Fr. John Lugowski

Order: OFM
Ordained: 1976
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Syracuse NY

Pleaded guilty in 1987 to felony counts of sexual abuse of a 10-year-old boy. Sentenced to one year in county jail. Served 8 months. Admitted to sexual contact with five boys between 1981-87. Left priesthood in 1989. Claimed he met all of his victims through the YMCA and not his parish. Also worked in NJ.


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