Fr. Paul I. Cloonan

Name included on the Rochester diocese’s 6/7/12 list of priests removed 2002-2012. Voluntarily laicized 10/28/05. The 1989 Official Catholic Directory shows him as “unassigned.” Died in 2015. Named in at least a dozen lawsuits under the New York Child Victims Act.
- Giovati et al. v. Rochester Diocese 08.14.19
- Brown v. Holy Rosary 03.16.20
- Connell v. St. Bernard 05.25.20
- Kiley v. Holy Rosary 07.21.20
- AB 145 Doe v. St. Mary of the Assumption 07.28.20
- AB 147 Doe v. Our Lady of Good Counsel 07.28.20
- Metzler v. Our Lady of Good Counsel 07.28.20
- Stiner v. Aquinas Institute & Holy Rosary 07.31.20
- AB 642 Doe v. Our Lady of Good Counsel 07.16.21
- AB 644 Doe v. Our Lady of Good Counsel 07.16.21
- AB 698 Doe v. Blessed Sacrament 07.31.21
- Dorscheid v. St. Philip Neri 08.08.21
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