Eight Catholic Priests Accused of Sex Abuse: Which Churches Did They Work For?

By Meaghan M. McDermott
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
June 14, 2018

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/06/14/eight-catholic-priests-accused-sex-abuse-which-churches-did-they-work/676240002/

Attorney Mitchell Garabedian announced on June 6 that 15 men and two women have alleged they were sexually abused as children by eight priests assigned to parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester between 1950 and 1978.

Three of the accused priests have been publically identified in the past: Eugene Emo, David P. Simon and Francis H. Vogt. Emo and Simon were removed from their ministry and Vogt has since died.

Here are the priests identified by Garabedian and their assignment history within the Diocese of Rochester:

Fr. Thomas Valenti

1976: St. Mary of the Lake, Ontario, Wayne County.

1977: Holy Apostle, Rochester.

1978-1980: Blessed Sacrament, Rochester.

1981-1983: On special assignment," Diocese of Rochester, Gates.

1984-1989: St. Louis Church, Pittsford (in residence).

1990-1993 Becket Hall, Rochester (residence for priesthood candidates).

1994: Diocesan Office of Campus Ministry, Rochester.

1995-1997: Diocesan Office of Campus Ministry, Catholic Community of Ithaca College, Rochester, Ithaca, Tompkins County.

1998-2003: Notre Dame, Archdiocese of New York.

2005-2014: Church of St. John the Baptist, Yonkers.

2015-present: Blessed Trinity and St. Patrick churches in Owego.

Fr. Richard J. Orlando

1951-1954: St. Francis Xavier, Rochester.

1955: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Rochester.

1956-1958: St. Anthony of Padua, Rochester.

1959-1963: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Rochester.

1964-1966: St. Helen, Rochester.

1969-1993: St. Michael, Lyons, Wayne County.

1994: Retired.

2006: Died.

Fr. Francis H. Vogt

1951-1953: St. Salome, Irondequoit.

1954-1977: St. Bridget, Rochester.

1978-1982: St. Anne, Palmyra.

1983: retired.

(Assigned to a life of prayer and penance).

Fr. David P. Simon

1968-1972: St. Patrick Church Victor, Ontario County.

1973-1975: Chaplain, DeSales High School, Geneva.

1976-1977: St. Augustine Church, Rochester.

1978: St. Mary Church, Dansville.

1979-1983: Holy Name of Jesus Church, Rochester.

1984-1999: St. Margaret Mary Church, Apalachin.

2000-2002: St. Paul Church, Webster.

(Assigned to a life of prayer and penance)

Fr. Stuart Hogan

1951-1961: St. James Church, Waverly.

1962-1965: St. Gregory Church, Marion.

1966: retired.

1985: Died.

Fr. Charles J. McCarthy

No records available prior to 1951

1951-1959: St. Bernard Seminary, Rochester.

1960-1964: St. Patrick Church, Marion, Wayne County.

1965-1971: St. Andrew Church, Rochester.

1971: Died.

Fr. Gary P. Shaw

1973: St. John Church, Clyde.

1974-1977: St. Margaret Mary, Rochester.

1978-1983: Not indexed.

Fr. Eugene G. Emo

1961-1963: St. Patrick Church, Owego.

1963-1968: St. Cecilia Church, Rochester.

1968-1973: St. Mary Church, Dansville.

1973-1974: St. Margaret Mary Church, Apalachin.

1974-1975: St. Michael Church, Newark.

1976-1982: Chaplain, St. James Mercy Hospital, Hornell.

1982: St. James Mercy Hospital; St. Mary Church, Geneseo; St. Francis DeSales Church, Geneva.

1983-1986: St. Francis DeSales Church.

1987: St. Francis DeSales Church; Holy Rosary Church, Rochester; St. Januarius Church, Naples.

1988-1993 St. Januarius Church. Placed on administrative leave in August.

1994: Returns from leave, in residence at Holy Trinity in Webster, named part-time chaplain at Mercy Health and Rehab in Auburn in October, resigns that post in December.

1995: Holy Trinity, Webster; becomes part-time chaplain at Canandaigua Veterans Affairs Medical Center in January, full-time in June.

1996: In residence at Holy Trinity; arrested Feb. 2, at Blessed Sacrament Church in Rochester. Charged with second-degree sexual abuse. He was "removed from the clerical state" in 1996 and pleaded guilty to a felony charge of first-degree sexual abuse in 1997.