Fr. William George Stanton
Monsignor. Stanton was first named publicly as credibly accused of the sexual abuse of minors by the Diocese on its list updated 11/4/2018. Multiple allegations, most of abuse when he was vice-principal in the 1960s at Bishop Turner High School. In 1993 a former student alleged abuse, and another in 2008. Two men filed suits after 2018 in the State Supreme Court alleging abuse at ages 14 and 15. Stanton was also accused of sexually abusing a girl, age 8, at a Newfane parish in the 1970s, and a boy, age 12, at a Niagara Falls parish in the early 1950s. The boy reportedly lost his hearing due to Stanton hitting him after the abuse. Named in a lawsuit under the NY Child Victims Act in 8/2019.
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