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Thomas Ludger Dupré
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Thomas Ludger Dupré (November 10, 1933 – December 30, 2016) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts from 1995 to 2004. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the same diocese from 1990 to 1995.
In 2004, Dupré was indicted (but not prosecuted) on two counts of child molestation. He was the first American Catholic bishop to be indicted in the church sexual abuse scandal of the 20th century.
Dupré was born on November 10, 1933, in South Hadley, Massachusetts. As a boy, he attended the Collège de Montréal, a minor seminary in Montreal, Quebec, from 1951 to 1952. Returning to Massachusetts, he briefly attended Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts before returning to Montreal in 1955 to study theology at the Grand Seminary of Montreal.
Dupré was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Springfield by Bishop Christopher Weldon in Springfield on May 23, 1959. After his ordination, Dupré served as an assistant pastor at St. George's Parish in Chicopee, Massachusetts until 1964. He was then sent to study at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Returning to Springfield in 1966, Dupré had the following parish assignments in the diocese:
St. Joseph's in Springfield
St. John the Baptist in Ludlow (1970–1973)
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in Chicopee (1973–1977)
St. Louis de France in West Springfield (1978–1990)
Dupré was named chancellor of the diocese in 1977 and vicar general in 1989.
On April 7, 1990, Dupré was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Springfield and titular bishop of Hodelm by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on May 31, 1990, from Bishop Joseph Maguire, with Bishops Timothy Harrington and Leo O'Neil serving as co-consecrators. Dupré was named by John Paul II to succeed Bishop John Marshall as the seventh bishop of Springfield on March 14, 1995. He was installed at St. Michael's Cathedral on May 8, 1995.
On February 10, 2004, The Springfield Republican published what it called credible accusations against of sexual abuse of minors.
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