Father Larry Lovell
Ordained: 1951
Removed: 1986
Laicized: 1992
Assignment History:
- 1976-1979: Sacred Heart (Prescott, AZ)
- 1980-1984: San Gabriel Mission (San Gabriel, CA)
- 1985: SS. Anthony and Pius X (Phoenix, AZ)
- 1986: Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (San Gabriel, CA)
- 1986-1990: Unknown
- 1991: Foundation House, Villa Louis Martin, Our Lady of Lourdes Novitiate (Jemez Springs, NM)
- 1992-2019: Prison Sentence (Florence, AZ)
Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Father Larry Lovell:
Fr. Larry Lovell was ordained a priest for the Claretian religious order in 1951, and served in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. According to media reports, he was accused of sexually abusing at least 11 children and has been named in at least two civil lawsuits. In 1986, Fr. Lovell was convicted of repeatedly molesting a 14-year-old at San Gabriel Mission, where he had been in charge of altar boys from 1979 to 1984. Fr. Lovell pled no contest and received three years of probation. After he was criminally convicted, Fr. Lovell was removed from ministry and sent to a New Mexico treatment center.
After being laicized in 1992, he worked as a case manager for the University of New Mexico Mental Health Center. In 2003, Fr. Lovell was arrested and criminally charged in California for sexually abusing a child under the age of 14 between 1976 and 1979 while serving as a priest at Sacred Heart Parish in Prescott, AZ, but the charges were later dismissed.
A few months later, Fr. Lovell was again accused of molesting four boys at San Gabriel Mission in California between 1980 and 1984. In March 2004, he was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of molestation of a child and sexual conduct.
As of February 2013, Father Lovell is serving a 26-year combined prison sentence after pleading guilty to more sexual abuse lawsuits in Yavapai and Maricopa counties. The former priest, married with three stepchildren since 1995, was living in New Mexico at the time of his arrest on the Arizona charges. His wife knew he had been a priest but never knew of past allegations until his arrest in 2003. Fr. Lovell was included in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' list of priests accused of sexual misconduct involving minors.
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