Father Richard Lavigne was the lone suspect in the vicious killing of a 13-year-old altar boy on April 14, 1972 on the banks of the Chicopee River in western Massachusetts. Despite plenty of circumstantial evidence, there was no eyewitness. So the local DA, a devout Catholic and friend of the local Bishop, declined to pursue murder charges.
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Unholy Fathers, E-1
Richard Lavigne, a Catholic priest, murdered Danny Croteau.
Aug 24, 2025
Season One of Devils and Dirtbags is called Unholy Fathers and is a 15-part investigation of the child molesting priests of the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Season One of the Crash Program is "Devils and Dirtbags," an investigation of the child molesting Catholic priests of Springfield, Massachusetts. Season Two, "Tough Island," is a dramatic and comedic audio version of Crash's memoir of living and working Maine's most remote uninhabited island when he was a much younger man. Season Three is Disinfomaniacs with Andy O'Brien (and occasionally Nathan Bernard) where they take a closer look at chuds, Christian-Nationalists and other weirdos in Maine.
Season One of the Crash Program is "Devils and Dirtbags," an investigation of the child molesting Catholic priests of Springfield, Massachusetts. Season Two, "Tough Island," is a dramatic and comedic audio version of Crash's memoir of living and working Maine's most remote uninhabited island when he was a much younger man. Season Three is Disinfomaniacs with Andy O'Brien (and occasionally Nathan Bernard) where they take a closer look at chuds, Christian-Nationalists and other weirdos in Maine. Listen on
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