ROCKY POINT (NY)
CBS NewYork
October 1, 2018
A Long Island priest has “agreed to step away from the ministry” while the Diocese of Rockville Centre investigates allegations of sexual abuse.
In a statement, the diocese said it received a complaint in 2002 from a person who claimed Rev. Monsignor William Breslawski sexually abused his or her friend when the alleged victim was in seventh or eighth grade in 1980.
The complaint was passed along to Nassau and Suffolk district attorney’s offices this June, and the diocese launched its own investigation.
On September 25, the diocese received a letter from a relative of the alleged victim describing the same allegation.
The diocese said it also received a complaint from two other people in 2002 who claimed Msgr. Breslawski made inappropriate physical contact with them when they were adults in 1984.
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