Ex- priest and Holy Ghost Father – priest with order known as Congregation of the Holy Ghost, or Spiritans – initials CSSp behind name. Ordained 1982. 2005 charged – sex assault allegations of 17-year-old boy relate to 1985 when Callaghan was teaching at an East-end Toronto High School (Neil McNeil High School?). Outcome of charges unknown.
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February 1998: “Prison is Where I Want to Be” (Spiritan Missionary News)
June 1993: Spiritan Missionary News Vol 117 No 2 June 1993
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2010: not listed in directory (CCCD)
2005: Charged. Media lists him as an ex-priest living in Kingston, Ontario (M)
2002, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996: P.O. Box 3009, Brighton, Ontario (in Peterborough Diocese) (CCCD) (Callaghan was serving as chaplain at Warkworth penitentiary for a number of years. This seems to have been his address during those years)
1995, 1994: 131 Victoria Park Ave., Toronto (This is beside Neil McNeil High School [127 Victoria Park Ave.], a Catholic Secondary School run by the Spiritan Fathers. (CCCD) Is this where he was teaching?
1993: Pastor, Sacred Heart Parish, Sioux Lookout, Ontario (parish run by the Spirtans in the Diocese of Thunder Bay, Ontario) (CCCD)
September 1992: Pastor, Sacred Heart Parish, Sioux Lookout, Ontario with mission in Hudson, Ontario
1992, 1991: address 200 Morrish Rd., West Hill, Ontario =Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Toronto, Ontario (Pastor Father Michael Gerard Scott) (Archdiocese of Toronto) (CCCD)
1985-86: not listed in directory (CCCD)
1982: ORDAINED
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Former priest charged with sex assault: Kingston man was teacher in Toronto
Kingston Whig Standard
02 November 2005
TORONTO – A former Catholic high school teacher and priest who worked in Toronto has been charged with sexual assault after an alleged incident 20 years ago.
Patrick Callaghan, 58, of Kingston was arrested and charged Monday with one count of sexual assault.
Toronto police say they laid the charge after a man came forward last month, complaining he’d been sexually assaulted in 1985 at his home.
The victim was 17 years old at the time of the alleged assault.
Police say the incident took place after the teen and his family were befriended by a priest and teacher who worked at an east-end Toronto high school.
Callaghan is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 20.
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Former T.O. priest charged with sexual assault
CTV Ottawa
Updated: Tue Nov. 01 2005 3:46:57 PM
Canadian Press
TORONTO — A former Catholic high school teacher and priest who worked in Toronto has been charged with sexual assault after an alleged incident 20 years ago.
Toronto police say they laid the charge after a man came forward last month, complaining he had been sexually assaulted in 1985 at his home.
The victim was 17 years old at the time of the alleged assault.
Police say the incident took place after the teen and his family were befriended by a priest and teacher that worked at an east-end Toronto high school.
Patrick Callaghan of Kingston, Ont., was arrested and charged Monday with one count of sexual assault.
The 58-year-old is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 20.
Is a picture of Fater Pat Callaghan available and is he a brother to Tom Callaghan from Kingston ?Last I heard Tom’s widow and children lived in Calgary.A.B.prior to Tom’s death in around 2006.He was a friend of my late husband from seminary days.and was Buried from St.Patricks Parish in Toronto.His wife came from Belvue,(SP?)Ont.