List of Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse

Updated on March 25, 2019
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DIOCESE OF BUFFALO

List of Buffalo Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse—Substantiated Claims of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

The following list identifies the Diocese of Buffalo Priests accused of sexual abuse who were removed from ministry, were retired, or left ministry after allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. This list also includes order priests, former priests, or deceased priests with more than one allegation made against them.

Buffalo Priests accused of sexual abuse who received a single allegation after their death are not included. Each name includes the date of addition to the list, and the italicized year of death is listed next to those who are deceased.

  • Rev. John R. Aurelio, March 2018 (2009)
  • Rev. Donald W. Becker, March 2018
  • Rev. Ron Becker, a seminarian from Trenton, November 2018 (2009)
  • Rev. David W. Bialkowski, March 2018
  • Rev. Robert J. Biesinger, March 2018 (2012)
  • Rev. Robert P. Conlin, November 2018 (1997)
  • Rev. Paul R. Coppola, November 2018 (2006)
  • Rev. James H. Cotter, March 2018 (1991)
  • Rev. Donald S. Fafinski, March 2018
  • Rev. Douglas F. Faraci, March 2018
  • Rev. Fred G. Fingerle, March 2018 (2002)
  • Rev. Michael R. Freeman, March 2018 (2010)
  • Rev. Joseph P. Friel, March 2018 (1995)
  • Rev. Mark M. Friel, March 2018
  • Rev. Dennis Fronczak, November 2018
  • Msgr. Gerald Leo Green, November 2018 (2012)
  • Rev. Thomas G. Gresock, March 2018
  • Rev. John P. Hajduk, March 2018
  • Rev. Michael J. Harrington, March 2018 (1989)
  • Rev. Brian M. Hatrick, March 2018
  • Rev. James P. Hayes, March 2018 (1988)
  • Rev. Louis J. Hendricks, March 2018 (1990)
  • Rev. J. Grant Higgins, March 2018 (2016)
  • Rev. Francis T. Hogan, March 2018 (2010)
  • Rev. Fred D. Ingalls, March 2018
  • Rev. Florian A. Jasinski, March 2018 (1983)
  • Rev. Gerald C. Jasinski, March 2018
  • Rev. Richard P. Judd, March 2018 (1988)
  • Rev. Timothy J. Kelley, March 2018
  • Rev. Thomas L. Kemp, March 2018
  • Rev. Richard J. Keppeler, March 2018 (2011)
  • Rev. John D. Lewandowski, March 2018 (1982)
  • Rev. Bernard M. Mach, March 2018 (2004)
  • Rev. Louis Mako, November 2018
  • Rev. Loville N. Martlock, March 2018 (2014)
  • Rev. Fabian J. Maryanski, January 2019
  • Rev. Thomas J. McCarthy, March 2018
  • Rev. Francis McKenna, November 2018 (1997)
  • Rev. Robert Moss, November 2018 (2018)
  • Rev. Basil A. Ormsby, March 2018 (1997)
  • Rev. Norbert F. Orsolits, March 2018
  • Rev. Martin L. Pavlock, March 2018
  • Rev. Michael Raimondo, November 2018 (RIP Italy)
  • Rev. Joseph Rappl, November 2018
  • Rev. Roy K. Ronald, March 2018 (2013)
  • Rev. Joseph E. Schieder, March 2018 (1996)
  • Rev. Joseph A. Schuster, November 2018 (2007)
  • Rev. Gerald Sheehan, November 2018 (2006)
  • Rev. Ronald Silverio, November 2018
  • Rev. Howard Slack, November 2018 (1976)
  • Rev. Arthur Smith, November 2018
  • Rev. Gerard A. Smyczynski, March 2018 (1999)
  • Rev. Clatus E. Snyder, November 2018 (2001)
  • Rev. James A. Spielman, March 2018
  • Rev. Chester S. Stachewicz, March 2018 (2010)
  • Msgr. William G. Stanton, November 2018 (2004)
  • Rev. Harry Richard Strassberger, November 2018 (1999)
  • Rev. Samuel Venne, November 2018
  • Rev. Edward J. Walker, March 2018 (2002)
  • Rev. William G. Ward, March 2018 (2008)
  • Rev. Charles Werth, November 2018 (2017)
  • Rev. William F. J. White, March 2018 (2016)
  • Rev. Mark J. Wolski, January 2019
  • Rev. Robert W. Wood, March 2018

Buffalo Religious Orders (excluding Jesuits. See USA Northeast Province Jesuits list below)

  • Rev. Benedict Barszcz, SAC, November 2018
  • Rev. James Burson, CJM, November 2018
  • Rev. Stanley Idziak, SAC, November 2018
  • Rev. Paul Keeling, CRSP, November 2018
  • Rev. Theodore Kocian, SAC, November 2018
  • Rev. Michael Kolodziej, OFM Conv., November 2018
  • Rev. Linus E. Kopczewski, OFM, November 2018
  • Rev. Thomas R. Marshall, CSP, November 2018
  • Rev. Rene Maynard, OFM, November 2018
  • Rev. Loren Nys, SDS, November 2018
  • Rev. Theodore Podson, SchP, November 2018
  • Rev. Maurice Scheier, OFM, November 2018
  • Rev. James Smyka, OFM Conv., November 2018
  • Rev. Bernard Splawski, OFM, November 2018

DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER

List of Rochester Priests with Substantiated Claims of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Last updated October 2018

The following names are Priests of the Diocese of Rochester with credible allegations of child sexual abuse against them. (Sources: Diocese of Rochester; Bishop Accountability website)

  • Bonin, David
  • Burr, Thomas
  • Cason, Albert (deceased)
  • Casper, Bernard (deceased)
  • Cloonan, Paul (deceased)
  • Corbett, Thomas
  • Costello, John M.
  • Emo, Eugene – Dismissed from the clerical state
  • Gaudio, Robert
  • Gormley, John
  • Gramkee, David
  • Guli, Gerard
  • Hammond, Robert
  • Heathwood, John Laurence
  • Hogan, G. Stewart
  • Larrabee, Joseph
  • Lum, William
  • Martensen, Carsten P.
  • McCarthy, Charles J.
  • Nadeau, Janice
  • O’Neill, Robert
  • Orlando, Richard J.
  • Panepinto, Vincent
  • Rogers, Foster
  • Schnacky, Paul
  • Sewar, Dennis – Dismissed from the clerical state
  • Shaw, Dennis – Dismissed from the clerical state
  • Shaw, Gary P.
  • Simon, David
  • Steger, John
  • Sundholm, Conrad
  • Valenti Thomas J.
  • Vogt, Francis (deceased)
  • Volino, Michael
  • Winterkorn, Robert (deceased)

DIOCESE OF SYRACUSE

List of Syracuse Priests with Substantiated Claims of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

The following names are Priests of the Diocese of Syracuse with credible allegations of child sexual abuse against them. (Sources: Diocese of Syracuse; Bishop Accountability website)

  • Bayley, Thomas S.
  • Birchmeyer, Robert J.
  • Bogan, Robert F.
  • Bowen, Roger A.
  • Brigandi, Paul A.
  • Casey, Jr., Daniel W.
  • Colosimo, Felix R.
  • Crosby, Donald J.
  • Donovan, John H.
  • Durr, Edmund J.
  • Eckermann, Charles H.
  • Furfaro, Francis J.
  • Gallagher, Luke V.
  • Garstka, Bernard A.
  • Gorman, Donald L.
  • Guyder, Thomas F.
  • Harrold, John F.
  • Hattala, Ferdinand A.
  • Hayes, James C.
  • Hebert, Donald J.
  • Heizman, Leo J.
  • Humphrey, Edgar P.
  • Jutton, David J.
  • Keating, Thomas F.
  • Kieley, Edward X.
  • Kloster, Robert J.
  • Lane, C. Vincent
  • Litz, Jr., Steven J.
  • Lorenz, William A.
  • Lugowski, John
  • Lynchm William J.
  • Madore, Edward C. “Ted”
  • Mattice, George F.
  • McCarthy, John A.
  • Misercola, Chester A.
  • Morris, William J.
  • Morse, John J. “Jack”
  • Neary, Thomas E.
  • Ours, Robert A.
  • Pace, Joseph A.
  • Powell, Thomas M.
  • Proud, Albert J.
  • Quaid, Edward George
  • Quinn, James A.
  • Quinn, James F.
  • Sammons, Francis L.
  • Sewall, H. Charles
  • Sinnott, Walter A.
  • Slavetskas, Paul J.
  • Tracy, Martin J.
  • Trane, Thomas
  • Wagner, John P.
  • Walker, David J.
  • Weber, Jerome F.
  • Zedar, Thomas J.
  • Zeder, John M.

USA Northeast Province Jesuits with Credible Allegations of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

  • Cahill, William B.
  • Campbell, Roy
  • Carr, Cornelius
  • Conroy, Peter
  • Cornigans, Mr. Robert
  • Cullen, William
  • Dawber, Stephen
  • Denny, Thomas
  • Dittrich, Andrew
  • Doolan, John
  • Dooley, Joseph
  • Drake, Roy
  • Duffy, William
  • Ennis, Francis
  • Farrand, John L.
  • Fitzpatrick, Joseph
  • Fox, Joseph
  • Fullam, Raymond
  • Gallen, John
  • Garvey, John
  • Gould, James
  • Horgan, Edward D.
  • Kuntz, James
  • Laughlin, Joseph
  • McCabe, George
  • McCaffrey, Richard
  • McCarthy, John J.
  • McInnes, Joseph
  • McManus, Francis J.
  • Mooney, Vincent
  • Moriarity, Philip
  • O’Brien, Eugene
  • Orteneau, Eugene
  • Owens, Joseph
  • Paone, Anthony
  • Pecklers, Keith
  • Pollard, Leo
  • Power, Edmund
  • Pratt, James
  • Riforgiato, Mr. Leonard
  • Roos, Richard
  • Ryan, John T.
  • Scanlon, William
  • Sheehan, James T.
  • Talbot, James
  • Towle, Joseph
  • Voelkle, Robert
  • Walsh, James P.
  • Wolf, Richard
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