Local Priests Accused of Sexually Abusing Children

News10NBC
June 6, 2018

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An attorney representing victims in the our area says eight priests assigned in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester are accused of sexually abusing children over almost three decades. The attorney released names of the priests. A list of dispositions against the Diocese of Rochester can be found here.

There are new allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in the Diocese of Rochester.

On Wednesday, the lawyer who helped break the abuse scandal in Boston and whose role was portrayed in the movie “Spotlight” was in Rochester with the names of eight priests, including five never before published.

Many of the eight priests are now dead. However, one is still the pastor of a church in the Diocese. Our news partner, News10NBC is not naming him or the other priest believed to be alive because they have not been charged with the crime of sexual abuse.

But in front of the steps of Sacred Heart Cathedral, attorney Mitchell Garabedian said 17 people have come forward this year telling him they were abused by the eight priests.

“These priests were transferred from parish to parish to parish, which is typical of the Diocese or Archdiocese and the Catholic Church,” Garabedian said.

Garabedian said the abuse happened between 1950 and 1978. He said during that 28-year window the victims ranged in age from five to 18, and two of the 17 alleged victims are women.