Diocese publishes list of priests dismissed over abuse accusations

ROCHESTER (NY)
WHEC

[includes the entire list]

The Rochester Diocese has published a list of 23 priests who have been dismissed over the past decade over accusations of sex abuse.

Below is the full list of priests, provided by the Diocese of Rochester website:

1. Cases concluded canonically by dismissal or prayer and penance. The clerics whose names are included in this section, at the end of a canonical process, either have been dismissed from the clerical state or assigned to a life of prayer and penance, with no public ministry possible
Thomas Burr Prayer and Penance
Thomas Corbett Prayer and Penance
Eugene Emo Dismissed from the clerical state
Robert Hammond Prayer and Penance
William Lum Prayer and Penance
Dennis Sewar Dismissed from the clerical state
David Simon Prayer and Penance
Francis Vogt Prayer and Penance
Robert Winterkorn Prayer and Penance

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