SCRANTON (PA)
The Citizens’ Voice
September 8, 2018
By Terrie Morgan-Besecker
A Diocese of Scranton priest receiving a monthly stipend to help him meet his basic needs is a member of a private golf club, according to a roster of club members.
J. Peter Crynes, 76, of West Pittston, has received a sustenance payment — currently $1,237.50 per month — since he was removed from the ministry in 2006 after five women alleged he molested them when they were teenagers. A sixth woman came forward in 2016.
A roster report at the Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter shows a listing for “Msgr J. Peter Crynes.” An anonymous source mailed a screen shot of the report to The Times-Tribune with a handwritten note: “Scranton Diocese stipends pays for private country club?” A second source confirmed the roster entry is accurate.
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