Father Donald Joyce
Diocese of Buffalo
Ordained: 1958
Removed: 2011
Assigned as follows:
- 1959-1960 Oblate College (Washington, DC)
- 1960-1969 Bishop Fallon High School (Buffalo, NY)
- 1969-1973 Immaculate Heart of Mary (Grand Rapids, MI)
- 1973-1976 Our Lady of Lourdes (Monroe, NC)
- 1973-1976 St. Joseph’s (Monroe, NC)
- 1973-1976 Sacred Heart (Wadesboro, NC)
- 1976-1982 Sacred Heart (Lowell, MA)
- 1982-1983 Unknown
- 1983-1985 Oblate College (Washington, DC)
- 1985-1987 Nardin Academy High School (Buffalo, NY)
- 1987-1988 Unknown
- 1988-1989 Oblate College (Washington, DC)
- 1989-1994 Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Provincial Residence (Washington, DC)
- 1994-1998 Oblate College (Washington, DC)
- 1998-2011 Oblate School of Theology (San Antonio, TX)
- 2007-2008 Unknown
- 2008-2011 Oblate Madonna Residence (San Antonio, TX)
Summary of Abuse Allegations against Father Donald Joyce:
Father Donald Joyce was a priest of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate order. He worked in the archdioceses of Washington DC, and Boston, Massachusetts, as well as the Dioceses of Buffalo NY, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Charlotte, North Carolina and San Antonio, Texas. According to media reports, he was named in a lawsuit alleging he fondled and attempted to rape an 11-year old altar boy in Massachusetts, from 1977 to 1979. According to the alleged victim, Father Joyce gave him alcohol, paid for meals and took him on secluded outings. He took him and two other altar boys on an extended month long trip along the northeastern coast, paying for lodging and expensive meals. It was then Father Joyce tried to rape the boy.
The case was settled for an undisclosed amount with the Archdiocese of Boston. As of 2011, he has been barred from working as a priest. Since then he has been working as Director of Libraries at Oblate College in San Antonio, a job that “does not involve minors.”
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