Rev. Gerard T. McMahon-Assignment Record

Rev. Gerard T. McMahon

Summary of Case: McMahon pleaded guilty in 2006 to indecent assault and rape of a girl. The abuse occurred between 1967-1970, when the girl was not quite seven years old. He was sentenced to lifetime probation, to be served in Florida.

Ordained: 1960

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1960 Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970)	1964	St. John the Baptist	Haverhill	MA	2/2
1964	1968	St. Mary's	Foxboro • McMahon was charged in 2006 with rape and indecent assault of a girl, beginning in 1967, when she was not quite seven years old. The priest would drink too much at gatherings at the girl's family's home in Foxboro, and would stay the night. The the abuse is said to have occurred during those sleepovers. (Boston Herald April 27, 2006)	MA	2/4
1964	1968	Foxboro State Hospital	Foxboro	MA		This was a station of St. Mary's.
1968	1970	St. Raphael's	Meford	MA	3/4	Parish had a school with 324-327 boys and 343-323 girls.
1970 Los Angeles archbishop was Timothy Manning (1970-1985)	1972		Santa Ana/El Toro	CA
1972	1990	Military			chaplain
1990? Pensacola-Tallahassee bishop was Joseph Keith Symons (1983-June 1990) follwed by John Mortimer Fourette Smith (1991-1995. John Huston Ricard, s.s.j. replaced Smith (1997-)	1999?	St. Benedict's School	Elberta	AL	principal	St. Benedict's was a school for [pre-K through 8th grades], 28 miles from Pensacola, FL. This assignment is per news reports (Sun Chronicle May 12, 2006).
1990	2006	Awaiting Assignment/OnDuty Outside the Diocese	Pensacola	FL		McMahon retired from the military and settled in Florida, where he filled in for priests in parishes of the Pensacola-Tallahassee diocese. The diocese told him in March of 2006, after accusations surfaced, that he was no longer welcome to minister there. (Boston Globe [Massachusetts] April 14, 2006) McMahon is last indexed in the 2006 Directory. In May 2006 McMahon pleaded guilty to rape and indecent assualt on a girl in Foxboro MA during 1967-1970. He was sentenced to a lifetime of probation, which was to be served in Florida. (Sun Chronicle May 12, 2006)

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1961-2006)

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This assignment record was last updated on May 31, 2010