Fr. Herbert Skurski
Multiple allegations. In a letter to Bishop LaValley, a woman reported that Skurski sexually abused her as a child when he was assigned to the Ogdensburg diocese, 1982-1985. The Diocese provided financial assistance for counseling and, in 12/2018, a $100K offer from the IRCP. Per his obituary, Skurski was assigned to parishes in CT, PA, MD, NY, MA, Nova Scotia, ME. He died in Shamokin PA 1/16/1996. Accused in a lawsuit filed 8/14/2019 of sexually abusing a child, ages 7-9, at Queen of the Most Holy Rosary in Buffalo NY 1955-1957, and another filed the same day claiming of abuse of a child, ages 12-13 in 1959-1960, also at Holy Rosary. The Buffalo diocese’s list of credibly accused in 9/2025 shows “status unknown” despite his death in 1996.
- Supreme Court of the State of NY County of Erie AB 93 Doe, Index No. Plaintiff v The Diocese of
Buffalo, Conventual Franciscans et al - Supreme Court of the State of NY County of Erie AB 94 Doe, Index No. Plaintiff v The Diocese of
Buffalo, Conventual Franciscans et al
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