Rev. Frank E. Fairbairn-Assignment

Rev. Frank E. Fairbairn

Ordained: 1969

Start	991Stop	Assignment	Town	State	Position	Notes
1969	1971	Sacred Heart	Quincy	MA	2/4, 3/3	Parish had a school with 431-402 boys and 446-393 girls. Per a news report in The Day, Fairbairn was accused of abusing a 14 year old boy in 1970.
1971	1973	Our Lady of the Assumption	East Boston	MA	3/3, 2/4	Parish school had 88 boys and 75 girls.
1973	1979	St. Elizabeth of Hungary	Acton	MA	3/3
1979	1981	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame	IN		Per Official Catholic Directories Fairbairn was "on special assignments", "self assignments", and "on duty outside of the diocese". His 9-15-2000 Boston Globe obituary states he spent two years in a graduate studies program at Notre Dame, after he left his post at St. Elizabeth of Hungary.
1981	1993	St. Ann's University Parish	Boston	MA	2/4,1/2, 1/3,1/4,1/5,1/1	St. Ann's served area university students. Fairbairn no longer appears in the Directories after 1993. Per Boston Globe article of 1-30-2003, Fairbairn was accused of abuse and sued in 2003.
1993	1994	Our Lady Help of Christians	Concord	MA	In residence.	According to his obituary, Fairbairn was in residence at this parish just prior to his stint in Peru.
1994	1999		Lima	Peru	Missionary of the Society of St. James the Apostle.
1999	2000	?	?	?		Died Sept. 13, 2000

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1970-1994).

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