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By Lanning Taliaferro (Patch Staff) – September 27, 2016
PEARL RIVER, NY — Timothy Cardinal Dolan has permanently removed Monsignor John O’Keefe, who had been the priest at St. Margaret of Antioch, from the ministry, the New York Daily News reports.
However, the lawyer for O’Keefe’s alleged victim told the paper that he was concerned that the archdiocese has not shared its findings with the public because it could put more children at risk.
The lawyer is Mitchell Garabedian, whose work on behalf of the victims of priest sex abuse was portrayed in the award-winning movie “Spotlight.” Garabedian told the Daily News that the archdiocese let him know in August that O’Keefe had been permanently removed from his duties.
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