Fr. Joseph H. Gorecki

Ordained: 1959
Status: Settled

Died: 09/21/1988
Diocese: Diocese of Bridgeport CT

Leave of absence from the Bridgeport diocese 1978 until his death in 1988. Accused of molesting at least two youths over several years. Civil suit filed in 1995. Five plaintiffs were in the suit by 1999. Settled in 3/2001. Other claims settled by diocese as part of massive $20M settlement with 40 people in 10/2003. One man said Gorecki fondled him on several occasions. He told his mom; she complained to a nun at school. Shortly thereafter, Gorecki was “gone.” He spent time outside the diocese before he was reassigned to other parishes. Another settlement in 3/2011. Included on the Norwich diocese’s list 2/22/2019. (Name spelled “Gorecky”.) Worked in the diocese 1964-1966. Per a 2019 report commissioned by the Diocese, there were 20 victims, all boys ages 7-17, abused 1960-1978.


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