Fr. Lynn M. Shumway

Ordained: 2003
Status: Sued

Diocese: Diocese of Buffalo NY

Ordained at age 55 in 2003. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/20 under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing boy, age 12, in 2009 at St. Stephen’s Elementary School on Grand Island. The alleged victim said that Shumway lured him into a church bathroom, where the abuse took place. Shumway died 6/12/19.


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