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Reverend David M. O'Leary, S.T.L., D. Phil., is the University Chaplain at Tufts University. He is also a Senior Lecturer in Religion on the Medford campus and Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics on the Boston and Grafton campuses. He is also the Director of the new Interfaith Center at Tufts, and the Director of historic Goddard Chapel.

Born and raised in Lynn, Massachusetts, Reverend O'Leary received his B.A. and M. Div. from Saint John's Seminary in Boston. He earned a M.Ed. from Boston College and the S.T.L. degree (Licentiate in Sacred Theology) from Weston Jesuit School of Theology of Cambridge, MA. He completed his Doctorate in Medical Ethics from the University of Oxford in England. Prior to working at Tufts, Reverend O'Leary was a Professor of Moral Theology, Spirituality and Sexual Ethics in Saint Mary's Seminary & University of Baltimore, Maryland.

Reverend O'Leary is the administrator of historic Goddard Chapel and does work in spiritual direction, retreats, pastoral counseling, engaged and married counseling and the full range of campus ministry. His course offerings have been: "International Relations & World Religions", "Religions & Economic Justice", "Mystics & Mysticism", "Catholicism", "Catholic Moral & Social Teachings", Religious Dialogue", and "Medical, Professional & Researcher Ethics". He is also the Chair of the Institution Review Board (IRB) for human subject testing, and a member of the IRB for the Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston. He is also a member of the Harvard Board of Ministry, Memorial Church, and Harvard University.

Reverend O'Leary's Resume

Reverend O'Leary has been featured in the Boston Sunday Globe and written up for his pioneering course "Catholicism in Crisis". He has been interviewed on radio and television on a variety of religion and spiritual issues. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Catholic Theological Society of America and the North American Inter Faith Network. He has published articles on spirituality and an op-ed piece in the Boston Globe, "When Adults Become Abusers of Young People." (Boston Globe July 11, 2000) as well as the following books:

A Study of Josef Fuchs' Writings on Human Nature and Morality

Roman Catholic Beliefs and Prayers, A Handbook for those on a Spiritual Journey

Seeking the Path of God's Justice, An Analysis of the U.S. Bishops' Pastoral Letter on Economic Justice

The Roman Catholic Perspective on the Morality of Withdrawing or Withholding Food and Fluid Administered Artificially to an Individual in the Persistent Vegetative State.   For a list of all published materials, click here.