Rev. Charles G. Coyle, S.J. -Assignment

Rev. Charles G. Coyle, S.J.

Ordained: 1965

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town	State	Position	Notes
1965	1967	Woodstock College	Woodstock (Baltimore archdiocese)	MD
1967	1969?	Boston College	Newton (Boston archdiocese)	MA		.
1969?	1972	?	Newton (Boston archdiocese)	MA		Indexed in Official Catholic Directories at 855 Centre St. in Newton, but not listed in diocesan pages. Per Times-Picayune news article of 4-20-2002, Coyle is accused of molesting a Newton South High School student in the early 70s, and was a guidance counselor at the time at Newton South. A second Newton South student allegedly lived with Coyle and later committed suicide.
1971	1977	?	Newton	MA		Indexed at 30 Coyne Rd., Waban MA, but not listed in diocesan pages. Waban is a Newton neighborhood.
1977	1978	Strake Jesuit Preparatory, Inc.	Houston (Galveston-Houston diocese)	TX	Listed among 16 priests.	School had 598 students, all male.
1978	1979	Spring Hill College	Mobile (Mobile diocese)	AL		Springhill was a Jesuit coed college, with 904 students.
1979	1980	?	?	?		Not indexed or listed in Directory.
1980	1982	St. Louise De Marillac	Arabi (New Orleans archdiocese)	LA	2/2	Parish had a school with 600 students.
1982	1983	St. Andrew the Apostle	New Orleans (New Orleans archdiocese)	LA	3/3	Parish had a school with 806 students.
1983	1985	Louisiana Center of Jesus the Lord	New Orleans (New Orleans archdiocese)	LA	2/2	The Center is described on it's website in 2007 as "a Catholic Charismatic Church and a retreat and meeting center."
1985	1988?	St. Cecilia's	New Orleans (New Orleans archdiocese)	LA	2/2,2/3	Parish had a school with 254-232 students. Times-Picayune artice of 4-20-02 states Coyle worked for a while in the mid-80s as a chaplain at Holy Cross High School and Tulane University in New Orleans.
1988	1991	?	?	?		Coyle does not appear in Directories during this time.
1991	1995	Ignatius House	Atlanta (Altanta archdiocese)	GA		Ignatius House was a retreat house.
1995	1998	Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House	Lake Dallas (Fort Worth diocese)	TX	4/5 Third of three associate directors.	1998 is the last year Coyle appears in the Directories. He was removed from ministry in 2002 for allegations of sexual abuse of a high school student in Newton MA in the early 1970s. Per 2002 news reports, he was living in an upscale area of New Orleans. A new allegation in 2003 surfaced that he sexually abused a minor while a seminarian in Baltimore.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1965-1998).

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