Catholic Priest

John Joseph Berube

Ordained: 1953

Member of Missionary Fathers of La Salette. Died in 1998. Four men filed suit spring 2003 alleging that they were abused by Berube over a 6-month period in 1965, when he was assigned to St. Theresa of Avila church. Parents complained; Berube was transferred shortly thereafter. Worked in Canada and in Boston. Settled 4/04 just before trial. On diocese’s list in 2019. It notes “priestly service” in diocese “terminated in 1965.”