Fr. Francis J. Manzo

Diocese:  Diocese of Brooklyn

Summary of Assignments:

  • 1962-1965 — Our Lady of the Cenacle; Richmond Hill, NY
  • 1965-1967 — St. Anthony of Padua; Greenpoint, NY
  • 1967-1980 — Cathedral Preparatory Seminary; Brooklyn, NY
    • 1967: Joined Faculty
    • 1971-1980: Dean of Students
  • 1980-1992 — St. Catharine of Alexandria; Brooklyn, NY
    • 1986: Elevated to Monsignor
  • 1992-1994 — Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Brooklyn, NY
  • 1994-2002: Absent on Leave
  • 2002-present: Not indexed in the Official Catholic Directory after 2002

Notes: 

Also known as Fr. Frank Manzo.

Manzo was named in an October 2002 lawsuit, in which 43 plaintiffs alleged sexual abuse by 12 priests and a religious brother. One man claimed Manzo violently abused him when he was an altar boy during the early 1990s, while Manzo was assigned to St. Catharine’s.

A  Resurrection Roman Catholic Church bulletin dated September 2016 indicated that Manzo was still a priest of the diocese.

Sources:  Newsday 10.16.02; USA Today 11.11.02http://bishop-accountability.org/