Father Robert McIntyre (1937–2020)

Father Robert McIntyre’s early ministry included parishes in Woonsocket, Pawtucket, and Riverside, an assignment at Rhode Island College, and nine years in the diocesan Office of Religious Education. His final assignment in the Diocese’s published record is St. Aloysius Home in Greenville, from 1971 to 1994. He is named on the Diocese of Providence’s published List of Credibly Accused Clergy and is among the 72 clergy included in the Rhode Island Attorney General’s 2026 report on the Diocese (Appendix A, p. 2).

What happened to Father McIntyre?

According to the Diocese of Providence’s published list, Father McIntyre was removed from ministry on March 30, 1994 and died on June 23, 2020. The Rhode Island Attorney General’s entry records the same date but a different action, listing McIntyre as “Retired Mar. 30, 1994”; its assignment list adds “1994 Suspended then Retired” (Appendix A, p. 231).

According to the Attorney General’s report, McIntyre was assigned to St. Aloysius Home — a residential foster-care and treatment facility for children in the state’s custody — in 1971, became its director in 1978, and remained in that position until the home’s closure in 1994; from 1993 to 2021, the Diocese received a dozen complaints of sexual abuse by McIntyre (Appendix A, p. 231). The report states that a first 1993 report to Diocesan officials was labelled unsubstantiated without apparent investigation, and that a September 1993 complaint made to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families was forwarded to the State Police, who interviewed the complainant; the complainant later told the State Police he was “dropping the case,” and McIntyre was never interviewed about that complaint (Appendix A, pp. 231–232).

On March 30, 1994, per a letter from Bishop Gelineau quoted in the report, McIntyre said he was “resigning from the active ministry and will not practice as a priest in the future”; the report adds that he retired shortly after St. Aloysius closed and the Bishop revoked his faculties (Appendix A, pp. 231–232). The report also notes that McIntyre served on the Diocese’s Sensitive Issues Committee — an advisory body on sexual-misconduct policy — while still Director of St. Aloysius Home (Report, p. 174). McIntyre was never criminally charged (Report, p. 81). In civil litigation, a jury found DCYF, St. Aloysius Home, and McIntyre not liable following a civil trial brought by a former resident, and in 2002 the Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of another former resident’s suit on statute-of-limitations grounds (Report, p. 83).

Where Father McIntyre served: assignment history

The Diocese of Providence publishes the following assignment record:

Source: Diocese of Providence, individual clergy record, verified July 7, 2026. The Attorney General’s Appendix entry differs: it does not list St. Charles Borromeo Church (1963), Rhode Island College (1964–1965), the Office of Religious Education (1965–1974), or St. Joseph Hospital (1967–1971); it lists St. Brendan Church in East Providence (Diocese: Riverside) and St. Aloysius Home in Smithfield (Diocese: Greenville); and it adds a 1994 “Suspended then Retired” row (Appendix A, p. 231).

What the official lists say

The Diocese of Providence includes Robert McIntyre on its List of Credibly Accused Clergy – Deceased, with the status: “Removed from Ministry 3/30/1994; Died 6/23/2020”. The Rhode Island Attorney General’s report (March 4, 2026) includes Father Robert McIntyre among the 72 clergy “determined by the Attorney General to have been credibly accused of child sexual misconduct in the Diocese of Providence” (Appendix A, p. 2). He is one of the 75 names on the Diocese of Providence credibly accused list, explained.

The report’s summary of the allegations states: “Father Robert McIntyre was assigned to St. Aloysius Home, a Diocesan orphanage in Smithfield, in 1971, became its director in 1978, and remained in that position until St. Aloysius’s closure in 1994. St. Aloysius was a residential foster-care and treatment facility for abused and neglected children in the state’s custody” (Appendix A, p. 231). The report separately states that over the course of his 23 years there, McIntyre “reportedly sexually abused at least 11 of the home’s seven- to 15-year-old male residents” (Report, p. 81).

As the Attorney General’s report itself states, unless otherwise noted, the details in its Appendix A are allegations — not facts proven in a courtroom or admitted by the accused — and the individuals named are generally entitled to a presumption of innocence. Father McIntyre was never criminally charged (Appendix A, p. 2; Report, p. 81).

If you lived at St. Aloysius Home, or attended these parishes: the Rhode Island revival window

The Diocese’s published assignment record shows Father McIntyre at St. Aloysius Home — a former residential home for children in Greenville — from 1971 to 1994. Rhode Island’s revival window allows civil claims for childhood sexual abuse at any institution — residential homes included — no matter how long ago it occurred, until June 30, 2028. His death in 2020 does not affect the right to bring a claim; claims are brought against the responsible institution:

• How Rhode Island’s revival window works
• Can you still sue if the priest has died?
• The June 30, 2028 deadline
• Who can file a claim

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Robert McIntyre on the credibly accused list? Yes. He appears on the Diocese of Providence’s published List of Credibly Accused Clergy (Deceased) and in Appendix A of the Rhode Island Attorney General’s 2026 report.

Was he at St. Aloysius Home? The Diocese’s published assignment record shows St. Aloysius Home, Greenville, 1971–1994. The Attorney General’s entry lists the home in Smithfield and records that McIntyre became its director in 1978 (Appendix A, p. 231).

Was Father McIntyre ever criminally charged or convicted? No. The Attorney General’s report states he was never criminally charged (Report, p. 81). In civil litigation, a jury found DCYF, St. Aloysius Home, and McIntyre not liable in a case brought by a former resident (Report, p. 83).

I was in state or church care as a child — can I still file? Yes. The revival window covers childhood sexual abuse in institutional settings, including residential homes, until June 30, 2028. Where you lived, or whether anyone believed you at the time, does not change that right.

Confidential help

If something happened to you at St. Aloysius Home or one of these parishes, you can speak with a Rhode Island attorney confidentially, at no cost and with no obligation. You don’t need records or proof in hand to have a conversation, and you don’t need to have told anyone before. Contact Marin & Murphy Law Firm confidentially.

Other credibly accused clergy who served at these parishes

The official assignment records above overlap with those of other clergy on the official lists — the same institution of record, at any period, which is not an assertion that they served there at the same time:

• Father Armand Ventre — also served at St. Teresa of the Child Jesus Church, Pawtucket
• Father Charles Dolan — also served at St. Brendan Church, Riverside
• Father Edmund Fitzgerald — also served at St. Teresa of the Child Jesus Church, Pawtucket
• Father Edward Kelley — also served at St. Joseph Hospital, Providence

Related town records: see all verified Providence records, Pawtucket records, and Woonsocket records, plus East Providence records.

Reporting resources

Anyone with information about abuse may contact the Rhode Island State Police Special Victims Unit at (401) 764-0142, the RI Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-RI-CHILD (1-800-742-4453), or the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office at (401) 274-4400.

Questions About These Records? Talk With Marin & Murphy — Confidentially

If the assignment history on this page overlaps with your own — a parish, a school, a set of years — and you want to understand what it may mean for a claim under Rhode Island’s revival window, our attorneys can review it with you. Marin & Murphy Law Firm is a Rhode Island law firm representing survivors of childhood sexual abuse under the revival window (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2028). A conversation is free and confidential, nothing is filed and no one is contacted unless you decide, and there is no fee unless you recover. Call (401) 269-3381, or start with our Rhode Island clergy abuse lawyer page.

Corrections: we maintain a corrections policy for these pages, with a named contact and a 48-hour review commitment. If you believe anything on this page is inaccurate, please tell us.

Verification: every fact on this page is checked against both official sources — the Diocese of Providence’s published records and the Rhode Island Attorney General’s report — with source conflicts stated, not silently resolved. See how this database is verified.

Sources: Diocese of Providence, List of Credibly Accused Clergy and individual clergy record (verified July 7, 2026); Rhode Island Attorney General, Report on the Diocese of Providence and Appendix A (March 4, 2026). Where the two official sources differ (ordination date, removal/retirement status type, assignment rows and locations), both are stated with attribution. Information current as of July 7, 2026; official lists are working documents and may change.