Br. Francis Jerome (William M.) Burns, C.F.X.

Joined the Congregation: 1923
Assignments:
  • 1924-1926 Holy Cross, Brooklyn, NY (BRK)
  • 1927 St. Michael, Brooklyn, NY (BRK)
  • 1928 Unknown
  • 1929 St John’s, Worcester, MA (WOR)
  • 1930-1931 Assumption High School, Utica, NY (NY)
  • 1932-1933 St. John’s Preparatory School, Danvers, MA (BO)
  • 1934 John Baptist, Bangor, ME (PRT)
  • 1935-1938 Malden Catholic, Malden, MA (BO) 19
  • 1939 St. Xavier, Louisville, KY (L)
  • 1940 Cardinal Hayes High School, Bronx, NY (NY)
  • 1941-1943 Good Counsel Annex, New York, NY (NY)
  • 1944-1945 Holy Cross, Brooklyn, NY (BRK)
  • 1945-1949 St. Michael, Brooklyn, NY (BRK)
  • 1950 Keith Academy, Lowell, MA (BO)
  • 1951-1953 St. John’s Prep, Danvers, MA (BO)
  • 1954 Flaget Retreat Center, Louisville, KY (L)
  • 1955 Holy Name, Brooklyn, NY (BRK)
  • 1956-1957 Mount St. Joseph, Baltimore, MD (BAL)
  • 1958 Working Boys Home, Newton, MA (NTN)
  • 1959 Xaverian College, Silver Spring, MD (WDC)
  • 1960 Working Boys Home, Newton, MA (NTN)
  • 1961 St. John’s Preparatory School, Danvers, MA (BO)
  • 1962 Unknown
  • 1963-1965 Xavier High School, Middletown, CT (NOR)
  • 1966 Xaverian Brothers High School, Westwood, MA (BO)
  • 1967 St. John’s, Shrewsbury, MA (WOR)
  • 1968-1974 Malden Catholic High School, Malden, MA (BO)
  • 1974 Died

Br. Francis Jerome Burns was a member of the Xaverian Brothers. In 2019, Br. Burns was named in the Xaverian Brothers’ list of “Deceased or former Xaverian Brothers with a credible or established offense against a minor (anyone under the age of 18).” According to this list, multiple allegations of child sexual abuse were made involving Br. Burns beginning in 2003. The alleged sexual abuse spanned from the 1950s to 1970s, and reportedly occurred in Brooklyn, New York, and in Shrewsbury, Danvers, and Malden, Massachusetts.