The Portland Catholic Archdiocese Priest Abuse Document Archive

Father Thomas B. Laughlin Summary

Posted on July 14, 2008 under Father Thomas B. Laughlin

Facts Summary

Fr. Laughlin spent 40 years, working as an ordained member of the priesthood, in the Archdiocese of Portland. In those 40 years, Fr. Laughlin was assigned in some capacity to 4 parishes/locations. PD 0099.
Fr. Laughlin was one of the Archdiocese’s most notorious pedophiles, and was eventually convicted of child sexual abuse in 1983.  Documents and witness testimony show that the Archbishops of Portland knew or had ample notice to know, for decades, of his dangerousness to children.  See e.g., PD 0103, 0117, 0083, 0150.

Father Thomas B. Laughlin Background & Positions

Posted on July 14, 2008 under All Saints - Portland, Central Catholic HS - Portland, Father Thomas B. Laughlin, St. Frederic - St. Helens, St. Mary - Corvallis

Fr. Thomas Laughlin was born July 26, 1925. Fr. Laughlin was ordained into the priesthood on June 4, 1948 in the Archdiocese of Portland by Bishop Louis Kucera of Lincoln, NB. PD 0099