Fr. Robert Harrison

Order: OFM Cap
Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of New York NY

Cardinal Hayes High School teacher from around 1989; also basketball coach, assistant principal. Admitted 12/22/14 to sexual abuse of 10 minors in 1970s and ’80s in NYC and WI. Was borrowing money from staff members; when asked why Harrison said he needed it to pay a victim. Removed from ministry, sent to a “facility” and district attorneys notified, per Order. Included on the Capuchin’s list of those with substantiated allegations against them.


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