QUEENS (NY)
New York Daily News
November 20, 2017
By Stephen Rex Brown
More than 30 victims now say they were abused by a Queens priest known by students as “Father Pervert,” “The Pig” and “Lurch.”
Attorney Mitchell Garabedian says he is representing 34 women and one man who allege they were sexually abused by the Rev. Adam Prochaski between 1970 and 1994.
Prochaski, who was assigned to Holy Cross Parish in Maspeth, Queens, is no longer a priest. The victims were between the ages of 5 and 16 when they were allegedly abused.
“The sexual abuse of clients took place in the school, church, rectory next to school, in some clients’ homes and in Prochaski’s car,” Garabedian said.
In September, the Daily News reported that 15 women had accused Prochaski of abuse when they were children.
A former teacher at Holy Cross, Linda Porcaro, said Prochaski’s nicknames were widely known.
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