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Archdiocese of New York ACCUSED PRIESTS

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is the second-largest diocese in the US. It includes ministries in the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island in New York City, and the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester. 

In the past several years, survivors of child sex abuse by numerous priests assigned to duties within the archdiocese filed hundreds of lawsuits requesting compensation for their injuries and suffering. In 2019, after the New York attorney general launched an investigation into child sexual abuse by priests, the archdiocese released a list of 120 priests the church deemed credibly accused of sexually abusing minors. The archdiocese removed all priests on the list who were still working for the church from their duties.

One of the listed priests, Edward Pipala, spent seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to transporting at least 11 boys across state lines to have sex with them. It’s believed Pipala sexually abused as many as 50 boys throughout his service in the archdiocese. 

The list also includes former Cardinal McCarrick, who was ordained in New York and served in numerous capacities in several dioceses until being defrocked after years of sexually abusing boys and young priests. 

Although most of the abuse by priests in the archdiocese is said to have happened between 1970 and the 1990s, there have been at least two credible claims of sexual abuse by clergy in the archdiocese since 2002. Nonetheless, as in most instances of child sexual abuse, there are likely more victims out there who have yet to come forward.

One former cleric in the archdiocese, Monsignor John Paddack, is the subject of at least a dozen lawsuits concerning alleged child sexual abuse. Paddack’s accusers claim the abuse occurred during his assignments to different positions in the archdiocese throughout the 1980s. He’s accused of sexual misconduct while serving in administrative positions at Monsignor Farrell High School in Oakwood and St. Joseph By-the-Sea High School in Huguenot. In June 2021, a former student of Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx filed a lawsuit, alleging that Paddack sexually abused the student on numerous occasions, including fondling the student’s genitalia and rubbing his genitalia against the student’s legs. 

The lawsuit also claims that Brother Christopher Keogan also sexually abused the victim while at the high school, including fondling the victim’s genitalia on numerous occasions. Keogan served as the school’s principal from 2002 to 2008, when he resigned after the discovery of pornography on his work computer. 

Paddack resigned from his church positions in 2019 when the allegations against him came to light. The lawsuit claims that Cardinal Hayes High School and the archdiocese should have known about the abuse by both Paddack and Keogan. The victim, who was a teenager at the time of the abuse, claims he’s struggled throughout his life with severe mental health issues because of the abuse inflicted on him. Both Paddack and Keogan deny the allegations made against them.

The archdiocese’s problems with sexual abuse by priests don’t seem to be going away any time soon. In late June 2021, 28 former Boy Scouts filed a lawsuit against the archdiocese and the Boy Scouts of America. Plaintiffs to the lawsuit claim that for almost half a century, the Staten Island Council of the Boy Scouts and the Archdiocese of New York acted like “headhunters,” recruiting boys for priests and scout leaders to abuse sexually. Allegations span a period from 1949 to 1995, with the plaintiffs saying they were systematically chosen and groomed for sexual abuse, including being touched, fondled, and even sodomized.  

If you or someone you love experienced sex abuse at the Archdiocese of New York, contact the lawyers at Herman Law today for a free consultation.

Ordained: 1962
Status: Sued
 
A man claimed in a lawsuit filed in late 2019 that Boccieri sexually abused him as a boy when his parents were Maryknoll lay missioners.The family lived near Maryknoll’s Ossining campus and ate most of their meals there. Boccieri allegedly began grooming the boy in Ossining, then abused him at a cabin in the Catskills. Boccieri died 5/1/15.
Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the NY archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Died in 2003.
Ordained: 1990
Status: Settled
 
One of four priests alleged to have offered 16-year-old boy money for sex, threatening to harm him if he told. Also accused of participating in mutual masturbation with the other priests while the boy watched. Suit filed in 2000 and settled by 2002. Removed from ministry. Laicized. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1962
Status: Settled
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Ansaldi eligible for IRCP. Died in 2015. Accused in an 8/15 lawsuit, along with Revs. Eugene Mangan and James Keehan, staff member Bill Finley and other lay counselors, of sexually abusing a boy who resided at a Mount Loretto orphanage 1953-67. Accused in another lawsuit of abusing a boy, ages 15-16, in 1984-85 while principal of St. Joseph by the Sean High School on Staten Island. The boy was a student. The suit settled in 2020 in the mid-five figures.
Order: RDC
Status: Settled
 
Ex-nun, left her order in 1979. Accused in a 2/8/96 suit of sexually abusing a boy, ages 12-17, beginning in 1987. The boy was a student at St. Frances de Chantal in the Bronx when the abuse began, and Baisi was his teacher. The school was staffed by the Sisters of Divine Compassion. In 1995, the complainant mentioned the abuse to a counselor, who reported it to authorities. Baisi was suspended from her role as principal of St. Frances in 1996 when the suit was filed. She admitted the abuse in taped conversations with the victim. Her attorney and the judge stated that she had effectively admitted to the charges.
Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Died in 2012.
Ordained: 1973
Status: Sued
 
Monsignor. Placed on administrative leave in 10/19 due to an accusation in a lawsuit filed under the NY Child Victims Act that he sexually assaulted a child decades prior. The archdiocese announced in 6/20 that the allegations were credible and substantiated. Permanently removed from ministry.
Status: Convicted

 

Peruvian. Indicted in 1991 for sexually abusing a 15-year-old altar boy at St. Peter’s Church in Monticello. Fled to Canada. Extradited and then convicted in 1993. Sentenced to 5-15 years in state prison. Conviction overturned. Found not guilty at second trial. Returned to Peru.
Ordained: 1987
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry.
Status: Accused

 

Religious Brother. Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Profession 1958. Dispensation from vows 1959. Died in 1989. No indication as to when or where alleged abuse occurred. (We’re placing him in the New York archdiocese, where the province is based.)
Status: Convicted

 

Bokulich, also known as Br. Leopold, was arrested in 10/07. Pled guilty in 3/08 to abuse of four boys from one family between 2006 and 2007. Sentenced to 7 years in state prison in 6/08, along with 5 years post-release supervision. Required to register as sex offender. In prison as of 7/10.
Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Northeast Jesuits on its list updated 11/1/19. It notes a report received in 2019 of abuse of a minor, possibly in 1977. Borges worked in El Paso, TX 1963-66, then in Puerto Rico 1973-88 and 1991-2000. He died in 2007. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese in this database, which is where the NE Province is headquartered.) Added to the Jesuits Central and Southern Province List 2/27/20.
Status: Sued

 

Became religious brother in 1974. Named in 2005 civil suit which was refiled in 2007 Accused of abuse as a novice brother and also of offering drugs to plaintiff. Abuse alleged against other defendants as well as claims of sexual harrassment and other i
Status: Sued

 

From Holland. In U.S. at Carmelite Priory in Mantzville PA 1954-56, then Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish in Middletown NY and area mission parishes 1956-57, and again 1962-85. Complaint to order of sex abuse of 7-year-old altar boy in 1973. Parents did not press charges when they learned their son would have to testify. Other families said Boxelaar molested their preadolescent sons, but wanted to keep it quiet. More complaints to order in the 1980s. Quietly sent back to Holland in 1985. Died in 1990. After news in 2002 of accusations against Boxelaar, at least 25 more men surfaced, saying they, too, were molested by the priest as little boys. The order acknowledged having received 1 complaint in the 1970s and 5 in the 1980s. Three lawsuits in 2019 claimed abuse of altar boys in 1970s and ’80s. Suit in 7/20 by 8 men; all said Boxelaar told them the abuse was normal and “in keeping with Dutch customs.”
Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused
 
Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Pelham Manor pastor 1979-1991. Pastor of Blessed Sacrament on Staten Island 1991-2004. Named monsignor in 1995. Held prominent positions in the archdiocese. Retired in 2004. Accused via the IRCP program in 2018 of past abuse of a minor, deemed credible and substantiated by the Lay Review Board. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Cardinal Dolan reportedly recommended to the Vatican’s CDF dismissal of the allegation. In 9/20 the CDF concluded that the allegation did not have “the semblance of truth.” Boyle died 3/13/21, age 91.
Ordained: 1908
Status: Sued
 
Per a 2/04 news article, a woman said she was abused every Sunday from 1944-48 at ages 7-11 by Brady, a former pastor at St. Catherine’s of Genoa in Manhattan. She said her sister and other girls were also abused by Brady. Claims included in suit filed 2/26/04 by the woman and 14 other victims of abuse by 11 priests. Brady died in 1950. Included on the archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Claims against Brady eligible for IRCP.
Status: Convicted

 

Joined the Marists in 1964. Accused of abuse of three boys in 1987. Arrested and charged in 1988. Sentenced to prison. Records were sealed. Still a Marist brother as of 6/10 per their website. Assigned to Marist High School in Chicago at least 1995-2003, where he was, among other roles, hockey club moderator.
Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Died in 2008.
Status: Accused

 

Religious Brother. Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Profession 1948. Died in 1965. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (We’re placing Bucci in the NY archdiocese, where the province is based.)
Ordained: 1941
Status: Sued
 
Accused in a lawsuit filed under the NY Child Victims Act in 8/19 of sexually abusing a child, ages 11-14, at St. Sylvester’s in Concord 1966-69. Burke died in 1984 at age 72.
Ordained: 1945
Status: Charged
 
Archdiocesan chancellor 1968-70, canon lawyer, longtime parish pastor. Known for activism around affordable housing and outspokenness regarding church and other issues. Living at St. John Vianney Center for Retired Priests in the Bronx when arrested in 10/17, at age 96, on child porn possession charges. Per the D.A., there were “dozens of photographs on his computer of girls 8 to 14 years old performing sex acts with men or posing naked.”
Ordained: 1987
Status: Convicted
 
Convicted 1992 of abuse of a teenage boy. Sentenced to 90 days in jail, five years probation, and one year treatment. Previously transferred twice because of allegations involving youths. Civil suit 1993. Living in New Mexico as of 2003 and listed in Official Catholic Directory as on “leave of absence.” Laicized 2005. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Suit filed in 8/19 under the NY Child Victims Act, claiming abuse of a child, age 13-14, at Blessed Sacrament in West Brighton in 1989-90. Accused in a 12/19 lawsuit of abuse prior to ordination in the showers at St. Joseph’s Seminary of a boy, age 13, and that another person attempted a sex act on him at the same time.
Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/19. It notes allegation(s) received in 2010 of abuse in 1955. Roy appears to have spent his career in Kingston, Jamaica. He died in 1977. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese in the database, where the Province is based.)
Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Laicized.
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry Died in 2008.
Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused
 
Per news in 1/06, Carr was being investigated by his Order for allegations of child abuse. Member of the New York Province. Held Jesuit leadership positions; appointed Provincial 1966. High school principal, including McQuaid in Rochester 1960-64. Principal of St. Peter’s Prep in NJ. Theology department head 1977 at Jesuit High in New Orleans LA. Worked in the St. Augustine, FL diocese 1981-2005. Accused 2012 of walking in on janitor Peter Modica raping a teen boy at Jesuit High in the 1970s, and proceeding to masturbate during the rape. Jesuit High settled with Carr’s accuser. Carr died in 2013. On New Orleans archdiocese’s list 11/2/18. It noted notification of allegations via media reports in 2018. On Jesuits Central and Southern Province’s list 12/7/18, citing multiple allegations. On Jesuits Northeast Province list 1/15/19, noting report in 2005 of abuse 1989-90. On St. Augustine list 11/6/20, abuse noted in 1991.
Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Carroll eligible for IRCP. Died in 1998.
Ordained: 1984
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as credibly accused by the archdiocese in 2005. Laicized. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Died 8/3/11.
Status: Accused
 
Made profession as a Salesian brother in 1940. Worked at school in NJ, LA, MA, CA, FL. Died in 1998. Included on the Salesians list in 3/20 of those with credible accusations against them. Details as to where or when the abuse occurred not given. (We’re placing Casiraghi in the NY archdiocese for now, which is where the Salesians’ Eastern Province is based.)
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Cassiero eligible for IRCP. Died in 2009.
Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. It notes he was dismissed in 1997 and laicized in 1998. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (We are placing him in the NY archdiocese, where the province is based.)
Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused
 
From Italy. Arrived in the U.S. in 1953. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Salesian order on its list 3/31/20. Worked in NJ, CA, LA, NH, Italy. Died in 1/31/11. No details as to when or where the abuse occurred. (We’re placing Chiosso for now in the NY archdiocese, where the Salesians’ Eastern Province is based.)
Status: Sued

 

Named in 2006 civil suit. Accused of abuse of one minor 1971-1972. Died 1986.
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Clyne eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2013.
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused
 
Monsignor. Retired. Credible, substantiated accusation announced 9/18. Claim or claims made to archdiocese’s Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program. Known for playing and teaching traditional Irish music. Assignments included St. Paul’s on Staten Island, then pastor for about 10 years starting in 1975 of St. Joseph-St. Thomas. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Canonical process pending.
Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Laicized. Died in 2016.
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Connolly eligible for IRCP. Died in 1995.
Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused
 
Removed from active ministry in 5/02, after allegation of “improper behavior” in the past. On the Amarillo diocese’s list 1/31/19. Worked in the diocese 6/18/72 – 8/16/75. Died 10/22/18.
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Croston eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1994.
Ordained: 1930
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Cullen eligible for IRCP. Died 1960.
Ordained: 1935
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Cunningham eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1956.
Ordained: 1970
Status: Sued
 

Accused in a lawsuit filed in July 2021 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing an altar boy while assigned to Sacred Heart in West Brighton, beginning in 1978 when the boy was age 11. Per the alleged victim, Curley also abused other boys. Curley retired in 2015.

Status: Sued

 

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy, who was a Monsignor Farrell HS student on Staten Island. The abuse allegedly occurred in the 1960s or 1970s.
Ordained: 1959
Status: None
 
Subject of settlement in 10/17, as part of the archdiocese’s compensation fund. Worked at St. Theresa’s in the Bronx through the 1960s to the mid-1970s. Known to run group at parish called “Herbert’s Boys.” Died 1996. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1977
Status: Sued
 
Pastor of Our Lady Star of the Sea in 3/21 when Devery acknowledged to parishioners in a letter that he had been accused four years earlier in an “unsuccessful claim” via the IRCP of sexually abusing a minor about forty years prior. The same accuser filed a lawsuit under the Child Victims Act in 8/19 claiming abuse as an altar server at age 15 in 1984, at a Shrub Oak parish. Devery was kept in ministry. His letter to parishioners was released several days after SNAP publicly stated that Cardinal Dolan did not inform parishioners of the allegations.
Ordained: 1979
Status: Accused
 
Deacon. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Died in 2005.
Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/19. It notes reports received in 2002 and 2018 of abuse 1966-76 and that he worked in the Philippines 1954-57. The assignment record provided by the Jesuits does not show his whereabouts 1957-70; Per the Catholic Directory, he was in the Philippines through much of the1960s until 1973. The Jesuits’ list shows him to have been at Rutgers U. in NJ 1970-77, then Rider College 1977-89. He died in 1990. (Placing him in this database in the NY archdiocese, where the Province is based.) Included on the Rockville Centre diocese’s list in 3/21, which notes that alleged abuse occurred at a family member’s apartment,.
Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Dobransky eligible for the IRCP. Left ministry. Died in 2017.
Status: Accused

 

Bro. Ronald. Joined the Xaverians in 1949. Named publicly as accused on the order’s list 7/12/19. Retired 1990. Allegation received in 1992 of abuse in the mid-1960s, in the Bronx. Died in 2000.
Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/19. It notes allegations of abuse occurring in the 1960s-70s reported in 1999. Doolan admitted to the abuse. Worked 1957-1960 and 1965-73 in Chuuk, Micronesia, in NYC 1974-76 and in Auriesville, NY 1973-2002. He was “impeded” in 2006 and died 5/5/08. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese in this database, where the Province is located.)
Ordained: 1927
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Dougherty eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1978.
Status: Accused

 

Sister Mary Andrew a/k/a Sister Frances Doyle. Accused of sexual abuse of at least two girls at Notre Dame School in Manhattan in the mid-1940s. School was run by the Society of St. Ursula; Sr. Mary Andrew was the principal. One accuser said she was abused as a 14-year-old sophomore. She went on to become a nun but left the order years later. The school and the order reportedly refused to help her as a survivor. Andrew died 11/29/06.
Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused
 
Accused in 2005 of raping and sodomizing a 13-year-old boy in 1969 on an overnight, prior to a ski trip, while assigned to Fordham Prep in the NY archdiocese. Accused in 2014 of sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy 6/30/74 while Drake worked at Maine Maritime Academy, in the Portland ME diocese. Also assigned in the dioceses of Boston, Seattle, Grand Rapids or Saginaw, Syracuse, Washington, and Cleveland. Worked at colleges and retreat houses and gave hundreds of workshops and retreats in the US and internationally. Spiritual director in the NY archdiocese. At Vianney Renewal Center in St Louis archdiocese 2006-08. Died 8/21/08. On Midwest Jesuit Province list 12/17/18; single allegation of abuse in the 1980s while at John Carroll University in Cleveland. On the Jesuits Northeast Province list 1/1519; reports in 2003 and 2006 of abuse in 1973 and 1968. “Impeded” in 2003.
Ordained: 1950
Status: Convicted
 
Ordained in his native Colombia. In NY since late 1960s. Arrested at age 87 in 8/2/11 at Nativity of Our Blessed Lady in the Bronx. Charged with forcible touching and sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl, who had just started working in the rectory. Abuse occurred within two weeks of the day he was arrested. Also known as Fr. James. Archdiocese said no previous allegations. Pled guilty; had case sealed. He blamed the girl for wearing short skirts. She filed a civil suit as of 6/30/14. Duenas had died earlier that month, 6/6/14. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. It notes laicization process was pending when he died.
Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Salesian order on its list in 3/20. Worked in FL, NJ, NY, MA. Died3/21/09. No details given as to when or where the abuse occurred. (We’re placing him for now in the Archdiocese of NY, where the Salesians’ Eastern Province is based.)
Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused
 
In 1991 NJ priest John Bambrick told the archdiocese that Eremito sexually abused him as a 15-year-old altar boy in NJ in 1980, when Eremito was a NYC priest. Eremito may have had “dozens” of victims. He was removed from active assignments in 1992. Faculties removed in 2002. Filed legal action against alleged victim. Worked in NJ 1997-1998. Allowed to work in Lubbock, TX 1998-2002. Working as grief counselor at a PA hospice as of 2006 until removed. On NY archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Laicized.
Ordained: 1987
Status: Sued
 
Ordained for the Diocese of La Vega in the Dominican Republic. First assigned in the NY archdiocese in 1990, incardinated 2010. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 by a 36-year-old woman who said Fajardo raped her when she was a minor and he was a priest of St. Catherine of Genoa in Manhattan. Fajardo was assigned to the parish 1999-2010. Pastor of Holy Spirit in the Bronx in 2019.
Ordained: 1972
Status: Convicted
 
Left the priesthood sometime after 2006. Assignments included parishes in Carmel, Yorktown, Mount Kisco and Hopewell Junction. Arrested in 9/15 on charges related to sexually abusing a 50-year-old brain-injured woman who was unable to consent. The abuse occurred on multiple occasions at a facility in Brewster for those with cerebral palsey and brain-injuries, where Faraone worked. His victim had the mental capacity of a 12-year-old. Farone was convicted in 2016, and served a one-year jail sentence. In 12/17, was a high-risk registered sex offender on probation and living in Brewster. The facility faced a lawsuit in 12/22.
Ordained: 1984
Status: Accused
 
Suspended from position at St. Columba’s in Manhattan in 6/15, where he’d served since 2011, after pornography discovered on his computer “that violated the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.” Small notice in archdiocesan newspaper after suspension. Archdiocese announced in 3/16 that its Review Board investigated and recommended Fennessy no longer be permitted to serve as a priest. In 5/20 Fennessy filed suit against Cardinal Dolan, claiming he was falsely accused. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry.
Status: Settled

 

Named by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Ferro was still listed as a brother as of 6/11/14. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information. They stated that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested. Lawsuits filed in 8/19 under the NY Child Victims Act includes claims by several men of sexual abuse by Ferro as boys. One said he was abused by Ferro at age 16 in the 1970s, at Iona Prep School in New Rochelle, NY. Two other men claim abuse in the 1970s while students at Msgr Farrell High School on Staten Island. One said he told three teachers who said to keep it quiet.
Ordained: 1923
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Fitzgerald eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1977.
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Flaherty eligible for the IRCP. DIed in 1971.
Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused
 
Accused in a 6/19 court filing of sexually abusing a boy 1962-1970, beginning when the child was age 4, including an incident in the Bahamas, where the priest had accompanied the victim’s family. The court filing on behalf of the victim’s estate sought discovery from the Maryknoll order after the victim took his own life on 1/14/19. Flanagan had reportedly joined the Maryknolls in 1956 as a religious brother, was ordained in 1964, and worked at St John and St Mary church in Chappaqua NY in the 1960s, when he received psychological counseling but was allowed to continue working with children and families. His connection with the parish is documented as early as 1962, when Flanagan was a seminarian. He reportedly left the order in 1971, became a follower of Meher Baba, worked as a ‘writer-actor and bioenergy healer,’ and died on 9/25/16.
Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Laicized.
Ordained: 1993
Status: Accused
 
In 6/20 the archdiocese announced that Florez had credible allegations against him of the sexual abuse of minors. Permanently removed from ministry.
Ordained: 1945
Status: Sued
 
Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 of sexually abusing a girl at the The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mount Loretto orphanage. His accuser, who was a resident of the orphanage, said Fogarty would force her to have sex, beginning when she was about age 11. She said she was also sexually abused by Sisters Helen, Joachim, and Georgine. Fogarty died 8/2/96. Per his obituary, he “devoted almost his entire career to the cause of children.”
Ordained: 1937
Status: Sued
 
Accused in a lawsuit filed in 1/21 of sexually abusing two altar boys, ages 11 and 12, in the 1960s at St. Mary’s in the Bronx. Foster’s accusers also alleged abuse by Rev. William Lombardy. Both priests were assigned to St. Mary’s. One of the plaintiff’s said he told the school about his abuse by Foster but was told he would go to hell for saying such a thing and to go back to class.
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Fox eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1994.
Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued
 
Sued in 2002. Accused of abuse of a young man. Removed. Arrested in 1993 for soliciting sex; charges dropped. Still active priest in 6/06 (officiated at a funeral).
Ordained: 1950
Status: Sued
 
Monsignor. Educator for nearly 30 years at Cardinal Hayes HS in the Bronx and St. Joseph by the Sea HS on Staten Island. Pastor for over 20 years of St. Charles on Staten Island. In 10/03 a 29-year-old man alleged sex abuse by Gaffney for three years, beginning when he was a 6th-grader and St. Charles altar boy. The man’s attorney said there was evidence of seven other victims. Another man alleged abuse when Gaffney was St. Joseph’s HS principal. Kept in ministry. First man sued; Gaffney filed countersuit, died weeks later, on 3/27/04. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Claims against Gaffney eligible for IRCP. Suit filed in 8/19.
Ordained: 1998
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Laicized.
Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused
 
Removed in 2002 after recent accusation that he had abused a minor female some 30 years previously. As of 2005, sentenced by Vatican to a life of prayer and penance. Brother of John Gallant, also an accused abuser. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Noted to have been laicized.
Ordained: 1960
Status: Sued
 
Sued in 2002. Accused of abusing a girl over a two-year period, beginning when she was age 16 in 1980. He claimed she was 18. Brother of Alfred Gallant, also an accused abuser. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Laicized.
Status: Settled

 

Marist brother working in the NY archdiocese. In 2013 was retired and living in a MO facility. Accused in a 2009 suit of abusing a boy in NJ for a period of 5 years, 1977-83. Suit filed in federal court in DE since two incidences occurred in 1981 in DE during a trip to Washington DC. Galligan testified in a video deposition that he did abuse the plaintiff and others. Trial held in 11/13. Jury awarded $2.4M against Galligan. Plaintiff did not expect to collect but wanted suit against NY and Order reinstated.
Ordained: 1971
Status: Settled
 
Pattern of abuse spanned Gentile’s entire 30-year career. Numerous victims. Frequently took boys on overnight and longer trips even after warnings to avoid these trips. One priest wrote anonymous letter to Archdiocese in 1995 and followed through personally in 1996. Accused in 1997 civil suit of abusing two brothers in 1993-94. Suit secretly settled 2001. Placed on leave 4/02. Laicization announced 9/05. Settlements 5/17 and 10/17 as part of archdiocese’s victims compensation program. In 11/17 three men received settlement of 250k each via archdiocese’s compensation program. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused
 
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Gerathy eligible for IRCP. Died in 2013.
Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Gibbons eligible for the IRCP. Left ministry. Died in 2017.
Ordained: 1984
Status: Accused
 
A 43-year-old man filed a police report 9/16/16, accusing Giuliano of sexually abusing him at age 15 in the rectory of Holy Rosary in Baychester 1987-88. He said the two would “play wrestling” and at one point Giuliano pulled his underwear down and molested him. Giuliano denied the allegation. Suspended from St. John the Evangelist in Pawling and St. Charles Borromeo in Dover Plains, both of which he pastored. The NYPD investigated; no charges filed. Remained on leave in 6/17 pending results of review by the archdiocesan Lay Review Board. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Laicized.
Ordained: 1936
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Golden eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1987.
Status: Convicted

 

Assistant principal of all-boys Mount St. Michael Academy in Bronx. Found to be in possession of child pornography on USB drive in 2/11. D.A. not notified until 3/11. Gordon was arrested, pled guilty and was sentenced, all on the same day in 11/11. Sentenced to treatment for one year at St. Luke’s Institute and deferred adjudication. Public not notified of charges until after sentencing.
Ordained: 1982
Status: Settled
 
Removed from Bronx parish 1/16 pending investigation of credible allegations of sex abuse of boys while at St. Barnabas in Woodlawn in the 1980s. Was archdiocesan director of prison chaplains and chairman of a Bronx community board. Gorman denied accusations. Settlements with alleged victims 5/17 and 10/17 as part of archdiocese’s compensation program. Died 1/23/18. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Laicization pending at time of death.
Ordained: 1929
Status: Sued
 
Accused in suit filed 2/26/04 of sexually abusing a 13-year old boy in 1956-57, while assigned to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NY CIty. A second man notified the archdiocese in 2009 that Greene molested him at St. Patrick’s 1954-59, when he was a member of the choir and Greene was music director for the archdiocese. Greene died 9/24/76. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Claims against Greene eligible for IRCP.
Ordained: 1945
Status: Settled
 
Monsignor. Longtime director of Family Services for New York Catholic Charities. Also parish priest and chaplain for a Children’s Home. Per obit, “always taught religion to children in both the parish and public schools.” Died 8/22/09. Named publicly for the first time in 2017 settlement from the archdiocese’s Reconciliation and Compensation Program for Victim-Survivors of Abuse. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused
 
Monsignor. Placed on leave 8/08 from Saint Charles Borromeo Parish after allegations surfaced of sex abuse of a minor in late 1980s. Second allegation reported to the DA’s office during initial investigation. By 9/20/08, 8 more accusers had come forward. No criminal charges due to SOL. Harris denied all allegations. Resigned from parish in 9/10 and was permanently removed from active priesthood. Sentenced to life of prayer and penance 1/12 by Vatican. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused
 
Cardinal Hayes High School teacher from around 1989; also basketball coach, assistant principal. Admitted 12/22/14 to sexual abuse of 10 minors in 1970s and ’80s in NYC and WI. Was borrowing money from staff members; when asked why Harrison said he needed it to pay a victim. Removed from ministry, sent to a “facility” and district attorneys notified, per Order.
Status: Accused

 

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Northeast Province Jesuits list updated 11/1/19. It notes an allegation received in 2019 of abuse of a minor in 1975. Assigned 1966-69 and 1978-79 to Jesuit High School in NYC, and 1973-75 to Colegio San Ignacio in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Hartnett left the Jesuits in 1982.
Ordained: 1936
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Haverty eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1980.
Ordained: 1941
Status: Settled
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Heide eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1997. Claim settled in 2/20 in the low six figures, in the case of the abuse of an altar boy, ages 10-12, 1967-69, at St. Joseph Parish and School in New York.
Status: Sued

 

Entered the Order in 1949, professed final vows in 1958. Named in a 2005 civil suit. Accused of abuse of the plaintiff when plaintiff first joined the Congregation of Christian Brothers. Hennessy was his first superior. Abuse alleged against other defendants as well as claims of sexual harassment and other issues. Plaintiff’s appeal was dismissed by the NY Supreme Court in 10/09. Affiliated with Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North America Province in Venice FL diocese as of 5/10, and living in Arcadia, FL. Died 6/14/20 at the Cabrini Nursing Home in Dobbs Ferry, NY.
Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Died in 1989. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (We’re placing him in the NY archdiocese, where the province is based.)
 
Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the Salesian order on its list in 3/20. Worked in NY, NJ, OH, IN. Withdrew from the order in 1975, laicized in 1993. Died in 2013. No details as to when or where the abuse occurred. (Placing him for now in the NY archdiocese, where the Salesians’ Eastern Province is based.)
Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Hickey eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2014.
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Hicks eligible for the IRCP. Died 1986.
Status: Accused

 

Professed vows as a Salesian brother in 1960. Worked in IN, NY, Sierre Leone. Removed from ministry in 2005. Named publicly as accused by the Salesian order on its list in 3/20. No details given as to when or where the abuse occurred, or how many victims. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese for now, where the Salesians’ Eastern Province is located.)
Ordained: 1937
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the Paulists on their list updated 10/7/19. Allegation reported in 2010 and 2019 of abuse in 1943 at St. Paul the Apostle in New York City. Died 8/23/1972.
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Died in 1983. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese, where the province is based.) Added to the Diocese of Columbus’ list 5/23/19.
Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/19. It notes a report in 2007 of abuse occurring in 1966. Horgan died in 1994.
Ordained: 1947
Status: Accused
 
In 6/16 a 78-year-old woman stated publicly that Hyland sexually abused her when she was ages 11 to 14 . The woman, who went on to become an Ursuline sister, said Hyland stepped in to help the family after one of her sisters was struck by a car and died. She said he would take her and two other sisters to plays, the circus, and such. She also said she told the archdiocese of the abuse in the mid-1980s, and the two priests who interviewed her asked her what she did “to activate his interest” in her. Hyland died 5/20/95. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1978
Status: Accused
 
Removed in 2003. Accused of abuse of a young male relative 1978 -1983. Assigned to Sacred Heart Church in Newburgh at the time. Laicization announced in 9/05. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly by archdiocese in 2018 as credibly accused. Ordained for Trappist order in MA, became NY priest 1964. Pastor of St. Augustine in the Bronx for 25 years. Bronx Lebanon Hospital chaplain. Retired in 2007. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Canonical process pending.
Ordained: 1970
Status: Sued
 
Auxiliary bishop of New York beginning 2014. Assigned to Our Lady of Refuge in the Bronx since 1978. Removed from public ministry in 10/18 after the Lay Review Board deemed “credible and substantiated” allegations that Jenik sexually abused a teenage boy for 5 or 6 years, beginning in 1978. His accuser first came forward in 1/18. He said Jenik would ply him with alcohol and abuse him during overnight stays in the rectory, and at a country home in Tivoli. Jenik denied the allegations. Vatican to investigate. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Canonical process pending. Vatican announced in 10/19 that the pope had accepted Jenik’s resignation. Accused in an 8/20 lawsuit of trafficking a 14-year-old boy to convicted child molester, Paul Gruber, at the parish school, in the 1980s. The suit claimed Jenik was also abusing children at the time.
Ordained: 1984
Status: Accused
 
Removed from assignment in 4/02 after allegation of past inappropriate behavior. Assigned to Holy Name of Mary Church in Croton-on-Hudson at the time of his removal. Laicized in 2005. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1987
Status: Sued
 
Accused in a lawsuit filed under the NY Child Victims Act in 8/23 of molesting an 8-year-old boy about 30 years prior, while assigned to St. Catherine of Siena in NYC. Jones’ accuser first came forward in 9/18. The Dominicans’ Province of St. Joseph deemed the allegation not credible. Was an Episcopal priest prior to converting in 1982 to Catholicism. Worked as a Dominican in New York, NY; Columbus, OH; New Haven, CT; Baltimore, MD; Washington, DC.
Ordained: 1963
Status: Accused
 
Removed in 2002. Accused of improper relationship with a minor male, including inappropriate touching. Denied allegation. Vatican ordered a church trial in 2006. In 9/06 plaintiff produced letter written to him by Kavanagh in 12/84 which appeared to substantiate the abuse. Two Church trials held. Laicization announced in 12/10 after appeal denied. Kavanagh filed suit in 3/11 against accuser. In 9/12, he sued the NY Archdiocese for libel, stating that his accuser had recanted and apologized. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Kearns eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1985
Status: Sued

 

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 of sexually abusing a boy at the The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mount Loretto orphanage. The boy lived at the orphanage 1953-67. He also claimed sexual abuse by Revs. Joseph Ansaldi, Eugen Mangan, staff member Bill Finley and other lay counselors.
Ordained: 1956
Status: Settled
 
Per 2/19 news, a 62-year-old man said Kelly sexually abused him repeatedly over a three-month period when he was in elementary school and Kelly was assigned to St. Thomas the Apostle parish. The man received a settlement from the archdiocese’s IRCP (Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program) in 7/17. He filed suit in 2019, after a new law extended the SOL in NY. The man claimed he was tricked into giving up his rights to further claims in accepting the IRCP settlement. Kelly’s name was included on the archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. It noted he left ministry, and died in 2008.
Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Kelly eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1993.
Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued
 
Abbot of St. John’s Abbey in the St. Cloud diocese 1992 -2000. Died in 2010. A man filed suit 6/11 alleging that Kelly sexually abused him in 1966 at St. Anselm’s Church in the Bronx. Abbot of St. John’s issued a statement saying he had just learned of the accusations in 6/11 and was investigating. Plaintiff said he told the order in 12/10. Multiple alleged victims around the U.S.
Ordained: 1959
Status: Settled
 
Worked in Brazil 18 years, then Baltimore, Washington DC and New York. May have been at an Opa Locka FL parish 1993-94 as Fr. John ‘Kenning’, C.Ss.R. In 1989 a teenage girl told her mother Kennington sexually abused her and her younger brother 1984-87, beginning when the girl was 11 and the boy was 8. Kennington was a close family friend who stepped in to help the mother after a divorce, including with childcare. They attended the Manhattan parish where he was assigned. The brother filed suit in 1993, settled in 2001. The sister could not sue, due to NY statute of limitations. Kennington was sent around 1995 to Order’s monastery in Esopus, NY, assigned to archive Shroud of Turin research. He was honored in 2009 on the 50th anniversary of his ordination. Living in Brooklyn by 2010. Still active in 2016. Named in new lawsuit 2/19.
Ordained: 1993
Status: Acquitted
 
Visiting priest from Kenya. Kiarie (also spelled Kiare in some news reports) was arrested in 6/02 on charges of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy during an outing at a park. Kiarie was in New York on a speaking tour to raise money for Kenya churches. The boy told his mom Kiarie molested him; she told church officials, who told DA. In 8/02 Kiarie rejected a plea bargain that would have given him 90 days in jail, and demanded a trial. Jury found him not guilty in 4/03. Kiarie said he would return to Kenya immediately.
Ordained: 1981
Status: Settled
 
Suspended from ministry 1/19/15 after credible allegations of abuse of a male minor about 30 years prior. Few months prior to removal archdiocese notified D.A. of concerns about possible past incidents. Kihm denied allegations. At least one more person came forward later to alleged abuse, also 30 years before. Assigned to Our Lady of Lourdes High School 1987-92; abuse said not to have happened there. Assisted and pastored a number of parishes. Sent to supervised setting for evaluation and risk assessment. No criminal charges due to 5-year statute of limitations. Laicization announced 3/16. Moved out of New York state. Settlements with alleged victims 5/17 and 10/17 as part of archdiocese’s compensation program. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1936
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese, which is where the province is based.) Died 1985.
Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly by the St. Joseph Province Dominicans on its list update 6/21/19. Allegations noted to have been established in 2019. Kopfman died in 1988. (We are placing him for now in the New York archdiocese, where the province is based.”
Ordained: 1988
Status: Sued
 
Accused in a lawsuit filed by a man 5/24/21 under the NY Child Victims Act of encouraging him 1994-98 as an elementary school boy to engage in sexual acts with four girls “provided” by Kowalczyk and two other priests, Revs. Gregory Dobson and Mieczyslaw “Matt” Nycz. Per the suit, the man feared the priests secretly filmed them. He was a student at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Orchard park. Kowalczyk was pastor of the parish when placed on leave due to the allegations.The three priests denied “ever committing any acts of abuse.”
Ordained: 1994
Status: Charges Dropped
 
Arrested in 12/18 on charges of child sexual abuse after allegations he inappropriately touched a 10-year-old girl at a school in 9/18. Assigned to St. Joseph’s in Bronxville at the time. Removed. Indicted in 3/19. Pled not guilty. Charges dropped 9/19; per prosecutors, unable to prove wrongdoing beyond a reasonable doubt. Pastor of St. Gregory’s in Garnerville 2008-10, assigned to St. Ann’s in Dongan Hills 2010-11. In 2011 pled guitly to stealing $25,000 from St. Gregory’s. Sentence to five years’ probation and ordered to undergo treatment for gambling and substance abuse. Per news, assigned to St. Patrick’s in Yorktown Heights 2011-17, Sacred Heart in Monroe 2017, then St. Joseph’s in 7/18.
Ordained: 1993
Status: Convicted
 
Arrested 1999 via internet sting. Thought he was meeting 15-year-old boy for sex; traveled to Perth Amboy NJ to meet the ‘boy,’ who was FBI agent. Reported to have attempted same previously. Sentenced to 4 months in half-way house and 4 months in-house arrest; judge reduced sentence to 5 years’ probation and adherence to program at Trinity Retreat in Larchmont. Arrested 2002 for fondling 16-year-old boy in 1999. Pled guilty. Sentenced to 45 days jail and 1 yr probation; given 1-year conditional discharge. In 4/17 last known to be living in Holmes, NY. Alias, Morgan J. Kihl. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Laicized.
Ordained: 1978
Status: Settled
 
Removed in 2002 for non-sexual misconduct with two 15-year-old boys. Accused of molesting other boys before ordination and of giving alcohol to aboy, age 11. Laicized in 2005. Settlements in 5/17 and 10/17 via archdiocese’s compensation program. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a boy, about age 6, in 1979 at St. Clare’s on Staten Island, “including during his first reconciliation and church services.” A 2019 suit claimed abuse of a boy, ages 14-16, who attended St. Clare’s. New civil complaint in 12/20, alleged abuse of a boy, ages 13-16, beginning in 1983. Suit in 2/21 claims abuse of a boy, age 11, in 1987, and continuing for two years. Per suit in 3/21, abuse of boy, 11-12, in 1980-81.
Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against LeBar eligible for the IRCP. Died 2/21/08.
Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused
 
Ordained for Maryknoll order; in Philippines 1956-67. Left order around 1975. Pastor of St John the Baptist in Yonkers NY when suspended 4/02 due to allegation he fondled a Cardinal Hayes High School student in mid-1970s during trips to Maine; Lennon was teacher, administrator, and athletics moderator at Cardinal Hayes 1970-81. Denied the allegation, which first surfaced in 1997 when a priest reportedly told the archdiocese about the alleged abuse. Cleared in 1998 after archdiocesan investigation. Accuser not informed of the decision. ‘Dismissed from the clerical state,’ per 4/08 Catholic New York newspaper, ‘in accord with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People … having had his case presented to the CDF.’ Died 12/16/12. Included in 4/26/19 New York archdiocesan list of ‘clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor.’
Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Died in 2018. Laicization process was pending at the time of his death.
Status: Accused

 

Professed vows as a Salesian brother in 1988. Worked in Boston MA and Tampa FL. Left the order in 1995. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Salesian order on its list in 3/20. No details given as to when or where the abuse occurred, or the number of victims. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese for now, where the Salesians’ Eastern Province is based.)
Status: Sued

 

A man filed civil suit 7/19/12 alleging that he had been abused by Liguori in 1969 at Cardinal Farley Military Academy in NY. Plaintiff first reported allegations to Orange diocese in CA in 2008. Orange reportedly found allegations to be credible but order found them ‘without merit’ and took no action against Liguori. He was president of Iona College in New Rochelle until he retired in 2011. Next worked for Fordham University until resigning 7/12 after suit was filed.
Status: Accused

 

Professed vows as a Marianist brother, Province of New York, in 1941. Worked in OH, KY, NY, Washington DC, PA. Died in 1995. Named publicly as accused by the Marianist Order on its list 6/24/20. Added to the Baltimore archdiocese’s list 11/3/20.
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against rogue eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1981.
Ordained: 1967
Status: Sued
 
Accused in a lawsuit filed in 1/21 of sexually abusing two altar boys in the 1960s. The boys were students at St. Mary’s School in the Bronx, where Lombardy was a teacher. Lombardy’s accusers also alleged abuse in the suit by Rev. Raymond Foster. Lombardy is known for having trained chess champion Bobby Fischer from age 11. The men who filed suit alleged abuse at ages 11 and 12; one said Lombardy lured him under the ruse of teaching him chess. Lombardy left the priesthood in the late 1970s, married and had a son. HIs marriage ended in 1992 and Lombardy’s wife took their son and moved to her native Netherlands. He died in 10/17. His obituary notes that he worked at some point under Theodore McCarrick, who went on to become a Cardinal and was later credibly accused and laicized.
Ordained: 1965
Status: Settled
 
A man alleging abuse as boy by Lott 1975-85 received $500K settlement from archdiocese compensation fund in 8/17. The man said that when he was age 14, Lott ministered to his dying father; after his father died, Lott invited the boy to the rectory for sleepovers, and abuse began. Accuser went on to become priest. Lott became known for starting charities, with several named after him. Died 2/27/02. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1983
Status: Accused
 
Placed on administrative leave in 10/19 due to an allegation in a lawsuit filed under the NY Child Victims Act of “inappropriate conduct” in the 1980s
Ordained: 1971
Status: Not Guilty
 
Lynch and Marist Bro.Timothy Brady were accused in 1987 of abuse of boys at Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx. Lynch was the school’s chaplain, Brady was acting principal. Lynch returned to Ireland when the investigation began. Indicted in 1988. Brady was convicted. Lynch was tried in 1989 on charges he fondled one former Mount St. Michael’s student; Lynch’s lawyer said it was the boy who made a pass at the priest. Lynch claimed he was subject of witch-hunt because of his AIDS ministry. Found not guilty. Moved to London in 1992; started ministry for closeted gay priests. Order expelled him in 11/11. Not laicized. Lynch announced in 2012 memoir he married a man 14 years earlier. In 2017 working as counselor and spiritual director in London. Lawsuit 11/19 claiming abuse of another boy, age 16, in the Bronx 1978-79.
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry.
Ordained: 1958
Status: Settled
 
From Italy. Arrived in the U.S. in 1952. Attorney Garabedian announced a settlement in 9/13 on behalf of a plaintiff who alleged abuse by Maffei as a 12-year-old boy, when Maffei was assigned to Sacred Heart Retreat House in Ipswich, MA. The abuse allegedly took place at the Marian Shrine in New Rochelle, NY. Died 12/29/09. Included on the Salesians list of credibly accused in 3/20.
Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused
 
Worked in NY, MA, IN, AL. Removed from ministry in 2009. Named publicly as accused by the Salesian order on its list of credibly accused in 3/20. No details given as to when or where the abuse took place, or number of victims. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese for now, where the Salesians’ Eastern Province is based.)
Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused
 
Arrested in 1979 for public lewdness at a rest stop. Removed in 1988 from position as principal of Archbishop Stepinac High School after he was accused of soliciting sex from a young teenage boy. Transferred to three parishes before placed on permanent leave. At least one victim died by suicide. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Laicized. Died in 2012.
Ordained: 1958
Status: Sued
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Died in 1997. Accused in a 9/20 lawsuit fo molesting a boy at The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mount Loretto orphanage 1963-74. The boy became a resident of the orphanage at age 7 or 8 and said he suffered repeated sexual, emotional and physical abuse there by numerous priests and staff members. This was the second lawsuit alleging abuse of a boy by Mangan at the facility.
Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused
 
Worked in WV, FL, MA, OH, NY. Died in 2000. Named publicly as accused by the Salesian order on its list of credibly accused in 3/20. No details given as to when or where the abuse occurred, or how many victims. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese for now, where the Salesians’ Eastern Province is based.)
Ordained: 1979
Status: Accused
 
Deacon. Removed in 8/03, accused of abuse in the early 1980s. Elementary school principal at the time of the alleged abuse. Laicization announced in 9/05. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Marino eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2004.
Ordained: 1937
Status: Sued
 
Accused in a 2/26/04 suit of sexually abusing altar boys at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Manhattan. Three plaintiffs alleged abuse 1955-61, beginning at ages 11, 10, and 13, with one claiming more 200 incidents over five years. Martin also had a disciplinary role at parish grammar school. Suit claims other altar boys were abused, too. Martin died in 1983. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Claims against Martin eligible for the IRCP.
Ordained: 1946
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Mathews eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1993.
Ordained: 1996
Status: Accused
 
Deacon at Church of the Holy Name of Mary in Croton-on-Hudson. Removed in summer 2013 after complaints that he engaged in immoral and illegal conduct with minors as long as 30 years prior. Permanently removed after allegations found credible. No criminal charges due to SOL. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Laicized.
Ordained: 1958
Status: Settled
 
WDC Cardinal Archbishop 2001-06, Newark archbishop 1986-2000, Metuchen bishop 1981-86, NY auxiliary bishop 1977-81. Retired in 2006. Per NY archdiocese 6/20/18, substantiated allegations of abuse of a boy, when NY priest and Cardinal Cooke’s personal secretary in the 1970s. Suspended. Denied abuse. Three prior allegations of misconduct with adults in Newark and Metuchen; settlements with two. In 7/18 a man said McCarrick abused him for 20 years, starting age 11 in 1969. He said he told Pope JPII in 1988 during visit arranged by McCarrick; no action. Sued in 8/19. Resigned from College of Cardinals, Pope accepted 7/28/18. Ordered to live ‘a life of prayer and penance.’ Moved to a friary in Victoria KS, near a school. Vatican ordered a new investigation in 10/18. A third allegation was investigated in 1/19. McCarrick was laicized 2/13/19. In 10/19 he was accused of abuse of at least 7 boys 1970-90. Named in 12/19 lawsuits, one claiming abuse of a teen NJ boy in the mid-’90s. A suit in 7/20 claims abuse in a beach house sex ring. New suits in 8/20 and 9/20. McCarrick was charged 7/28/21 with sexually assaulting a boy, age 16, in MA in 1974. His accuser said McCarrick was a family friend who often joined the family on trips, and that McCarrick sexually abused him in NJ, NY, CA and MA.
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused
 
Auxiliary bishop. Resigned in 2002 after admitting to affairs with women. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19 of “Clergy Credibly Accused of Sexual Abuse of a Minor or the Subject of Eligible IRCP Compensation Claims.”
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/19. Allegations of abuse in the 1970s reported in 2005 and 2018. Assigned to Fordham University in the Bronx 1956-92. Worked at Loyola High School in Baltimore MD 1946-49. McCarthy died in 1997. Added to Baltimore archdiocese’s list 4/24/19.
Ordained: 1970
Status: Convicted
 
High school teacher, boys’ camp director, parish priest. Salesians’ Eastern US Provincial 1985-91. Worked in MA, IN, NY, LA, FL, OH. Removed from St. Petersburg FL Catholic HS in 2002 after accusation of sexually harassing girl. Active at Marian Shrine, Stony Point NY by 2005. Order settled in the 2000s with a man alleging rape at age 14 on trip to Rome in 1975. Order announced in 8/09 settlement with 3 men alleging abuse in the late 1970s at Salesian Junior Seminary in Goshen, NY. Three others then came forward. At least 16 civil suits. Arrested 8/12 in NY, charged with rape of boy ages 9-10 in 1981-82 at Ipswich MA camp. Convicted 11/14. Sentenced to 8-10 years in prison. Convicted 8/15 of abuse of boy, ages 6-8, at the camp in early 1980s; sentenced to another 8-10 years’ prison, to run concurrently with term already serving. Added to New Orleans archdiocese’s list 12/19 (AP asked why it was missing). On Salesians list in 3/20. Added 2/20 to Columbus diocese’s list. Died 4/2/20.
Ordained: 1963
Status: Settled
 
Monsignor. Accused publicly in 1/19 by two sisters, who said McDonagh sexually abused them over 5 years beginning in 1972 when one was age 13 and the other age 7. The family were Our Lady of Refuge parishioners in the Bronx, where McDonagh was newly assigned. The abuse allegedly occurred in the girls’ home when McDonagh would “bless” the girls in bed. McDonagh was later secretary to Cardinals Cooke and then O’Connor. The girls’ mother reportedly told Rev. Benedict Groeschel of the abuse in the 1990s, to no avail. McDonagh died in 4/99. Groeschel said in 2012 that victims of abuse were seducers of priests. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Claims against McDonagh eligible for IRCP. Settlements announced for each of the two alleged victims in 7/19. One of the sisters said that a third, older sister, was also a target of McDonagh.
Ordained: 1930
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against McGirr eligible for the IRCP. Died 1949.
Status: Sued

 

Named as an alleged abuser of a teenage boy in NJ at some point after 1975 in unrelated 2005 civil suit. Plaintiff’s appeal was dismissed by the NY Supreme Court in 10/09. McGovern was at Blessed Sacrament High School 1973-77 and in residence there 1994-98. He was working at St. Joseph’s care residence in 2005. In 2011 he was co-leader of the annual Edmund Rice Youth Camp at Brother Rice High School. Died 10/12/16.
Ordained: 1939
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese, which is where the province is based.) Died in 1994. Added to Columbus diocese’s list 12/3/19.
Status: Accused

 

Named as accused in the PA Grand Jury report released 8/14/18. Priest of the Archdiocese of New York, living and working as chaplain in the summer of 2014 at the Elysburg PA Monastery. The Mother of the Monastery informed the Harrisburg diocese that she had found out that McLucas had sexually abused a 14-year-old girl and had a sexual “relationship” with her into her adulthood. The NY archdiocese received a report of the abuse in 2012. The Harrisburg diocese revoked McLucas’s faculties. Per the NY archdiocese upon release of its list 4/26/19, “the victim stated in a court filing that she was not a minor when the sexual activity occurred.”
Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused
 
Deacon. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against McNeill eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2006.
Status: Accused

 

Religious Brother, professed 1957. Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Priory on its list in late 2018. Allegation established in 2017; no indication as to where or when alleged abuse occurred. (Placing this entry in the archdiocese of New York, where the Province is based.) McSherry received a dispensation from his vows in 1979. Died 2009.
Ordained: 1964
Status: Settled
 
Named publicly in 8/18 as credibly accused of having sexually abused a boy age 14-16 multiple times at Cardinal Hayes HS in the early 1980s. Meehan worked at the HS 1980-85 and was a guidance counselor. Also assigned to a number of Manhattan parishes, including St. Charles Borromeo, until 2017. His alleged victim received a settlement via the archdiocese’s compensation program. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Canonical process pending.
Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Melican eligible for the IRCP. Left ministry. Died 2002.
Ordained: 1988
Status: Sued
 
Removed from parish in 1997 after lawsuit alleged he raped a 17-year-old boy. Shown as absent on leave for several years in Official Catholic Directories.In 2002 a reporter found him celebrating masses in Manhattan and, on occasion, teaching school. Mills counter-sued his accuser. Lawsuit still pending in 2002. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Laicized.
Ordained: 1957
Status: Sued
 
Accused in a 4/21 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy, ages 9-11, in 1964-66. The boy was a student and altar boy at St. Sylvester School and Parish. Allegedly on one occasion, when the boy slept over in the rectory during a snowstorm, Mojecki spiked the boy’s tea with a drug and raped him. Per the lawsuit, the boy told his teacher, Sr. Immaculata, who did nothing. Mojecki died 1/18/85.
Ordained: 1919
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Murphy eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1959.
Ordained: 1951
Status: Sued
 
Accused in 2/26/04 lawsuit of sexually abusing a girl 1973-79, starting when she was age 9. Alleged abuse occurred weekly or biweekly in the St. Anthony’s rectory in Nanuet NY, where he was pastor, and at a house during vacations with the girl’s family when the rest of the family was at the beach. Netter was made monsignor in 1986. He died 4/11/98. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Claims against Netter eligible for the IRCP.
Ordained: 1981
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in 2/19. Removed from ministry 7/22/02. Laicized 11/25/11. Died 1/25/19.
Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused
 
Worked in New York, Guam and Hawaii. Accused in a 2008 letter to Order’s NY provincial of abusing a boy 1961-66, when the boy attended St. Mary’s Seminary High School in Glenclyffe, NY. The accuser produced correspondence that substantiated his claim, including an apology from Nowak. Order has paid for counseling for him. Faculties had been removed in 2004 for past allegations that “arose elsewhere.” Nowak worked in almost every parish in Guam staffed by his Order. Retired and living in Guam at Capuchin Friary in 4/17; there since at least 2007.
Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2002.
Ordained: 1956
Status: Settled
 
On 1/30/97, the Jesuits, the NY Archdiocese, and Fordham Prep settled for $25K a suit alleging that O’Brien sexually abused a boy in the early 1970s. O’Brien was principal of Fordham Prep 1960-80 and of Fairfield Prep in the Bridgeport diocese 1983-85. He also worked at St. Peter’s Prep in the Newark archdiocese 1959-60, and in 1995-2002 was president of the fundraising foundation for the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Included on the Northeast Jesuits list 1/15/19. It notes that O’Brien admitted to allegations reported in 1993 of abuse of minors beginning in the 1960s. “Impeded” in 2002. O’Brien died in 2019.
Status: Sued

 

Sued 2005. Accused of abuse of plaintiff beginning in 1979 and lasting until 1982. At the time, plaintiff was a member of the Congregation of Christian Brothers. He also alleged abuse by at least two others in the order and sexual harassment and retaliation others in future assignments. NY Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit 10/09 on SOL as to claims against O’Brien.
Ordained: 1951
Status: Accused
 
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against O’Brien eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2014.
Ordained: 1956
Status: Settled
 
Parish priest in Manhattan, Mt. Vernon, Larchmont. Long-time Boys Scouts chaplain; National Catholic Committee on Scouting chair 1973-75; assistant director then director of Archdiocesan Catholic Youth Organizations 1973-78. Msgr. Died 11/21/84 at age 54. Accused of forcefully sodomizing a 12-year-old boy scout in 1973 at Camp Spes Mundi in Hope Falls NY. Accuser received settlement, announced 5/17. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Status: Sued

 

Two former students at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx came forward 4/12 to allege they were abused in mid-1980s by O’Connor, then Dean of Discipline. He left the school in 1987 and, as of 2012, left the Irish Christian Brothers “within the past few years.” The order filed bankruptcy 4/11, which opened the doors for the allegations to be made. O’Connor was also a teacher and principal at Power Memorial Academy in New York. Included on the order’s list of former and deceased brothers with at least two claims of sexual abuse against them, as required by its bankruptcy settlement in 2014.

Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused
 
Accused in early 2019 of sexually abusing a minor in the 1990s. The archdiocese reportedly learned of the allegation from the Orange County NY D.A. O’Hare denied the allegation. Placed on leave pending investigation.
Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued
 
Laicized in 1993. Accused in 2/26/04 suit of sexually abusing a boy in 1980 at Cardinal Hayes H.S. in the Bronx. O’Herlihy had learned that the boy was being abused by a Catholic counselor, and allegedly used the knowledge to gain access. Suit claims that other boys were abused by O’Herlihy at the school. Dismissed on SOL 2006. In 3/09 he was found working as assistant principal at Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day H.S. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Died in 2013.
Ordained: 1972
Status: Settled
 
Monsignor. Pastor of Pearl River NY parish. Educator most of career in Bronx and White Plains. Suspended 12/15 after allegation of sex abuse of a boy in early 1980s. O’Keefe was a teacher and guidance counselor at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx at the time, and his accuser was a student. Abuse alleged to have occurred twice – once in NY and once in VA. O’Keefe denied allegations. Investigations by DAs in NY and VA led to removal. Two more male accusers, allegations found credible. No charges due to SOL. Investigation by church initiated. Permanent removal by the archdiocese announced 9/16 by plaintiff’s attorney. Settlements with alleged victims 5/17 and 10/17 as part of archdiocese’s compensation program. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Laicized.
Ordained: 1984
Status: Sued
 
Monsignor. Teacher, guidance counselor, parish priest. Accused publicly in 3/19 by one of five men who said Paddack abused them as boys in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island, 1988-2002. The man said he was a Cardinal Hayes HS student in 1996 when Paddack molested him during counseling. Another accuser had come forward in 2012; the Archdiocese’s Lay Review Board deemed his claims “unsubstantiated.” Paddack denied the allegations. Remained in ministry. An eighth accuser spoke out in 6/19. Paddack resigned from his parish 7/2/19. Lawsuit 7/19 by man claiming church covered up Paddack and Rev. Donald Timone’s histories of abusing and kept them in ministry. Suit filed 8/19 claims abuse of a 16-year-old male student of St. Joseph by-the Sea HS on Staten Island 2001-02. Four new suits in 7/20 claim abuse of teen boys 1987-90, 1990-93, 1995-97, 2002-03. Two more suits in 5/21, claiming abuse 1987-89 and 1996-98. New suit 5/21.
Ordained: 1950
Status: Sued
 
Monsignor. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a boy, age 12 or 13, in about 1966-68, at St. Anthony of Padua on Staten Island. The boy was an organist for the parish; some of the abuse allegedly occurred during mass while the boy was alone in the choir loft.
Ordained: 1968
Status: Sued
 
Included in the 8/14/18 PA Grand Jury report. Per Greensburg diocese file, complaint early 1985, then counseling with a Fr. Benedict. Eval 5/85 at St. Luke’s in MD. Sent to Paracletes in NM for treatment 7/85. Admitted to molesting about 35 boys over 17 years. NY archdiocese requested Greensburg PA diocese accept Parrakow; worked in Greensburg diocese 1986-89, without restrictions. Complaint 1/89 of behavior in PA with teen boy, suspended 2/89. NY archdiocese located him at Green Haven Correctional Facility in 1993. Laicized 2004. Accused in a 2/26/04 suit of abuse of two brothers in early 1970s. One claimed the abuse, including oral rape, began when he was age 10, and that Parrakow plied him with alcohol and porn. Suit accused Parrakow of transporting a third boy to PA in 1975 and abusing him there. On NY archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1929
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Parsons eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2002.
Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Died in 2002.
Ordained: 1942
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Phillips eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2000.
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Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

From Ecuador. Attached to the NY Archdiocese 1999-2000. Charged 9/02 with groping a 16-year-old altar boy at a Manhattan church. Pleaded guilty in 6/03 to endangering the welfare of child. Sentenced to 5 days of community service. Archdiocese said he did not have permission to be working at the church.
Ordained: 1966
Status: Convicted
 
In 1977 two brothers told the archdiocese that Pipala abused and raped them. The boys were Moore Catholic High School students on Staten Island, where Pipala taught 1975-77. Admitted abuse. Sent to treatment. Reassigned to St. Joseph’s in Croton Falls where he again abused. Moved to Sacred Heart in Monroe in 1981. Ran youth programs. Named pastor in 1988 of St. John in Goshen. At both parishes had “secret club” for boys, plied them with alcohol, pills, cigarettes and porn. Removed 1992. Convicted in 1993 of sodomy. Served 7 years in prison on state and federal charges. Released in 7/2000. Named in several civil suits. Laicized in 2005. Died in 2013. On NY archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Suit filed in 1/20 under the NY Child Victims Act, claiming abuse of a boy, age 12, in 1989 at St. John’s, and that he abused over 50 boys while at the parish, including “violent, sadistic rape.” Three more suits filed in 1/20. At least 10 filed suit as of 2/14/20 under the new law.
Ordained: 1987
Status: Reinstated
 
Started as a a religious order brother in Steubenville OH, left for three years to become a nurse, then ordained for the Steubenville diocese. Transferred in 1991 to the Rockville Centre diocese to be near his ailing mother, briefly to Brooklyn, then to the Archdiocese of New York. ‘Absent on Leave’ while at parish in Rockville Centre. Accused of inappropriately touching 17-year-old boy in 1/06 on Staten Island. Placed on leave in 3/06; faculties removed in 6/06 per recommendation of Archdiocesan Review Board. Pliauplis appealed to Vatican; archdiocese announced in 6/08 that church court had cleared him and he returned to ministry 7/1/08, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Assisted there until at least 2011; in 5/17 he had been ‘On Leave of Absence’ since 2012.
Ordained: 1982
Status: Sued
 
Made perpetual vows for the Congregation of Christian Brothers (Irish Christian Brothers) in 1965. Taught in Canada, Italy, U.S. Principal of Blessed Sacrament High in New Rochelle 1976-79; named in a civil suit as having abused boys there. Left the Christian Brothers and was ordained for Diocese of Bridgeport CT in 1982. Worked as spiritual director in a number of high schools and in parishes as an assistant. As of 8/12 he had been accused by three individuals in a bankruptcy case filed by the Irish Christian Brothers in NY court. Allegations were over 30 years old. Included on the order’s list of former and deceased brothers with at least two claims of sexual abuse against them, as required by its bankruptcy settlement in 2014. Retired by 2015 and living in retired priests residence in Stamford CT. Added to Albany diocese’s list 12/4/19.
Status: Accused

 

Suspended in 9/14 from assignment at American Martyrs parish in Queens after accusation he sexually abused a male St. Francis Prep student in 2003. D.A. launched investigation. Status of case unknown in 5/16.
 
Ordained: 1981
Status: Convicted
 
Assignments in Manhattan, Staten Island and Stony Point. Pled guilty in 12/94 to offering several teenage boys in Haverstraw Village money for sex. Received probation and sent to treatment in Maryland for “alcoholism.” Absent on Leave until laicized in 12/05. Last known to be living in Brick, NJ. Died 4/04/10. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.
Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused
 
Accused in two separate complaints filed with the archdiocese compensation program in 9/17 and 10/17 of the sexual abuse of boys, one under age 11 1990-1996, the other age 12-14 in 1999-2001. The incidents allegedly occurred while Quinn was assigned to Our Lady of Mercy in the Bronx. He denied the allegations.
Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Quinn eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2004.
Status: Accused

 

Named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list updated 11/5/18. Deceased (Italy).
Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Reinheimer eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2010.
Ordained: 1966
Status: Sued
 
Accused in 2/26/04 suit of forcing a 16-year-old girl to have intercourse and, when she got pregnant, offering her money from the NY parish collection and urging her to get an abortion. Rios knew the girl from catechism class, offered her GED tutoring, and then used a confidence about her violent father to begin the abuse and coerce her silence. Another priest promised to help her but didn’t. Rios also worked in the dioceses of Worcester MA, San Juan PR, and perhaps Boston MA.
Ordained: 1956
Status: Sued
 

Established Covenant House in Greenwich Village in the early 1970s as a shelter and foundation for homeless and troubled youth. Complaints of sexual abuse of teen boys date back as far as the 1950s. Complaints documented in book, “Broken Covenant” by C. Sennott, 1992. Civil suit. Forced to resign in 1990 after allegations. Refused counseling, resigned from the order in 1991, reportedly joined an overseas diocese. Died in 1999. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 7/21 in Manhattan of sexually abusing a boy, ages 13-16, beginning in 1981. His accuser, who was a Covenant House resident, said that Ritter gave him gifts and clothing, and that the abuse included forcing him to have sex with other men, including Covenant House donors. 

Ordained: 1986
Status: Settled
 
From Puerto Rico. Among four priests accused of abuse of a boy, age 16, by giving him money for sex. Civil suit filed in 2000 was settled prior to 2002. May have continued active ministry in Puerto Rico.
Status: Settled

 

Civil suit settled in 2001. Among four priests accused of abuse of a boy, age 16, by giving him money for sex. Sent for psychiatric evaluation. Returned to Puerto Rico where he may have continued in active ministry.
Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled
 
Joined Salesians in 1958, ordained 1966. Accused in a 12/13 suit of sexual abuse of a boy age 14 at the Salesian minor seminary in Goshen NY, where Rooney taught theology and physics and was the financial administrator. The alleged abuse included removing the boy’s clothing, touching and fondling the boy’sbuttocks and genitals skin-on-skin, and masturbating on the boy. Boy was also allegedly abused by Rooney on a school bus trip from Don Bosco Technical High School in Boston to Sacred Heart Retreat House in Ipswich. The complaint also alleged abuse of the boy in 1978 by Fr Joseph Maffei SDB and in 1981 by Bro Alan Scheneman SDB. Rooney was listed on the website of Boston attorney Garabedian 10/31/14 after a settlement during the year previous. The Salesians confirmed a monetary settlement had been reached. Rooney worked in the Boston, Gary, Paterson, New Orleans, New York, Newark, and Birmingham (arch)dioceses. Laicized in 2008. Lawsuit 2/20 in NJ. On Salesians list in 3/20.
Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Roos eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2015.
Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/19. It notes allegations received in 2001 of abuse of a minor in the 1980s, and that Roos admitted the abuse. “Restricted” in 2001, “impeded” in 2019. Included in 1/21 on the Diocese of Fall River’s list of accused, where he was assigned at some point to Bishop Connolly High School.
Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/19. It notes reports in 2003 and 2014 of the abuse of minors in the 19802-90s. Left the Jesuits in 2002.
Ordained: 1938
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Ryan eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1968.
Ordained: 1933
Status: Accused
 
Worked in NY, FL LA. Died in 1969. Named publicly as accused in 3/20 by the Salesians order on its list of credibly accused. No details given as tho when or where the abuse took place, or number of victims. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese for now, where the Salesians’ Eastern Province is based.)
Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as credibly accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. It notes he was removed from ministry, and laicized.
Ordained: 1970
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/19. It notes allegations received in 1994 of abuse of minors 1985-94. Scanlon admitted to the abuse. “Restricted” in 1994, “impeded” in 2011.
Status: Settled
 
Professed vows as a Salesian brother in 1978. Left the order in 1982. Accused in a 12/16/13 lawsuit of repeated sexual abuse of a boy age 15 at the Salesian minor seminary in Goshen NY. The alleged abuse included masturbating the boy’s penis skin-on-skin. The complaint also alleged abuse of the boy by Fr Joseph Maffei SDB and Fr Sean Rooney SDB at the same seminary. Scheneman was listed on the website of Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian on 10/31/14 after a settlement during the year previous. The Salesians confirmed that a monetary settlement had been reached. Included in 3/20 on the Salesians list of credibly accused.
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused
 
Professed vows as a Salesian brother in 1957. Ordained for the order in 1968. Worked in FL, MA, LA, NJ, Rome Italy. Died in 2/6/20. Named publicly as accused in 3/20 by the Salesian order on its list of credibly accused. No details as to when or where the abuse occurred, or number of victims. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese for now, where the Salesians Easter Province is based.)
Ordained: 1961
Status: Sued
 
Professed vows in 1950 as a Marianist, New York Province, ordained in 1961. Worked in MD, NY, NJ, PA. Laicized in 1997. Included on the Marianists’ 6/24/20 list of those “found to have sexually abused a minor.” Added to the Baltimore archdiocese’s list in 2020. A lawsuit filed 1/6/21 alleges abuse by Sheehan and Bro. Al Koch of a girl, age 14, in summer 1974. The girl was a volunteer camp counselor at the Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point.
Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Shine eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1991.
Status: Sued

 

Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 of sexually abusing a 7-year-old in about 1973-74 at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lancaster. Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis ran the parish school, per the 1974 Official Catholic Directory.
Status: Sued

 

Sisters of St. Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 of sexually abusing two girls at the The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mount Loretto orphanage. The girls were a resident of the orphanage. Her accusers also alleged sexual abuse at the facility by other nuns and priests.
Status: Sued

 

Sisters of St. Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 of sexually abusing a girl at the The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mount Loretto orphanage. The girl was a resident of the orphanage. She also alleged sexual abuse by Sisters Helen, Georgine and Rev. Edmund Fogarty.
Status: Sued

 

Sisters of St. Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 of sexually abusing a girl at the The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mount Loretto orphanage. The girl was a resident of the orphanage 1953-67. She also alleged sexual abuse at the facility by Sisters Helen, Virginia Marie and Father Horry.
Status: Accused

 

Member of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin. Accused in a 6/19 court filing of repeatedly sexually abusing a girl in the early 1960s at Mount Loretto on Staten Island. Her accuser said she was a resident of the facility at ages 6 -11, during 1960-66. She said she was also physically abused almost daily by the nun and Sisters Agnes, Helen, Juanita and Philip-Marie, and a Mrs. Hartman.
Status: Sued

 

Sisters of St. Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/19 of sexually abusing a girl at the The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mount Loretto orphanage. The girl was a resident of the orphanage 1953-67. She also alleged sexual abuse by Sisters Helen, Sister Juanita and Father Horry. Sister Juanita Marie is also accused of severely beating the plaintiff’s sister, once so severely that the girl had convulsions and needed transport by ambulance.
Status: Accused

 

Professed vows as a Salesian brother in 1966. Worked in FL, LA, NJ. Left the order in 1979. Included in 3/20 on the Salesians’ list of credibly accused. No details given as to time or place of abuse, or number of victims. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese for now, where the order’s Eastern Province is based.)
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused
 
Assigned to Salesian schools in NY and NJ. Died in 2008. Named publicly by the Salesian order in 3/20 on its list of credibly accused. No details given as to when or where the abuse occurred, or number of victims. (Placing him for now in the NY archdiocese, where the Salesians’ Eastern Province is based.)
Ordained: 1967
Status: Settled
 
First complaint to the archdiocese in 1988 of abuse of a boy. The boy’s parents complained again in 1995 when they learned Stinner was still active. Removed in 1997 after abuse allegation became public. Archdiocese paid large settlement but never turned investigative report over to police. Began saying mass again but this privilege was removed in 2002. Said to be at least 10 victims; abuse said to have included rape. Laicized 2005. Settlement with alleged victims 5/17 and 10/17 as part of archdiocese’s compensation program. Died in 8/17. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Settlement 2/20 in the low six figures in a suit claiming abuse of a boy, age 14, in 1972 while assigned to Burke High School. The boy was a student.
Ordained: 1933
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Sullivan eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1977.
Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Sullivan eligible for the IRCP. Entered Society of Jesus (Jesuits) after high school in 1938. Entered Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) as “Fr. Ignatius” in RI in 1946. Made solemn vows 1948, ordained 1950. Became Archdiocese of NY priest in 1973. Retired 1995. Died in 2005.
Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Tagliente eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1990.
Ordained: 1998
Status: Convicted
 
One of 4 priests accused of abusing teenage boy 1996-98 at St. Simon Stock in the Bronx. The boy worked in rectory as a secretary; said the priests plied him with alcohol and porn, offered him money for sex, had him watch them group masturbate and threatened him with harm if he told. Transferred out 1999 after family went to archdiocese and Order. Assigned as chaplain to psychiatric hospital in Middletown NY while living at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish. Suspended 2001 after publicity about the case. Supported by Order through at least 2002. Arrested 2002 for harassing young man he met at NYC gay bar. Arrested again in 7/05 for taking erotic photos of a 15-year-old boy and approaching another boy for the same. Convicted 3/30/06. Sentenced 6/06 to 5-15 years in prison. May also have offended while working in Peru prior to ordination.
Ordained: 1982
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. It notes Taylor was removed from ministry, and that the Review Board found an allegation credible and substantiated. Also, Taylor was laicized, and in 4/19 an appeal of his laicization was pending.
Ordained: 1953
Status: Settled
 
Assigned to parishes in Manhattan, Staten Island, Garnersville and the Bronx. Allegations of abuse of male minors began to surface in 1987. Archdiocese settled with 3 men in 1994 who claimed abuse by Theisen in the early 1980s when they were teens. Each received $20K and were made to sign confidentiality agreements. Sent to the Servants of the Paraclete in NM for treatment. Voluntarily laicized in 1994. Died 1/25/13. Subject of settlement 10/27 as part of archdiocese’s compensation plan. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. On Dodge City diocese’s list 10/1/19, where he was assigned 10/88-5/89 to the Dominican Convent and Central KS Medical Center in Great Bend.
Ordained: 1960
Status: Settled
 
News in 12/18 that Timone was accused in 2002 and 2003 of abuse late 1960s-early 1970s of teen boys he was counseling. Suspended, then returned to ministry. One of his alleged victims died by suicide in 1/15. Subject of two IRCP settlements in 2017. Remained in ministry. Suspended in 12/18 after publicity. NY archdiocesan review board to revisit the case. Had also been working at times as a chaplain, spiritual advisor and teacher at John Paul the Great Catholic University in CA, and assisting at a Rancho Santa Fe CA parish. The NY archdiocese told the University 12/18 that Timone had never been accused and was fit to serve, even though he was then being investigated. Longtime chaplain for Courage and Encourage International, an apostolate to help homosexuals “live chaste lives.” On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Review Board process pending. Lawsuit 7/19 by man claiming church covered up Timone and Msgr. John Paddack’s histories of abusing and kept them in ministry.
Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Removed from ministry. Died in 2014. Laicization process pending at time of death.
Ordained: 1966
Status: Accused
 
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Jesuits Northeast Province on its list 1/15/19. It notes an allegation received in 1992 of abuse of a minor in 1971. “Impeded” in 2002. Died in 2016.
Status: Accused

 

Religious Brother. Named publicly as accused by the Dominicans St. Joseph Province on its list in late 2018. Profession 1961. Departed when not approved for vows in 1967. No indication as to when or where the alleged abuse occurred. (Placing him in the NY archdiocese, which is where the province is based.)
Ordained: 1951
Status: Sued
 
Named NY auxiliary bishop in 1977. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 11/19, along with Rev. Donald Whelan, of sexually abusing a boy 1974-84, while both men were assigned to St. Patrick’s in Newburgh. Vaughn died 6/25/2000.
Ordained: 1958
Status: Sued
 
Accused in a lawsuit filed in 1/20 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing a boy, age 15 or 16, in the late 1960s. The boy was an Archbishop Stepinac High School student, where Vincent was assigned 1966-72. Per the lawsuit, Vincent “sat on [the boy’s] lap, touched him and made ‘sexual contact’ in front of other students.” The Crosier Review Committee determined that it did “not believe this accusation fits the definition of sexual abuse of a minor as stated by the Conference of Major Superiors of Men.”
Ordained: 1936
Status: Accused
 
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Died in 1998.
Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused
 
Named as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Kearns were eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1985.
Ordained: 1976
Status: Sued
 
Monsignor. Archdiocesan Director of Priest Personnel Office. Placed on administrative leave in 10/10 due to an allegation in a lawsuit filed under the NY Child Victims act that Weber sodomized, fondled and had oral sex with a boy, ages 11-16, during 1978-83 while assigned to St. Sylvester’s on Staten Island.
Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused
 
Deacon. Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Claims against Weckbach eligible for the IRCP. Died in 1995.
Ordained: 1957
Status: Sued
 
Accused in a 2/26/04 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy 1964-65, beginning when the boy was age 12. The abuse allegedly occurred in the rectory of St. John Vianney in the Bronx and on overnight beach trips, and included anal penetration. (The suit misspells the priest’s name as Whalen.) Died in 1987. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. Claims against Whelan eligible for IRCP. In 11/19 lawsuit, accused along with Auxiliary Bishop Austin Vaughan, of sexually abusing a boy in 1979 while both men were assigned to St. Patrick’s in Newburgh.
Ordained: 1983
Status: Sued
 
Monsignor. Pastor of St. Vito-Most Holy Trinity in Mamaroneck when placed on leave in 10/19 after accused in a lawsuit filed under the NY Child Victims Act. The allegations dated to the 1980s, when he was assigned to Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. White denied the allegations. Died ih 12/19.
Ordained: 1958
Status: Settled
 
Report to archdiocese in 1997 of abuse White of a 17-year-old male high school student and continuing for three years in the 1970s. Settlement in 1998 for $100K. White was working in Palm Beach, FL when accusations made. Allowed to continue working after evaluation until 2002; removed from teaching position at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, FL. Accused in a 2/26/04 civil suit of abuse of a boy, ages 9-11 in 1959-61 at Holy Cross parish in Manhattan. Laicized. On NY archdiocese’s list 4/26/19. New suit filed 8/19 alleging abuse 1972-73 of a boy in Rye, ages 11-12.
Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused
 
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 4/26/19. Claims against Wilkinson eligible for the IRCP. Died in 2005.
Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused
 
Monsignor. Named publicly as credibly accused by archdiocese in 9/18 of the sexual abuse of a minor. Pastor of St. Joseph in Kingston 1982-1994, pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Saugerties 1994-2009, Regional vicar of Ulster County 1989-2010. Retired in 2011. On archdiocese’s list 4/29/19. In 6/19 the archdiocese announced that a canonical trial deemed Williams not guilty. He was not to be returned to ministry due to his “age and health.”
Ordained: 1938
Status: Settled
 
Monsignor. Cardinal Hayes High School teacher 1942-1969. Died 2/1/72. Subject of a 10/17 settlement as part of the archdiocese’s compensation fund. On archdiocese’s list 4/26/19.

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