Fr. Vincent Gallo
In a civil suit filed 10/03, 27 victims alleged sexual abuse by 24 priests, including Gallo. One plaintiff said Gallo abused him around 1966. Gallo denied it. Gallo was the only priest of the 24 who had an active parish assignment at the time. In 3/04, the diocese announced that the review board found the allegations against Gallo were unsubstantiated, and he was allowed to continue in ministry. Per diocese’s list in 2/19, Gallo was permanently removed from ministry 6/26/18. Accused in a claim settled in 2021 in the mid-six figures of sexually abusing a boy, ages 9-10, 1983-85, while assigned to Blessed Sacrament in Brooklyn.
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