Clare Pisaneschi

Sister of the Religious Teachers Filippini (MPF), entering in 1949, taking the habit in 1950, and professing vows in 1953. She was added in 12/18 to the Scranton diocese’s list of accused individuals, which states that “pertinent files are maintained by the Provincial in Morristown, New Jersey.” The list gave no information about the location or nature of the abuse. Pisaneschi was born and raised in Exeter PA in the Diocese of Scranton and in 1971 received a BA in education from Marywood University in Scranton, and later an MA in history from Seton Hall University. She worked as a teacher in the Baltimore, Hartford, and Newark archdioceses, and the Metuchen, Paterson, and Trenton dioceses. Her obituary provides a list of assignments. Much of her teaching career (parochial school, high school, and DRE) was spent in the Diocese of Scranton: St. Anthony’s in Exeter (1949-1953); St. Anthony’s in Dunmore (apparently for several years in the 1960s); Bishop O’Hara High School in Scranton (1980-1984); Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Pittston (at least 1987-1997); St. Rocco’s in Pittston (1997-1999); and Bishop O’Hara High School, renamed Holy Cross High School (reportedly 1997-2012). Pisaneschi also worked as the Regional  Coordinator of Religious Education for the Pittston area in the 1990s and was briefly on the Scranton bishop’s Council for Religious. Retired in 2012 to the MFP Villa Walsh Motherhouse in Morristown NJ. Died there on 10/22/14.