Rev. Edward M. Keohan

Summary of Case: Keohan was accused in a Jan. 2003 lawsuit of having sexually abused a 13-15 year old boy from 1983-1985. He was placed on leave in Aug. 2003, and reinstated in March 2005 after the archdiocesan Review Board deemed the allegations "unsubstantiated".

Ordained: 1959

     

Start Stop Assignment Town/Accusations State Position Notes
1959 1966     Peru  

1966

Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970)

1970 St. Charles Woburn MA 4/5, 3/4, Parish had a grade school with 333-296 boys and 360-301 girls, and a high school with 186-154 girls.

1970

Cushing was succeeded by Huberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983)

1971 Absent on Leave        
1971 1973 St. Charles Woburn MA 3/4, 3/5 Parish had a grade school wtih 267-320 boys and 259-305 girls, and a high school with 122-127 girls.

1973

Following Medeiros was Bernard Francis Law (1984-2002)

1984 St. Rose's

Chelsea-Everett

• Accused in a Jan. 2003 lawsuit of fondling a 13 to 15 year old male St. Rose parishioner from 1981 to about 1983. (Boston Globe
January 30, 2003)

 MA 5/5, 3/6, 2/4, 2/5, 2/4 Parish had a grade school with 490-426 students, and a high school with 207-220 girls.

1984

Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. replaced Law (2003-)

2008 Salem Hospital Complex/North Shore Medical Center Salem MA Chaplain

This included Boston Salem Hospital; Boston North Shore Children's Hospital; Boston Shaughnessy Rehabilitation Hospital.

Although placed on leave 2003 until 2005, Keohan continues to be listed in the Directories at this assignment.

1985 1987 St. Anne's Salem MA 2/2 In residence.  
1987 2003 St. Mary's (Italian) Salem MA

1/2, 1/1

Administrator

St. Mary's closed in 2003.
2003   Our Lady of Lourdes Revere MA   Placed on leave in Aug. 2003, due to past allegation of sexual abuse. (Boston Globe [Boston MA]
August 24, 2003) He was reinstated in March 2005 after the Archdiocesan Review Board deemed the accusations to be "unsubstantiated". (Boston Globe [Boston MA]
March 23, 2005)
2005 2010 Immaculate Conception Salem MA

3/3

Senior Priest in residence.

Retired.


Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1961-2009)

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This assignment record was last updated on March 19, 2010