Henry Maloney
Father Henry J. Maloney was a catholic priest who served in Bancroft, Ontario. He died in 1986.[1]
Early life
Henry Maloney was born in 1915 to a politician father, Dr Martin James Maloney. His mother was Mary Margaret Maloney.[2]
He was born in Eganville, Ontario and worked as an religious assistant there before being ordained.[3]
Pastoral work
Father Maloney was ordained in 1941, and received his first pastoral assigned to Bancroft on 8 September 1957.[3]
For 29 years,[4] Maloney worked for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke, based at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Bancroft.[1]
With support of Mike Fitzgerald, Maloney formed a choir.[1]
He is credited with getting the telephone service to Bancroft.[4]
Maloney was the commissioner of an Industrial Commission that, in the 1960's, was dealing the pending closure of the Bancroft uranium mines. Maloney led a partially successful community demand for support from the Government of Ontario and Government of Canada. His efforts, which including lobbying Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, prolonged the life of the Faraday Mine by eighteen months, giving the community sufficient time to plan for the closure of the mines. He resigned from the commission in 1972, but rejoined it in 1976 when Faraday Mine was reopening as Madawaska Mine.[5]
Criminal allegations
In 2016 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported allegations made by Mike Fitzgerald that Maloney had sexually assaulted him in 1973 while Fitzgerald was 17 years old.[4][1] The Diocese of Pembroke publicly rejected these claims and made a financial settlement in 2015 that came with terms prohibiting Fitzgerald from speaking publicly about the details.[1] During legal negotiations, Fitzgerald 's lawyers learned that a second lawsuit alleging abuse by Maloney in the late 1940's had been filed.[1]
Family
Henry Maloney had two brothers James Anthony Maloney, the Ontario Minister of Mines from 22 December 1958 to 1 October 1961,[4][6] and Arthur Maloney who was the Ontario Ombudsman|Ontario ombudsman.[5] His sister was Mary Anthony Maloney.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Gardner, Simon (8 May 2016). "Devout Catholic catalogues clergy's crimes, offers victims comfort". CBC.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fr. Henry Joseph Maloney". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Reynolds, Nila (1979). Bancroft. A Bonanza of Memories. The Centennial Committee. p. 223.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Hendry, Barry (5 October 2015). "Catholic Priest Falls From Grace" (PDF). The Bancroft Times.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Reynolds, Nila (1979). Bancroft. A Bonanza of Memories. The Centennial Committee. p. 193.
- ↑ "James Maloney | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
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