Assignment Record– Rev. B. Samuel Turillo/Biagio Turillo

Summary of Case: B. Samuel Turillo was ordained for the Diocese of Providence in 1946. He assisted in parishes in Warwick, Providence, West Warwick, Cranston, Barrington and Woonsocket, and he served as a hospital chaplain. In 1971 he was named pastor of St. Joseph's in Hope Valley, followed in 1979 by Sacred in West Warwick. He retired in 1994. In June 2016 the diocese announced that Turillo was "prohibited from exercising the sacred ministry" due to a credible allegation against him of sexual misconduct with a minor which occurred about 60 years previously.

Ordained: 1946
Retired: 1994

1946

Diocese of Providence

Bishop was Francis Patrick Keough (1934-1947).

Assignment is per diocese.

1946

Keough was succeeded by Russell Joseph McVinney (1948-1971).

Barrington

• Accused in 6/16 of sexually abusing a minor about 60 years previously. The diocese deemed the allegation credible.

1971

Louis Edward Gelineau replaced McVinney as Providence bishop (1971-1997).

1994

Robert Edward Mulvee succeeded Gelineau (1997-2005).

2003

Mulvee was followed as Providence bishop by Thomas Joseph Tobin (2005-).

Priests in a Parish: We use the following convention to show a priest's place among the clergy of a parish: 1/2 means that he is the first priest listed in the Official Catholic Directory (usually the pastor) and that there is a total of two priests at the parish. The shorthand 3/4 means that the priest is listed third on a four-priest roster. See our sample page from the Directory.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (Kenedy & Sons, 1948-2014).

• Statement from the Diocese of Providence, Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, June 30, 2016
• Priest Prohibited from Serving after "Credible" Accusation of "Sexual Misconduct", NBC 10, June 30, 2016
• After "Credible" Allegation of Sexual Misconduct, R.I. Priest Prohibited from Serving, By Karen Lee Ziner, Providence Journal,
June 30, 2016
• Diocese of Providence Bans Rev. Turillo Following Allegations of Misconduct, GoLocalProv, July 1, 2016
• Former Woonsocket Priest Banned from Service over Alleged Sexual Misconduct, The Valley Breeze, July 1, 2016

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This assignment record was last updated on September 15, 2016.