Rev. Anthony J. Vasaturo
Summary of Case: Vasaturo is said to have admitted to "sexual activity" with a sixteen year old girl, beginning in 1969.
Ordained: 1955
| Start | Stop | Assignment | Town/Accusations | State | Position | Notes |
1955 Boston archbishop was Richard James Cushing (1944-1970) |
1958 | St. Florence's | Wakefield | MA | 2/2 | |
| 1958 | 1959 | Maryknoll House | Cochabamba | Bolivia | ||
| 1959 | 1960 | Dept. of Apurimac Andahuaylas | Peru | |||
| 1960 | 1961 | Dept. of Apurimac Curahuasi | Peru | |||
| 1961 | 1964 | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | |||
| 1964 | 1968 | St. Florence's | Wakefield | MA | 3/3 | |
1968 Cushing was succeeded by Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970- 1983) |
1975? | Immaculate Conception | Marlboro • Per archdiocesan documents, Vasaturo admitted to "sexual activity" with a 16 year old girl, beginning in 1969. (Boston Herald |
MA | 5/5, 4/4 In residence. |
Parish had a school with 697-320 students. Vasaturo is indexed as at this parish in the Directories, but he is not listed as there in the archdiocesan pages of the 1969, 1972, 1973, or 1975 Directories. |
| 1975 | 1976 | St. Mary of the Angels | Boston (Roxbury) | MA | 1/1 | |
| 1976 | 1980 | Cathedral of the Holy Cross | Boston | MA | 9/10, 6/8, 5/7, 4/6 In residence. |
Parish had a school with 220 students. |
| 1980 | 1981 | Sick Leave | ||||
1981 Bernard Francis Law replaced Medeiros (1984-2002) |
1995 | Most Holy Redeemer | Boston (East Boston) | MA | 3/4, 3/3, 2/2, 3/3 | |
| 1994 | 1996 | Retired/St. Thomas Aquinas | Boston (Jamaica Plain) | MA | 4/4 In residence. |
Vasaturo in indexed in the 1995 Directory as at both Most Holy Redeemer and St. Thomas Aquinas. |
| 1996 | 2001 | Retired/Senior Priests/Sacred Heart | Medford | MA | 2/2 In residence. |
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2001 Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap. replaced Law as Boston archbishop (2003- ) |
2010 | Senior Priests/Retired | Boston | MA | In Sept. 2010 Vasaturo is listed on the archdiocesan website as living at Regina Cleri, which is a retirement home for priests. |
Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1956-2009 )
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This assignment record was last updated on Sept. 30, 2010