William J. Walsh, S.J.-Assignment

Rev. William J. Walsh, S.J.

Ordained: 1954

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town	State	Position	Notes
1954	1955	Woodstock College	Woodstock (Baltimore archdiocese)	MD
1955	1956	Jesuit Tertianship	Auriesville (Albany diocese)	NY		.
1956	1961	St. Ignatius	Baltimore (Baltimore archdiocese)	NY		Walsh is indexed in the Official Catholic Directories at 720 N. Calvert St., which was the residence for priests of St. Ignatius, but he is not listed there in the diocesan pages.
1961	1965	Bishop's Latin School	Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh diocese)	PA	1/4, 1/6, 1/10 Headmaster	School had 52-148 students, all male.
1965	1966	?	?	?	?	Indexed but not listed in the Directory's diocesan pages at the Faculty House for Bishop's Latin School in Pittsburgh PA.
1966	1967	Georgetown University	Washington (Washington DC archdiocese)	DC
1967	1973	Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues	Wernersville (Allentown diocese)	PA	In residence
1973	1975	Georgetown University	Washington (Washington DC archdiocese)	DC
1975	1979	Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues	Wernersville (Allentown diocese)	PA	Co-director of Novices	Directory indicates Walsh as "in residence" and not as co-director of Novices 1975-1976
1979	1980	?	?	MD	?	Not indexed or listed in Official Catholic Directory
1980	1985	Jesuit Fathers and Brothers Maryland Provincial Curia	Baltimore (Baltimore archdiocese)	MD	Assistant for Formation and Studies
1985	1986	Jesuit Community	Berkeley (Oakland diocese)	CA		William J. Walsh, S.J. indexed and listed twice in Directory- in Berkeley and in Philadelphia.
1985	1991	St. Alphonsus House at St. Joseph University	Philadelphia (Philadelphia archdiocese)	PA	Rector	St. Alphonsus House was a Jesuit residence.
1989	1991	Loyola Center at St. Joseph University	Philadelphia (Philadelphia archdiocese)	PA	Rector	Loyola Center was a Jesuit residence.
1991	1996	China (Foreign Mission)
1996	1998	Woodstock Jesuit Community; Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University	Washington (Washington DC archdiocese)	DC	5/6	Per a Georgetown Voice news article of 4-23-98, five nieces of William J. Walsh, S.J. reported having been sexually abused by him as children, in the 1950s. The nieces initially reported the abuse in 1996 while Walsh was in China. The Jesuits then moved him to Georgetown University.
1998	2006	?	?	?	?	William J. Walsh, S.J. no longer appears in Directories. A William Walsh (no middle initial, ordained in '67) appears for the first time and is listed at the Ferdinand Wheeler Jesuit Community in Baltimore MD. Another Jesuit, William P. Walsh, was ordained in '67, but he is listed elsewhere. A 2001 Boston College Lonergan Institiute Workshop schedule shows a William J. Walsh, S.J. as presenter of a workshop entitled Illuminating the Spiritual Exercises. Schedule found at http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/lonergan/workshop/rosters2001.html

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1955-2006).

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