Fr. Dozia J. Wilson
Albany NY officials knew in 1976 of Wilson’s alleged sexual abuse of young boys. A police ultimatum forced the Diocese to transfer him to Boston after complaints about an incident involving Wilson and two young boys at a motel. He was returned to Albany in 1980 after Boston complaints. Wilson was placed on leave 1990 and “gave up his priesthood in 1993.” He worked for ten years after his priesthood as a spiritual advisor at a home for troubled youth in Dobbs Ferry. He was fired in 2003 after being beaten up by an 18-year-old male he had picked up in Manhattan. One lawsuit settled in 2003 for $500K. Another suit was filed in 2004. Two new lawsuits were filed in 6/2020. Wilson died 8/9/2024.
- Press of Atlantic City 05.06.72
- Times-Union 03.04.80
- Times-Union 03.07.80
- Link to Boston Documents regarding Wilson
- Troy Record 02.15.03
- Excerpt from Brief filed in Ford v Cardinal Law et al 07.21.03
- Times-Union 01.28.04
- Post-Star 04.28.04
- Troy Record 04.29.04
- Times-Union 04.29.04
- Capital News 9 05.31.04
- Troy Record 06.25.04
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer 08.19.04
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer 08.19.04
- Capital News 9 09.21.04
- Times-Union 09.24.04
- Troy Record 10.05.04
- Times-Union 11.17.04
- Boston Globe 11.20.11
- Diocese of Albany Revised List 11.30.18
- The Telegraph 06.15.20
- Jeremiah Edwards Funeral Home 08.09.24
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