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Rev. Robert F. Daly
Summary of Case: Daly has been accused of molesting minors over a 15 year period in the 1970s and 1980s. He left active ministry in 1984, and was named as perpetrator of child sexual abuse in a 2005 lawsuit. Daly was defrocked by the Vatican in June 2011.
Ordained: 1967
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Assignment |
Town/Accusations |
State |
Position |
Notes |
1967
Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970) |
1968 |
St. Jerome's |
North Weymouth
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MA |
4/4 |
Parish had a school with 192 boys and 182 girls. |
| 1968 |
1969 |
St. Mary's |
Charlestown
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MA |
3/3 |
Parish had a school with 226 boys and 227 girls. |
1969
Cushing was succeeded by Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983) |
1980 |
St. Patrick's |
Brockton
• After he left active ministry in 1984, Daly was accused of molesting minors over a 15 year period in the 1970s and 1980s.
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MA |
4/4,3/3,3/4,3/5,2/4 |
Parish had a school from 1969-1972 with 151-97 boys and 175-85 girls. |
1980
Bernard Francis Law followed Medeiros as Boston archbishop (1984-2002) |
1984 |
St. Anne's |
Readville (Boston)
• After he left active ministry in 1984, Daly was accused of molesting minors over a 15 year period in the 1970s and 1980s.
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MA |
2/3 |
Parish had a school 279 students. |
| 1984 |
1986 |
Absent on leave |
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Daly is not indexed beyond the 1986 Directory. |
1986
Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. replaced Law
(2003-) |
2011 |
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Daly was accused of child sexual abuse in a 2005 lawsuit. He was known at the time to have been living in Plymouth, MA.
In June 2011 the archdiocese announced that Daly was removed by the Vatican from the clerical state. He had voluntarily left the priesthood in the 1980s. |
Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York:
Kenedy & Sons, 1968-1986).
• Some Priest Abuse Claims Remain Open, By Sue Reinert, Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), March 8, 2005
• Vatican ousts 4 from clerical state, By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff / June 14, 2011
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This assignment record was last updated on June 14, 2011
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