Fr. Joseph P. Byrns
Placed on leave in 7/02. One of 12 priests named as abusers in a civil suit filed in Brooklyn in 10/02. In the suit, two brothers (one of them a priest) claimed Byrns abused them for years as children in the late-1960s and early-1970s. Charged in 8/04 with abuse of a third youth beginning in 2000. Pled guilty in 1/06. Sentenced to three years probation in 3/06. Laicized 5/18/13. On diocese’s list in 2/19.
- Boston Globe 03.14.02
- New York Times 03.15.02
- New York Times 10.16.02
- Newsday 02.04.04
- Boston Globe 07.02.04
- New York Post 08.19.04
- New York 08.20.04
- Queens Chronicle 08.26.04
- New York Daily News 01.13.06
- New York Post 03.29.06
- New York Times 11.09.17
- QNS 12.19.17
- Diocese of Brooklyn List 02.22.19
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