Removed Clergy, Worcester Diocese

Rev. Paul J. Doherty, St. Mary’s Worcester,

November, 2006

Bishop removes Uxbridge pastor
Rev. Doherty admits to early indiscretion

Rev James Aquino , Our Lady of Loreto Parish,

October, 2005

Rev James Aquino placed on administrative leave by Worcester Bishop Robert McManus

Rev. James Champion, St Paul's Blackstone,

February, 2004

Blackstone pastor removed from parish

Swampscott man removed as church pastor

Parish priest placed on leave

Blackstone priest removed from parish

Rev. Donald Ouellette, Immaculate Conception Fitchburg,

May, 2003 

5 years for priest in theft

No one knows why priest stole

Pastor guilty of stealing $250K

Ouellette pleads guilty to theft

Inmate, priest in prison romance?

Child rapist ordered to treatment center

Accused priest has title -- but no collar

Lawyer says Rev. Ouellette was ordered to visit rapist

Parish priest indicted in theft

Rev. Jean-Paul Gagnon, of St. Augustine Millville,

August, 2002

Lawsuit settled involving priest

Priest pleads not guilty to sex assault

Ex-Millville pastor faces assault charge

Lawyer must pay defendants' legal cost

Lawyers told to watch tone

Judge denies request

Sex abuse lawyer criticized

Gagnon taken our of Parish 

Priest removed from duties

Priest loses Court battle 

Release of priest's records ordered

Gagnon residing in area parish

Gagnon blames 9/11 victims. Perpetrators "doing God's will"

 Local Priest "hostile" and "confused"

Diocese ignored priest's report

Man claims priest misused Confession to get sex partner

Priest remains on leave

Man accused files counterclaim

Millville priest accused of abuse

Complaint against local priest under review

Would-be priest removed after alleged relationship

Rev. Joseph A. Coonan, St John's Worcester,

August, 2002

The diocese appoints a replacement for Fr. Coonan, the subject of contested charges

Oxford man warns diocese on priest

Rev. Coonan to fight removal "on canonical grounds'

Coonan not asked by bishop to resign

Coonan support called misguided

Sides are drawn over Coonan

Two more men speak out about Coonan

Popular pastor placed on leave

Coonan gets more support

Rev. Raymond P. Messier, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Athol and St. Peter's Church, Petersham

June, 2002      

Rev. Messier removed from pastor assignments

Messier finances revealed

Priest removed by bishop files a bankruptcy petition

Rev Chester Devlin, St Bernadette Northboro,

April, 2002

Rev. Devlin removed

Rev. Devlin named in suit alleging abuse

Rev Gerard Walsh, of St Roch of Oxford,

March, 2002

Rev. Walsh removed from parish

Rev. Gerard F. Walsh was removed from his Worcester Diocese parish

Rev. Walsh resigns as St. Roch pastor

Rev  Peter J. Inzerillo, St Leo, Leominster,

March, 2002

Priest accused in suit of sexual assault, battery

Priest accused of sex assault/Spencer man files civil suit

Diocese not asking for Inzerillo's resignation

Bishop places Inzerillo on leave

This priest is outraged by scandal

Removal of priest is pursued

Accused priest continues duties   

Church, parents at odds

 Rev. Lee F. Bartlett, Sacred Heart, Worcester,

March, 2002

Telling on priest not easy

Accused priest resigns from panel

Anguish, outcry, support

Rev John J. Bagley,  St Mary, Grafton,

February, 2002

Rev. Bagley is removed from post

Rev. Bagley's removal stuns parish

Rev. Bagley resigns pastorate at St. Mary in Grafton