STATEN ISLAND (NY)
silive.com
December 21, 2018
By Maura Grunlund
The Rev. Thomas Kreiser, who briefly served on Staten Island, is accused of groping a girl at a Roman Catholic elementary school in Westchester County, according to information provided by a district attorney and the Archdiocese of New York.
Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino announced that Father Kreiser, 53, of Riverdale in the Bronx, was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of felony sexual abuse in the alleged incident.
Father Kreiser has a prior conviction for gambling, according to Catholic New York.
Father Kreiser was a parochial vicar for just under a year in 2010-2011 at St. Ann’s R.C. Church, Dongan Hills, according to Joseph Zwilling, director of communications for the Archdiocese of New York.
The Rev. Joy Mampilly, pastor of St. Ann’s, referred the Advance to Zwilling for comment.
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