Fr. Francis Mulhall

Diocese:  Diocese of Brooklyn

Summary of Assignments:

  • 1948-1966 — St. Thomas Aquinas
  • 1967-1971 — St. Michael
  • 1972-1982 — Our Lady Queen of Martyrs
  • 1983-1986 — St. Thomas Aquinas

Notes:  In massive civil suit filed 10/03, 27 victims allege abuse by 24 priests, including Mulhall. One woman has alleged that Mulhall sexually abused her in 1984. She says she was 7 or 8 and he fondled her in rectory and in confessional. Mulhall has been working as archivist on the diocesan marriage tribunal and is one of only 3 out of 24 priests who was active when the suit was filed.

Sources:  Newsday 10.02.03; Newsday 10.03.03; Queens Chronicle 10.09.03http://bishop-accountability.org/