Rev. Joseph D. D'Angelo-Assignment

Assignment Record– Rev. Joseph D. D'Angelo

Summary of Case: Name included in Diocese's 9/02 $13.5 mil mass settlement in 36 sexual abuse lawsuits alleging abuse by 11 priests and a nun. Bishop Gelineau swore under oath that D'Angelo's faculties were suspended on 7/1/83. Article says none of the clergy work for the church any more.

Ordained: 1979?

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1979 Bishop of Providence was Louis E. Gelineau (1971-1997).	1980	St. Augustin's	Newport	RI	2/2 Pastor was Rev. John T. Carty
1980	1981	Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Italian)	Providence	RI	2/2 Pastor was Msgr. Galliano J. Cavallaro
1981	1983	St.Margaret's	Rumford	RI	3/3, 2/3 Pastor was Msgr. Arthur T. Geoghegan. D'Angelo listed third after Rev. Donald L. Depatie 1981-1982. The third priest 1982-1983 was Rev. Stephan A. Silipigni.	St. Margaret's had a school with 280-308 students.
1983	1986	Absent on leave	• D'Angelo was named as an accused clergy member in a 2002 settlement of sexual abuse lawsuits (Providence (RI) Journal-Bulletin September 10, 2002).			D'Angelo is not indexed beyond the 1986 Directory.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1980-1986).

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