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The Bishop Marshall Center is located in St. Michael’s Cathedral in Springfield. [7] In a 2007 civil lawsuit against the Diocese of Burlington, the personal file of Alfred Willis, a diocesan priest, showed that Marshall transferred him to a different parish after receiving sexual abuse complaints. On February 27, 1978, three parents from St ...
William Draper Byrne (born September 26, 1964) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts since 2020. He is known for taking over the diocese after the revelation of widespread clergy child sex abuse and the subsequent cover-ups.
Pope Pius XI in October 1923 renamed the Diocese of Springfield as the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts. This was to avoid confusion with the newly erected Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. [9] In 1928, O'Leary began planning the new Our Lady of the Elms College in Chicopee to be first Catholic college for women in western Massachusetts.
The Catholic Center of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018.
The diocese and Bishop Edward Rice are listed as defendants in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Springfield regarding purported abuse of children dating back as far as the late 1960s by ...
On June 16, 1921, O'Leary was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts by Pope Benedict XV. [4] He received his episcopal consecration on September 8, 1921, from Archbishop Arthur Alfred Sinnott, with Bishops Michael Curley and George Guertin serving as co-consecrators. [4]
[6] Author William Byrne described O'Reilly as a supportive manager of his priests, allowing them to make decisions on their own. [2] Patrick O’Reilly died in Springfield of nephritis on May 28, 1892; businesses in Springfield closed for the day. [1] He was buried in the vault below St. Michael's Cathedral in Springfield.
Jul. 17—TOLEDO — Below is a summary of clergy appointments made by Bishop Daniel E. Thomas. The clergy are listed alphabetically by surname. Reverend Thomas Muthalapra Abraham, Syro-Malankara ...