Leo Fahey was reunited with his beloved bride Joyce in Heaven on November 1, 2023. He died peacefully at the S. Mitchell Mack Hospice House in Mooresville, N.C.
He is survived by his favorite daughter Kerry and husband Michael of Wakefield, Mass., and son Sean and wife Jade of Mooresville, N.C., as well as four loving grandchildren, Samson, Christian, Luke, and Siobhan.
Leo was born in 1933 in Dorchester, Mass. After graduating from high school, he went into the seminary. On his journey to being ordained a Catholic priest of the Jesuit Order he was awarded a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. After teaching at Boston College and serving as a parish priest for a short time, he requested papal permission to leave the priesthood and pursue a different path in life. This led him to a second career in psychiatric social work at Family Counseling…
