A native of Hampden, Fr. Skehan attended Hampden Academy and received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Bowdoin College in Brunswick. Prior to entering seminary, he was the educational coordinator for “Up with People” (1978-1980) and a junior high science teacher in Oakland, Maine (1980-1982). Fr. Skehan completed his clerical studies at the Theological College in Washington, D.C. and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Edward C. O’Leary on May 24, 1986, at St. Matthew Church in Hampden. His first assignment was serving as parochial vicar at Notre Dame Parish in Waterville, including campus ministry at Colby College and Unity College. In July of 1989, Fr. Skehan was appointed chaplain of Maine Medical Center in Portland, where he would serve until being named pastor of St. Mary of the Visitation Parish in Houlton in July of 1991. In July of 1996, Fr. Skehan was appointed as the director of the Office of Parish Planning for the Diocese of Portland. In August of 2004, he was named pastor of St. Michael Parish in South Berwick and Our Lady of Peace Parish in Berwick. In 2006, in addition to his duties in South Berwick and Berwick, Fr. Skehan was appointed pastor of St. Christopher Parish in York and St. Raphael Parish in Kittery. In August of 2014, he was named pastor of the Parish of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Stella Maris Parish, and St. Joseph Parish.