Richard Roger Lavigne (February 18, 1941 – May 21, 2021) was a laicized priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts and convicted sex offender. Lavigne was at the center of the priest abuse scandal in the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts with about 40 claims of sexual abuse of minors placed against him. In May 2003, when asked about the case by a reporter from The New York Times, "'My silence,' Mr. Lavigne replied, 'has been my salvation.'" Lavigne was laicized by the Holy See on November 20, 2003.