Msgr. John B. Doherty – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Msgr. John B. Doherty – Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Monsignor John Doherty

Ordained: 1939
Retired: 1987
Died: 2002

Assignment History:

• 1940-1941: St. John Chrysostom (Inglewood, CA)
• 1942-1944: St. Agnes' (Los Angeles, CA)
• 1944: Los Angeles County General Hospital (Los Angeles, CA)
• 1945-1946: Sacred Heart (Los Angeles, CA)
• 1947-1948: St. Basil's (Los Angeles, CA)
• 1949-1950: St. Mary Magdalen (Los Angeles, CA)
• 1951: St. Kevin's (Los Angeles, CA)
• 1952: St. Matthew (Long Beach, CA)
• 1953: St. Robert Bellarmine (Burbank, CA)
• 1954: Our Lady of Peace (Sepulveda, CA)
• 1955-1956: St. Finbar (Burbank, CA)
• 1957: St. Raymond (Downey, CA)
• 1957: Rancho Los Amigos (Downey, CA)
• 1958: St. John Chrysostom (Inglewood, CA)
• 1959-1960: St. Joseph Hospital (Orange, CA)
• 1961-1973: St. Gerard Mejella (Los Angeles, CA)
• 1974: Mary Health of the Sick Hospital (Newbury Park, CA)
• 1975: St. John's Seminary (Camarillo, CA)
• 1976-1988: St. Mary Magdalen Church (Camarillo, CA)
• 2001: Nazareth House (Los Angeles, CA)

Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Msgr. John Doherty:

Msgr. John Doherty (also spelled Dougherty) was ordained a priest in 1939, and served in multiple parishes in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. According to media reports, in December 2003, he was accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a minor from 1967 to 1969. He is believed to have lived at a private residence in Dana Point, California, following his retirement in 1989 until he died in 2002. He was included in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' list of priests accused of sexual misconduct involving minors.

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