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John Butler

Ordained: 1957

Assignment Record


NameAssignment HistorySources/Notes
Butler, John 1957         - Ordained.
(1957-58) - Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond VA
(1958-60) - St. Mary Star-of-the-Sea in Fort Monroe VA with mission at
                    St. Joseph's in Buckroe Beach
(1960-61) - St. Peter's in Richmond VA with parish chaplaincy at penitentiary
(1961-65) - St. Joseph's in Kings Park and incardinated in Rockville Centre in these years
                 - Not indexed in the 1966 Directory
(1966-68) - On duty outside the diocese of Richmond at an unspecified location
(1968-69) - Assumption in Keyser WV in the Richmond diocese with missions at
                   Our Lady of the Valley in Petersburg WV and Our Lady of Grace in Grace WV
(1969-70) - St. Paul's in Richmond
(1970-74) - SS. Philip and James in Phillipsburg NJ in the Trenton diocese
(1974-75) - St. Barnabas in Bayville in the Trenton diocese
(1975-78) - St. Thomas the Apostle in Old Bridge in the Trenton diocese
(1978-79) - St. Robert Bellarmine in Freehold NJ in the Trenton diocese
                 - Not indexed in the 1980 Directory
(1980?-84) - St. John Vianney in Colonia NJ in the Metuchen diocese
                  - Not indexed in the 1985 or 1986 Directory
(1986-2002) - St. John Vianney in Colonia NJ in the Metuchen diocese
                     - Not indexed in the 2003 Directory
 As choirmaster at St. Joseph’s in Kings Park, Butler allegedly molested more than a dozen choirboys. 
Colonia Priest Takes a Leave of Absence, by Kathleen Hopkins, Asbury Park Press (April 16, 2002)
Leaving a Trail of Accusations: At Least 7 Priests Were Moved from LI, by Eden Laikin, Newsday (April 23, 2002)
Diocese Pays $800,000 in Abuse Cases against Priests, by Richard Lezin Jones, New York Times (January 31, 2003)
Little Hope for Change: Victims Laud Grand Jury Findings, But Criticize Church Response, by Carol Eisenberg and Steve Wick, Newsday (February 12, 2003)
Diocese Hit in Sex Abuse 23 Seek $100m in Suit vs. L.I. Clergy, by Mike Claffey, Daily News (April 15, 2003)

This table was last updated on 4/16/07. Source: http://www.bishop-accountability.org/ny-rockvillecentre/accused_priests.htm#butler

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