Fr. Robert J. Schober
Placed on leave in 9/2021 due to a claim of sexual abuse in the Diocese’s bankruptcy case and in an allegation in a lawsuit filed in 8/2021 under the NY Child Victims Act. Schober allegedly sexually abused a child, ages 8-13, during 1980-1985, while assigned to Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Elma. He denied the allegation. In 5/2022 the Diocese announced that its Review Board found that the allegation was unsubstantiated. Schober was reinstated. He died 6/26/2023.
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