SYRACUSE (NY)
syracuse.com
November 12, 2018
By Julie McMahon
A Syracuse priest has been named by the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo as a clergyman with substantiated allegations of child sex abuse against him.
The Rev. James Smyka, 74, was in residence at Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary Church on Syracuse’s North Side until recently.
He was listed on the Diocese of Syracuse website as a member of the clergy until today. He was also listed as a chaplain at St. Joseph’s Hospital. A spokesman for St. Joe’s said Smyka had not worked at the hospital since Oct. 8.
The Buffalo diocese identified Smyka one week ago as a priest with “substantiated claims of sexual abuse of a minor.”
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