Father Edward Franklin
Ordained: 1962
Removed: 1996
Died: April 16, 2005
Assigned as Follows:
1963 (1962-63) St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ogdensburg NY (Diocese of Ogdensburg)
1964 (1963-64) Holy Family in Watertown NY (Diocese of Ogdensburg)
1965 (1964-65) St. Patrick’s in Chateaugay (Diocese of Ogdensburg)
1966 (1965-66) Trinity College in Hartford CT (Archdiocese of Hartford)
1967 (1966-67) Trinity College in Hartford CT (Archdiocese of Hartford)
1968 (1967-68) Trinity College in Hartford CT (Archdiocese of Hartford)
1969 (1968-69) On duty outside diocese: Our Lady Star of the Sea in Staten Island NY
(Archdiocese of NY)
1970 (1969-70) On duty outside diocese: St. Ann’s in Yonkers NY (Archdiocese of NY)
1971 (1970-71) On duty outside diocese: St. Ann’s in Yonkers NY (Archdiocese of NY)
1972 (1971-72) On duty outside diocese (Archdiocese of NY): not found; not listed at
previous
1973 (1972-73) On duty outside diocese: (Archdiocese of NY): not found
1974 (1973-74) On duty outside diocese: (Archdiocese of NY): not found
1975 (1974-75) not indexed; no longer listed in the Ogdensburg pages under “On duty
outside”
1976 (1975-76) not indexed
1977 (1976-77) not indexed
1978 (1977-78) Our Lady of Victories in Jersey City, NJ (Archdiocese of Newark)
1979 (1978-79) Our Lady of Victories in Jersey City, NJ (Archdiocese of Newark)
1980 (1979-80) Our Lady of Victories in Jersey City, NJ (Archdiocese of Newark)
1981 (1980-81) Our Lady of Victories in Jersey City, NJ (Archdiocese of Newark)
1982 (1981-82) Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Oakland NJ (Archdiocese of Newark)
1983 (1982-83) St. Patrick’s in Elizabeth NJ (Archdiocese of Newark)
1984 (1983-84) not indexed; not listed in the diocesan pages at previous assignment
1985 (1984-85) not indexed; not listed as at next assignment
1986 (1985-86) St. Christopher’s in Moreno Valley CA (Diocese of San Bernardino)
1987 (1986-87) St. Christopher’s in Moreno Valley CA (Diocese of San Bernardino)
1988 (1987-88) Our Lady of Lourdes in Montclair CA (Diocese of San Bernardino)
1989 (1987-88) St. Joseph’s Home in Ogdensburg NY (Diocese of Ogdensburg)
1990 (1989-90) St. Joseph’s Home in Ogdensburg NY (Diocese of Ogdensburg)
1991 (1990-91) St. Augustine in Lake Tamarisk CA (Diocese of San Bernardino)
1992 (1991-92) Absent on Sick Leave (Diocese of Ogdensburg/St. Augustine in Lake
Tamarisk CA (Diocese of San Bernardino)
1993 (1992-93) Absent on Sick Leave (Diocese of Ogdensburg/St. Augustine in Lake
Tamarisk CA (Diocese of San Bernardino)
1994 (1993-94) Absent on Sick Leave (Diocese of Ogdensburg/St. Augustine in Lake
Tamarisk CA (Diocese of San Bernardino)
1995 (1994-95) Absent on Sick Leave (Diocese of Ogdensburg/St. Augustine in Lake
Tamarisk CA (Diocese of San Bernardino)
1996 (1995-96) Absent on Sick Leave (Diocese of Ogdensburg/St. Augustine in Lake
Tamarisk CA (Diocese of San Bernardino)
1997 (1996-97) Absent on Sick Leave (Diocese of Ogdensburg/St. Augustine in Lake
Tamarisk CA (Diocese of San Bernardino)
1998 (1997-98)
1999 (1998-99) Absent on Sick Leave (Diocese of Ogdensburg): Clearview Mobile Home
Yucaipa CA
2000 (1999-2000) Retired (Diocese of Ogdensburg): Yucaipa CA
2001 (2000-01) Retired (Diocese of Ogdensburg): Yucaipa CA
2002 (2001-02) Retired (Diocese of Ogdensburg): Yucaipa CA
2003 (2002-03) not indexed; not listed in the Ogdensburg pages
2004 (2003-04) not indexed
2005 (2004-05) not indexed
Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Edward Franklin:
Father Edward Franklin was ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Ogdensburg in 1962. According to media reports, in November 2018, his name was included on the Diocese of Ogdensburg's list of 28 priests who were credibly accused of sexual misconduct with a minor or a vulnerable adult.
Details of the allegation, including the number of alleged victims or when and where the alleged misconduct occurred, are unknown. The list noted that Father Franklin had been removed from ministry by the Diocese of Ogdensburg in 1996 and died in April 2005.
Diocesan officials had previously said they would not release the names, largely to protect the privacy of victims. Each name on the list has been internally investigated and the Diocesan Review Board found that the allegations were credible.
Father Franklin's name also appears on the Hartford Archdiocese's list of credibly accused priests as of January 2019. Franklin was on study Leave at Trinity College in Hartford, while living at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Plainville, without any record of having been granted the faculties required for priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Hartford. Franklin also worked as a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark and Diocese of San Bernardino
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