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Summary of Case: Gregory Yacyshyn was ordained for the Rockville Centre diocese in 1998. He assisted in parishes in Greenlawn and Bay Shore before being named pastor of a Mastic Beach parish in 2007. Yacyshyn was accused in a lawsuit filed in January 2015 of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl in 2003, around the time of the girl’s first communion. He denied the abuse. When her parents learned of the accusations they informed the diocese and law enforcement. Yacyshyn was kept in ministry. The diocese called her claims, “an unfortunate publicity stunt.” In April 2016 another lawsuit was filed, this time by a 20-year-old man who alleged sexual abuse by Yacyshyn when he was 5 to 7 years-old in 2001-2003. Again, Yachshyn denied the allegations. In May 2016 he remains in ministry.
Ordained: 1998
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