STATEN ISLAND (NY)
SI Live
October 2, 2019
By Maura Grunlund
As a prominent priest and former principal, Monsignor John Paddack was a revered religious figure on Staten Island.
However, a Staten Island man — himself now a teacher — is one of several people to come forward with shocking allegations as four bombshell lawsuits accuse the priest of sexually abusing children during his time at St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School in Huguenot, Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx and Church of the Incarnation in Manhattan.
The disturbing allegations span his career moves from parish priest in the 1980s in Manhattan to school administrator on Staten Island in the early 2000s.
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