Fr. Melory Joseph Collier

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1945
Status: Accused

Died: 09/27/1972
Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Collier’s name is included in 10/2021 on the Franciscans’ Holy Name Province’s list of those with substantiated allegations against them of child sexual abuse. No details provided as to when or where the abuse occurred. He died in 1972. (Placing him for now in the New York archdiocese, where the Province is based.)


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