Rev. Edmund P. Charest-Assignment

Rev. Edmund P. Charest

Ordained: 1959 or 1960

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town	State	Position	Notes
1959	1960	St. Catherine's	Westford	MA	3/3
1960	1964	Blessed Sacrament	Cambridge	MA	3/4	Parish had a school with 294-250 boys and 255-243 girls.
1964	1968?	Our Lady of Grace	Chelsea-Everett	MA	2/4	Parish had a school with 294-280 boys and 334-320 girls. Fourth priest listed is Michael Carew, accused of sexual abuse of girls. The 1968 Official Catholic Directory has Charest indexed but not listed in the diocesan pages at Our Lady of Grace.
1968?	1980	Cushing General Hospital	Framingham	MA	Chaplain	Charest indexed but not listed in diocesan pages of Directories for 1969,1971, 1972. Accusations surfaced in 1/03 of repeated sexual abuse of a 15 yr. old boy in about 1971. Cushing was a facility for military veterans.
1980	1981	Sacred Heart	Boston (East Boston)	MA	2/3	Parish had a school with 88 students.
1981	1994	St. James the Greater	Boston (Chinatown)	MA	3/3,3/4,3/5,3/6
1989	1994	New England Medical Center	Boston	MA	3/3
1994	1997	?	?	?		Charest does not appear in Directories during these years.
1997	2002	Emergency Response Group	Boston	MA		Emergency Response Group was team of priests who filled in for others as needed. Charest does not appear in the 1999 Directory.
2002	2003	Blessed Sacrament	Cambridge	MA	2/2 Administrator	Accused in lawsuit in 1/03. Placed on indefinite leave 8/23/03.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1959-2003).

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