Diocese: Diocese of Brooklyn
Summary of Assignments:
- 1996-1998: St. Francis Xavier
- 1999-2002: St. Gregory the Great
- 2003-2007: Absent on leave
Notes:
Brooklyn priest until 2002. Became pilot, founded flight school on Long Island. Convicted 2009 of sexual abuse of 2 boys, ages 8 and 10. Name quietly added to diocesan website 11/17 as priest of the diocese laicized by the Vatican office “authorized to deal with cases involving sexual abuse of minors by a cleric.” Claims against Placa included in diocese’s 2017 Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program.
Sources:
New York Times 11.09.17; New York Times 11.10.17; http://bishop-accountability.org/member/psearch.jsp