Rev. Randal Gillette, c.p. (James R.)
Summary of Case: Gillette's personnel file was released in January 2003, containing a September 2002 letter accusing him of sexually assaulting a boy at St. Gabriel's Parish in Brighton in 1972.
Ordained: 1971
| Start | Stop | Assignment | Town/Accusations | State | Position | Notes |
1971 Newark archbishop was Thomas Aloysius Boland (1952-1974) |
1974 | St. Michael's | Union City
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NJ | 6/6 , 4/4 | Parish had a school wit 601-551 students. |
1974 Boston archbishop was Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983) |
1978 | St. Gabriel's | Boston (Brighton) • Accused in 2002 of having sexually abused a boy at this parish in 1972. (Boston Globe |
MA | 3/3, 4/4 | |
1978 Mexico City archbishop was Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (1977-1994) |
1987 | St. Patrick's | Mexico City | Mexico | 1/2 | |
| 1987 | 1993 | Foreign Mission | Honduras | |||
| 1993 Pittsburgh bishop was William Donald Wuerl (1988-2006) |
1994 | St. Paul of the Cross Monastery | Pittsburgh | PA | ||
| 1994 | 1998 | Gillette is not indexed in the 1995-1998 Directories. | ||||
1998 New York archbishop was John Joseph O'Connor (1984-2000), followed by Edward Michael Egan (2000-2009) |
2004 | St. Vincent's Residence | Pelham Manor | NY | Indexed as James R. Gillette, c.p. This was a skilled nursing facility. |
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| 2001 | 2004 | New York Passionist Communications, Inc. | NY | |||
| 2004 | 2008 | Gillette is not indexed in the 2005-2008 Directories. | ||||
2008 Timothy Michael Dolan replaced Egan as archbishop (2009-) |
2009 | New York Passionist Residence | New York (Bronx) | NY |
Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1972-2009)
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This assignment record was last updated on March 11, 2010