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More abuse records released Files include diocese memos on nine clergymen By Michael Rezendes and Matt Carroll, Globe Staff, 2/11/2003
But it was not the only time Fay found himself facing a sexual misconduct allegation and denying it. Church records released yesterday depict Fay as a priest with a reputation for troubling behavior at parishes in Millis, Melrose, and Winchester, where he was assigned in the 1970s and early 1980s. One memo shows that while Fay was an associate pastor at Incarnation Parish, a distraught woman complained that he had called her 14-year-old son a homosexual. The woman also said ''other parents want to go to the police claiming Fr. Fay will contribute to the delinquency of minors.'' In a June 1980 memo, the Rev. Arthur L. Reardon, then pastor of St. Mary Parish in Winchester, complained that Fay was ''bringing kids upstairs'' and demanded that Fay be moved out of his parish. In an April 1981 memo, ''G.P.'' -- an apparent reference to the Rev. Gilbert S. Phinn, then clergy personnel director for the Boston Archdiocese -- asked ''Why Bob stayed at Melrose & Winchester when he was being so maligned as `drunk,' `homo,' `womanizer,' `stud,' etc., etc.'' And one undated memo shows Bishop Thomas V. Daily, who was then chancellor of the archdiocese, recording that Fay ''was trouble'' early in his career when he was assigned to St. Thomas Parish in Millis from 1967-72 and ''was trouble everywhere.'' The memos, all of them hand-written by unidentified church officials, also show that Fay repeatedly denied the accusations leveled against him and that on more than one occasion he threatened to sue fellow priests who complained about his conduct. For instance, a 1979 memo shows that Auxiliary Bishop John J. Mulcahy, then the regional bishop with oversight of Fay, knew of ''rumors of all sorts'' about Fay, but that he also said there was ''no concrete evidence that can be cited.'' And the April 1981 memo said that ''Bob says many allegations leveled at him were unfounded.'' Fay, a Brockton real estate broker who has been on sick leave from the archdiocese since since 1988, did not return telephone calls seeking comment yesterday. The records on Fay were among nine clergy personnel files released yesterday by Roderick MacLeish Jr., a lawyer representing alleged victims of the Rev. Paul R. Shanley in a lawsuit charging negligent supervision by Cardinal Bernard F. Law and the Boston Archdiocese. The files included church records on the following priests accused of sexual misconduct: Records were also released on Monsignor Francis A. Murphy, but most of them duplicated records released last week. Michael Rezendes can be reached at [email protected]. Matt Carroll can be reached at [email protected].
This story ran on page B3 of the Boston Globe on 2/11/2003.
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