Fr. George J. Cotter

Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Died: 05/17/1980
Diocese: Diocese of Buffalo NY

A woman reportedly told the diocese in 2018 that Cotter sexually abused her in the 1950s and 1960s, when she was ages 7-19 and Cotter was pastor of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Tonawanda. Cotter died 5/17/80.


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