HUDSON (MA)
Hudson Sun
By Carolyn Kessel/ Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 24, 2003
HUDSON — Saint Michael parishioners are looking for healing and resolution now that their pastor has retired, according to the man chosen to replace the Rev. Tom Curran.
Last week, Archbishop Sean O’Malley named the Rev. Walter A. Carreiro as the new pastor of Saint Michael Parish. He was given a six-year assignment.
Carreiro, originally from Fall River, is a former teacher who is fluent in Portuguese and has been the church’s administrator since Curran was removed by the Archdiocese in August 2002. Curran was accused of sexually abusing a boy in the 1970s and retired this week, citing health reasons.
Carreiro, 49, said he is looking forward to the challenge of his first post as pastor. …
Curran and his lawyer, Russell B. Higley of Cambridge, have denied claims that he sexually abused a teen-age boy in the 1970s at St. Mary’s Parish in Cambridge. Church documents detail an interview with a man now imprisoned for rape of a boy who claimed Curran raped him and introduced him to the Rev. Paul Shanley, who further abused him and encouraged him to prostitute himself.
Curran defended himself in his letter to his parishioners.
