Assignment Record– Rev. James E. Gaudreau

Summary of Case: A priest of the Boston archdiocese, ordained in 1969, Gaudreau was accused in September 2012 of having sexually abused a minor in 2006. He was placed on administrative leave, pending an investigation. In September 2015 his status remains "Administrative Leave; Case in Process."

Born: 1943
Ordained: 1969

   

Start Stop Parish/Assignment Town/Accusations State Position Notes

1969

Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970), followed by Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983).

1975 St. Patrick's Boston (Roxbury) MA 4/5, 3/7, 1/5, 3/8 St. Patrick's had a grade school with 682-583 students, and a high school with 360-243 girls.
1975 1984 St. Rose's Chelsea-Everett MA 3/5, 3/4 St. Rose's had a grade school with 490-425 students, and a high school with 207-220 girls.

1984

Medeiros was replaced by Bernard Francis Law (1984-2002).

1990 St. Joseph's Lynn MA

4/4, 3/3

Gaudreau is listed as "in residence" 1984-1987. He was the Spanish apostolate for the Lynn area.

 
1990 1994         Gaudreu is not indexed in the 1991-1994 Directories, nor is he listed in the Boston archdiocesan pages of the 1991-1994 Directories as at St. Joseph's in Lynn.

1994

Law was succeeded by Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.
(2003-).

September 2012 St. Joseph's

Lynn

• Gaudreau was accused in September 2012 of having sexually abused a child in 2006.

MA   Archdiocesan officials stated that the the allegation was recently brought to them, and they reported it to police. Gaudreau was placed on administrative leave.

 

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1970-2011)


• Lynn Priest Accused of Child Sex Abuse, CBS Boston, September 23, 2012
• Mass. Roman Catholic Priest Placed on Leave Amid Allegation of Child Sexual Abuse, The Republic, September 23, 2012
• Lynn Priest Accused of Child Sexual Abuse, By Matt Rocheleau and Gal Tziperman Lotan, Boston Globe, September 23, 2012
• Lynn Pastor Accused of Sex Abuse, By Cyrus Moulto, Daily Item, September 24, 2012



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This assignment record was last updated on Sept. 30, 2015.