Fr. Patrick F. Leonard
Removed from his assignment in Charlotte and sent to treatment in 9/2003 after credible allegations that he sexually abused a minor in New York in 1982. Parishioners were not told the reason for his removal until 3/2004. A woman also came forward to allege that Leonard spoke to her in a lewd manner. (Leonard’s ordination date per the Charlotte diocese is 1996. However, old news articles show that Patrick F. Leonard, O.S.A. was ordained in 1974 and went on to assignments in Philadelphia PA, and in Troy and Staten Island NY. He is not found indexed in the Official Catholic Directory during those times.)
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