Fr. Jeremiah Nunan

From Ireland, where he was ordained in 1963. Accused in 2006 of sexually abusing a boy, ages 9-12, in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Suspended. Denied the allegation. Nunan’s accuser said he told the Diocese in 2004 but nothing was done. He filed suit in 11/2006. The Diocese cleared Nunan in 1/2007 and returned him to his previous assignment in Cairo, NY. The alleged victim died in 3/2008; the lawsuit continued. A new suit was filed in 4/2012 by two brothers claiming abuse as minors by Nunan, who was then removed without privileges. Nunan allegedly paid one of the brothers in 2010-2012 to keep quiet. The Diocese announced on 6/30/2018 that Nunan was permanently barred from ministry due to a credible allegation that he sexually abused a minor in the early 1990s. He was added to the Diocese’s list of accused. One of the two brothers, whose claim in 2012 was barred by the statute of limitations, filed suit in 12/2019 under the NY Child Victims Act, claiming abuse by Nunan 1989-1995, at ages 9-15. His sibling was allegedly abused from ages 7-21.