James Porter (priest)

James R. Porter (born January 2, 1935 , † February 11, 2005 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was a Roman Catholic priest in Massachusetts who was convicted in 1993 for the sexual abuse of 28 children.

Porter began his ministry as a priest in North Attleboro in 1960 and stayed there until 1963. There were four complaints against him to church officials. He was transferred to Fall River , where new complaints followed. In 1965 he was transferred to New Bedford .

Porter resigned from the church office in 1974, married and had four children. In 1987 he was convicted of molesting the babysitter and imprisoned for four months.

Public allegations were made in 1992. Porter pleaded guilty to molesting 28 children and even told a television reporter that he had molested up to 100 children in the 1960s and early 1970s.

During the 1992 proceedings it became known that Porter had already written a letter to Pope Paul VI. confessed in 1973 that he had molested children and teenagers in five states.

Porter was sentenced to between 18 and 20 years in prison in 1993. Following the sentence, its dangerousness was checked. Porter died of cancer in prison in 2005.

See also

• Sexual Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church

literature

• Mary Hamer: Father Porter and Cardinal Law . in: Incest - a new perspective . Wiley-Blackwell, 2002, pp. 70-76
• Anson D. Shupe: Rogue clerics: the social problem of clergy deviance . Transaction Publishers, 2008, p. 9ff

Web links

• Michael Newton: Crime Library Report on James R. Porter

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Victims testify of Porter assault. In: The Boston Globe , April 13, 2004 ( online )
2. ↑ Pedophile praises James Porter dies at 70. In: MSNBC , February 11, 2005 ( online )
3. ↑ Paper Says Ex-Priest Admitted Sex Abuse to Pope. In: The New York Times , October 25, 1992 ( online )
4. ↑ Porter gets 18-20 years. In: Boston Globe , July 12, 1993 ( online )