Fr. Edward Augustine Sheehy – Archdiocese of San Francisco

| Dec 4, 2020 | Abuser Profiles, Catholic Church

Father Edward Augustine Sheehy

Archdiocese of San Francisco/Baltimore/Paulist

Ordained: 1940

Died: 1988

Assignment History:

  • 1941: St. Mary’s (Biddeford, ME)
  • 1942: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Portland, ME)
  • 1943: St. Mary’s (Bangor, ME)
  • 1944-1945: St. Anne’s (Dexter, ME)
  • 1946: St. John’s (Bangor, ME)
  • 1947: St. Anne’s (Dexter, ME)
  • 1948: St. Mary’ (Orono, ME)
  • 1949-1951: University of Maine (Orono, ME)
  • 1952-1953: Mt. Paul Novitiate (Oak Ridge, NJ)
  • 1953-1955: Park Street Center (Boston, MA)
  • 1955-1957: Old St. Mary’s Cathedral (San Francisco, CA)
  • 1957-1959: Missions
  • 1958-1962: Blessed Sacrament Church (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • 1962-1963: In Residence (Sick Leave) (San Francisco, CA)
  • 1963-1964: Missions (Los Angeles, CA)
  • 1964-1968: St. Paul the Apostle (New York, NY)
  • 1968-1969: St. Peter’s Minor Seminary (Baltimore, MD)
  • 1969-1984: St. Paul the Apostle (New York, NY)
  • 1984-1988: Senior Ministry Status (New York, NY)

Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Father Edward Augustine Sheehy:

Fr. Edward Augustine Sheehy was a Paulist priest that worked in Boston, San Francisco, Maine, Johannesburg, S.A., Los Angeles, New York, and Baltimore. In 2003, the Paulist Fathers received allegations that Sheehy had sexually abused multiple children from 1955 to 1957 in San Diego, California. Information about the age/gender of his alleged victim/victims or the nature of the alleged sexual abuse is unknown.

In 2019, Sheehy was publicly named in the Paulist Fathers list with credible claims of sexual abuse of a minor and in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s updated list of priests and brothers accused of child sexual abuse.

In April 2023, Maryland’s Attorney General released a report alleging 156 Catholic clergy members sexually abused at least 600 children over six decades. The report lists the names of the abusers, including Father Sheehy.

Sheehy died in 1988.

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