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Summary of Case: A native of Poland, Benedict P. Barszcz was ordained in 1990 for the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallotines). By 1993 he was with the Order in North Tonawanda, NY, in the Diocese of Buffalo. Barszcz assisted at parishes in the Brooklyn diocese during 1994-1998; in October 1998 he was assigned to assist back in Buffalo, at St. Peter’s in Lewiston.
On July 20, 1999 Barszcz was arrested and charged with public lewdness after he allegedly exposed himself to two girls, ages 14 and 15. He reportedly was sitting in a car masturbating in front of the girls, then drove away; the girls and their parents flagged down two detectives, who pulled the priest over. The diocese removed him from public ministry and he was returned to his Order in North Tonawanda.
Barszcz is last known to have been working in Poland in 2001, as a port chaplain in Szczecin.
Ordained: 1990
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