Parish had a school with 304-268 boys and 308 285 girls.
1964	1966	St. Nicholas of Tolentine	New York (Jamaica, Queens Co., Brooklyn diocese)	NY	5/7, 5/6	Parish had a school with 445-494 boys and 550-508 girls.
1966	1970	Immaculate Conception	Hoosick Falls (Albany diocese)	NY	2/3	Parish had a high school with 130 students and a grade school with 350 students.
1970	1976?	St. Augustine's	Troy (Albany Diocese)	NY	7/7, 8/8, 9/9, 8/9	Callahan is indexed as being at this parish but not listed there in the diocesan pages of the 1975 and 1976 Directories. Parish had a school with 755 -600 students.
1976?	1978	St. Augustine's	Lawrence (Boston archdiocese)	MA	1/1, 1/3	Listed as "Very Reverend" George J. Callaghan, O.S.A., Prior and Pastor. Parish school had 247 students.
1978	1982	Holy Rosary (Italo-American)	Lawrence (Boston archdiocese)	MA	5/6	Parish had a school with 250-223 students.
1982	1984	Assumption B.V.M.	Lawrence (Boston archdiocese)	MA	2/3, 2/2	Alleged to have abused two boys while at this parish.
1984	1986	Austin Preparatory School	Reading (Boston archdiocese)	MA	7/7, 7/8	School had 600-550 students. Callahan does not appear in Directory after 1986. Victims sued in 1993. Per news reports (Philadelphia Inquirer 12-21-2002, Philadelphia Daily News 12-20-2002), Callahan was transferred at about that time to the order's headquarters at Villanova and is said to have since been living with advanced Alzheimer's disease.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1957-1986).

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