Fr. William E. Finger
Ordained for the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1962. Laicized in 2002. Name quietly added to the diocesan website in 11/2017 as a priest of the diocese laicized by the Vatican office “authorized to deal with cases involving sexual abuse of minors by a cleric.” Claims against Finger were included in the Diocese’s 2017 Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program (IRCP). Per the Diocese’s list in 2/2019, Finger was laicized 1/02/2002. In 2012 he was a licensed psychologist in AL. In 1/2019 a woman told Finger’s employer that when Finger was a priest, he sexually abused her for 10 years, beginning when she was 12, and that he abused her sister and cousin. Finger was fired and a report was made to the AL state licensing board. He was also a FL licensed counselor and hypnotherapist. He died 12/11/2025.
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