Fr. Ralph J. Maresca

Ordained: 1978
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Brooklyn NY

Monsignor. Pastor of St. Francis of Assisi in Astoria when accused in a lawsuit filed in summer 2021 under the NY Child Victims Act of a child, age 7, over 30 years previously, while assigned to St. Edmund in Brooklyn.


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