-Rev. Michael John Carew, S.V.D.Assignment

Rev. Michael John Carew, S.V.D.

Summary of Case: Carew was accused in 2002 of sexual abuse of two girls in the early 1960s. There was possibly a third female victim. Carew was incardinated to Boston in 1964 and laicized in 1970.

Ordained: 1949

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1949	1957		Gold Coast (Accra diocese)	West Africa
1957	1960	Miramar Retreat House	Duxbury (Boston archdiocese)	MA
1960	1963	Immaculate Conception	Newburyport (Boston archdiocese) • A woman informed the Boston archdiocese in 2002 that she was sexually abused by Carew on a CYO bus trip in 1962 or 1963, when she was 15 years old. The woman stated that she knew another girl who was similarly abused. (2002 Boston archdiocesan memo) • Another woman reported to the Boston archdiocese that when she was 14 years old, Carew sexually abused her during a visit with her family in their home. (2002 Boston archdiocesan memo)	MA	4/4, 3/3	Parish had a school with 210-209 boys and 189-190 girls.
1963	1970	Our Lady of Grace	Chelsea-Everett (Boston archdiocese)	MA	5/5, 4/4, 3/4, 4/5	Parish had a school with 294-213 boys and 385-234 girls. Although the Directories list him as Absent on Leave from 1970-1974, a 2003 Boston archdiocesan letter to the Chicago Provincial of the Society of the Divine Word states that Carew was laicized in June 1970.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1950-1974).

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