Guilty plea to sex abuse of 18 boys in Archdiocese of Boston _____________________________ Ordained: 05 January 1963 (possibly in Springfield, Mass.) 1967-1968: teaching at Classical College in Cornwall, a school operated by the Clerics of St. Viateur (Viatorians)Cornwall 1967 … Continue reading
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Cornwall Classical College and the Viatorian priests In 1949 at the invitation of Roman Catholic Bishop Rosario Brodeur (Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall) the Clercs de St. Viateur (Clerics of St. Viator/Viatorians) opened the doors of the Cornwall Classical College. The … Continue reading
[information taken from Father Martin’s own testimony at his September 2001 Project Truth sex abuse trial and from the Catholic Directories of Canada and Ontario Catholic Directories.There were two men who came forward with allegations of childhood sexual abuse against Father Kenneth Martin, one … Continue reading
Connecting the influential Episcopal dots in and out of Cornwall Bishops Philip Pocock, George Flahiff, Joseph Aurele Plourde and the Carter brothers (Alexander and Emmett) became fast friends who dubbed themselves and became known as the “The Gang of Five.”The … Continue reading
Joseph Aurele Plourde 12 January 1915: DOB. St. Francois de Madarvaska, N.B. (Diocese of Edmunston, New Brunswick) studies at Bathurst College, New Brunswick; Bourget College of Rigaud, Quebec; St. Joseph College in Memramcook, N.B.; and Holy Heart Seminary in Halifax, … Continue reading