Rev. James Connelly

Summary of Case: Included in a list of accused priests posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on January 19, 2011.

Ordained: 1942?

     

Start Stop Assignment Town/Accusations State Position Notes

1942

Boston archbishop was William Henry O'Connell (1907-1944), followed by Richard James Cushing (1944-1970)

1945 Mary, Star of the Sea Boston MA 3/3 Indexed as James E. Connelly. Parish had a school with 225-215 boys and 246-228 girls.
1945 1946 St. Joseph's Boston (Roxbury) MA 4/4 Parish had a grade school with 378 boys and 398 girls, and a high school with 144 girls.
1946 1947         Connelly is not indexed in the 1947 Directory.
1947 1949 St. Francis of Assisi Medford MA 3/4  
1949 1952 St. Brigid's Framingham MA 2/3 There is a James J. Connelly listed in the Boston archdiocesan pages of the 1951 Directory as at St. John the Evangelist in Hopkinton, but he is not indexed in the 1951 Directory. James J. is both indexed and listed in the archdiocesan pages at St. John's in the 1952 Directory, and is noted to be the second of two priests.
1952 1955 Most Blessed Sacrament Quincy MA 2/3  
1955 1957 St. James Salem MA 3/4 Parish had a grade school with 345-332 boys and 519-362 girls, and a high school with 169-150 girls.
1957 1959 St. Edward's Brockton MA 4/4 Parish had a school with 127-162 boys and 121-163 girls.
1959 1960 St. Jerome's Arlington MA 2/2  
1960 1963 St. Patrick's Watertown MA 3/5, 2/5, 3/5 Parish had a grade school with 333-282 boys and 38-310 girls, and a high school with 118-106 boys and 164-143 girls.
1963 1964 St. Joseph's Holbrook MA 2/3 Parish had a school with 133 boys and 122 girls.
1964 1969 St. Patrick's Lowell MA 2/5, 2/4 Parish had a school with 177-160 boys and 179-145 girls.
1969 1970 Christ the King Hudson MA 1/2 Parish had a school with 94 boys and 70 girls.

1970

Cushing was succeeded by Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983)

1975 St. John Vianney Revere MA 1/1, 2/2  
1975 1976 Sick Leave        
1976 1978 St. Patrick's Stoneham MA 2/5 Parish had a school with 284 students.
1978 1980         Connelly is not indexed in the 1979 or 1980 Directories.

1980

Bernard Francis Law replaced Medeiros (1984-2002)

1986 Sick Leave       Connelly is not indexed in the Directories after 1986.


Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1943-1986)

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This assignment record was last updated on 1/6/11.