Br. Joseph Trunk
Entered the order in 1939. Made solemn vows in 1945. Worked on the dairy farm at St. Joseph’s Seraphic Seminary (high school) in Calllicoon, NY 1942-1973. After the seminary closed he worked in house and grounds maintenance at Christ the King Seminary in Allegany, NY; St. Bonaventure Parish in Paterson, NJ; St. Francis Chapel in Providence, RI; St. Anthony Friary in Butler, NJ; and St. Anthony Friary in St. Petersburg, FL. Per his obituary, in 1987 he began work in the Provincial infirmary in Warwick, NY, which later moved to Ringwood, NJ. He was vicar of the community 1990-2003. He retired in 2008, and died in 2011, at age 91. Trunk’s name is included in 10/2021 on the Franciscans’ Holy Name Province list of those with substantiated allegations against them of child sexual abuse. No details provided as to when or where the abuse occurred. (Placing him for now in the New York archdiocese, where the Province is based.)
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