Staten Island church sued over laicized priest with sex-abuse conviction

STATEN ISLAND (NY)
SILive

October 17, 2019

By Maura Grunlund

A priest allegedly sexually abused a teen at Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church prior to his conviction on sex charges for an incident involving a youth at a parish in Dutchess County, according to a lawsuit and Advance records.

The West Brighton parish and the Archdiocese of New York have been sued by an anonymous victim under the Child Victims Act in the lawsuit filed on Aug. 14 by Jeff Anderson & Associates.

Although not listed as a plaintiff, the lawsuit names Daniel Calabrese, a defrocked Roman Catholic priest, as the alleged abuser.

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