Diocese of Burlington, Vermont

Richard E. Thompson

Status: Deceased (2006), Suspended from duties (1984)

Appeared under the heading: “Priests that were assigned in Vermont and abused children here.This would include both those considered Diocesan priests and those from other Religious Orders (i.e. Edmundites, Maryknoll, Paraclete) that accepted assignment in the Vermont Diocese.”

Birth Year: 1941

Ordination year: 1968

Reported assignment history:

  • Bennington, St. Francis de Sales, (Assistant),1968-1971
  • Burlington, St. Mark, (Assistant),1972-75
  • East Dorset, St. Jerome, (Pastor), 1975-77
  • Middletown Springs, St. Anne, (Pastor), 1977-79
  • Montpelier, St. Augustine, (Assistant), 1979-82
  • Brattleboro, St. Michael, (Assistant),1982-84