Diocese: Diocese of Ogdensburg
Summary of Assignments:
- 1965: Ordained
- 1966-1967: St. Lawrence; Canton, NY
- 1968: St. Joseph; Malone, NY
- 1969-1971: St. Patrick; Port Henry, NY
- 1972-1973: St. Mary; Clayton, NY
- 1974-1979: St. Ann; St. Regis Falls, NY
- 1980-1993: St. Andrew; Sackets Harbor, NY
- 1994-1998: St. Michael Church; Antwerp, NY
- 1999-2002: “Absent on Sick Leave”
Notes:
First indicted by Grand Jury in 1979 for sexual contact with three 14-yr-old girls. Case dismissed after 6 months (when no further complaints received) and Diocese put him back to work. “Absent on sick leave” w/o privileges as of 1999. Beginning in 2000, 4 women filed separate suits alleging he abused them in 1980s and 1990s. All settled 1/03 for total of $180K. Living at Vianney Renewal Center in MO in 1/03, apparently subject to severe restrictions.
Sources:
North Country Daily 12.15.99; Post-Standard 03.23.02; Post-Standard 05.12.02; Press Republican 07.02.02; Newsday 01.29.03; Post-Standard 01.29.03; Press Republican 01.31.03; Watertown Daily Times 10.06.04; RichardSipecom 04.17.07; North Country Now 03.14.18; Watertown Daily Times 03.14.18; http://bishop-accountability.org/member/psearch.jsp