Overview

• Talbot died Feb. 28 at a hospice in St. Louis after residing at the Vianney Renewal Center in Missouri, which cares for clergy accused of abuse.
• He pleaded guilty in 2018 to gross sexual assault for abusing a 9-year-old in Maine and had earlier served six years for raping two students in Boston.
• Talbot was one of the key figures uncovered by The Boston Globe’s 2003 Spotlight investigation into priest sexual abuse, later depicted in the 2015 film.
• Jesuits USA East confirmed his death but cited a policy barring statements or obituaries for priests credibly accused of abuse.
• Survivors including Jim Scanlan and Mike Doherty criticized the order for facilitating Talbot’s transfers and withholding news of his death, saying it denied them closure.