image11on = new Image(); Thomas, echoing a tack common among clerics at the time, later pleaded with Dussourd not to follow through on her threat to go public, she said. In news reports after accusations against Geoghan surfaced publicly, Benzevich was also quoted as saying church officials threatened to reassign him as a missionary in South America for telling them about Geoghan. [3], Geoghan's next assignment was at St. Andrew's Parish in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood, starting on June 4, 1974. In 1980, for instance, he was ordered out of St. Andrew's in Jamaica Plain after casually admitting he had molested the seven boys. In November, acting on a motion by the Globe, Superior Court Judge Constance M. Sweeney ordered those documents made public. Archdiocesan records obtained by the Globe make it clear why Gallant wrote her irate letter two years after the abuse: Geoghan had reappeared in Jamaica Plain, and been seen with a young boy. { image8off = new Image(); John Joseph "Jack" Geoghan (/ e n /; June 4, 1935 - August 23, 2003) was an American serial child rapist and Roman Catholic priest assigned to parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts.He was reassigned to several parish posts involving interaction with children, even after receiving treatment for pedophilia.. Father John J. Geoghan Woodstock Letters, Volume XCI, Number 2, 1 [AQB]'+'&j=1.0&[AQE]" height="1" width="1" border="0" alt="" />'); Sipe did not treat Geoghan. lakshadweep itinerary 4 days Until recent years, the church also had little to fear from the courts. Then, under oath, Benzevich changed his story. To find out later that the Catholic Church knew he was a child molester - every day it bothers me more and more, McSorley says. One example: When Law was named a defendant in 25 of the lawsuits, Rogers asked a judge to impound any reference to the cardinal, arguing that his reputation might be harmed. In a recent interview with the Globe, Benzevich said he does indeed remember Geoghan taking boys to his room. Geoghan reported that his first sexual feelings were frightening, but that he thought of himself as a heterosexual and that he fantasized about women. He said he was not certain that Geoghan had had boys in his room. And in his first two years, he was in charge of altar boys, religious education for public school youngsters and a youth group, according to the churchs annual directories. Father John Geoghan sexually molested young boys for over three decades with the full knowledge of the Archdiocese of Boston. "He just zeroed in on some kids.".