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Edward V. Avery — Archdiocese of Philadelphia

A Philadelphia priest sent for evaluation in 1992 after an abuse report, against a treatment center's recommendation that he not minister to children. He pleaded guilty in 2012 to raping a 10-year-old altar boy.

Roman Catholic Pleaded guilty

Person
Edward V. Avery
Role
Priest
Institution
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Status
Pleaded guilty (March 2012)
Sentence
2½ to 5 years

Case in brief

Tier 1 · Court-proven

Edward V. Avery was a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. In 1992, after an abuse report, the archdiocese’s secretary for clergy, Msgr. William Lynn, sent Avery for evaluation; the treatment center recommended that any future ministry not include children. Avery was nonetheless placed living at St. Jerome’s rectory. In March 2012 he pleaded guilty to raping a 10-year-old altar boy at St. Jerome School in 1998–99 and to conspiring to endanger a minor, and was sentenced to 2½ to 5 years. His supervisor’s prosecution is filed separately: see Msgr. William Lynn.

The institution

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The institutional facts a court record supports: an abuse report in 1992, an evaluation whose recommendation excluded ministry with children, and a placement afterward that put Avery in residence at a parish with a school.

The record

Tier 1 · Court-proven

Item Record
1992 Abuse report; sent for evaluation by the secretary for clergy
Evaluation finding Any future ministry should not include children
Placement Living at St. Jerome’s rectory
Plea (March 2012) Guilty — rape of a 10-year-old altar boy at St. Jerome School (1998–99); conspiracy to endanger a minor
Sentence 2½ to 5 years

Status

Pleaded guilty and sentenced in 2012.

Records requested & responses

This archive has not filed records requests in this case. The file rests on the published sources below and will be updated if court or institutional records are obtained, or if that changes.

Sources

Filed October 18, 2026, from the published sources below. Minor victims are never named or identified in this file.

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