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Fr. Thomas Duffin – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

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August 26, 2020 | By Horowitz Law
Fr. Thomas Duffin – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Brother Thomas Duffin

Ordained: N/A

Died: 1999

Assigned as follows:

  • 1963-1965      Edmond Rice Hall (New Rochelle, NY)
  • 1965-1969      Damien Memorial High School (Honolulu, HI)
  • 1969-1972      Brother Rice High School (Birmingham, MI)
  • 1972-1978      Brother Rice High School (Chicago, IL)
  • 1978-1982      St. Patrick's High School Principal (Vallejo, CA)
  • 1982-1999      St. Laurence High School (Burbank, IL)

Summary of Abuse Allegations against Brother Thomas Duffin:

Brother Thomas Duffin joined the Congregation of Christian Bothers in 1961. He served in multiple parishes including in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He was principal at St. Patrick's High School in Vallejo from approximately 1978 to 1982. He also taught religion for 17 years at St. Laurence High School in Burbank, Illinois where he was accused of sexually abusing at least three minor students.

According to media reports, in 2012, the Irish Christian Brothers filed for bankruptcy. In 2013, Br. Duffin was named in three child sexual abuse lawsuits that alleged he sexually abused students while he worked at Damien Memorial High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the late 1960s.

Br. Duffin is included in the Christian Brothers' list of "current, former and deceased brothers who were identified in at least two (2) sexual abuse claims filed as proofs of claim in the bankruptcy matter In re: The Christian Brothers' Institute, et al." Br. Duffin died in 1999.

Horowitz Law is a law firm representing victims and survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and other clergy in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.  If you need a lawyer because you were sexually abused by a priest or other Catholic clergy in California State, contact our office today. Although many years have passed, those abused by Catholic clergy in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles now have legal options, but filing deadlines will apply so do not delay in reaching out to us.  Our lawyers have decades of experience representing survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Los Angeles and nationwide. We can help.

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