Fr. George Boxelaar - Noaker Law Firm, LLC

Religious Order: Carmelite Fathers and Brothers (O.Carm.)

Diocese: Archdiocese of New York

Summary of Assignments:

Years		Assignment	City	State
1954	1956	St. Michael’s Priory	Mantzville	Pennsylvania
1956	1957	Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Middletown	New York
1956	1957	Our Lady of Assumption – Mission of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bloomingburgh	New York
1956	1957	St. Paul’s – Mission of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bullville	New York
1956	1957	Holy Name – Mission of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Otisville	New York
1956	1957	Holy Cross – Mission of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	S. Centreville	New York
1956	1957	Our Lady of the Scapular – Mission of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Unionville	New York
1956	1957	New York City Reformatory – Station of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	New Hampton	New York
1956	1957	Middletown State Hospital – Station of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Middletown	New York
1956	1957	State School Annex – Station of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	New Hampton	New York
1957	1962	Does not appear in the Official Catholic Directories
1962	1985	Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Middletown	New York
1962	1985	Our Lady of Assumption	Bloomingburgh	New York
1962	1985	St. Paul’s	Bullville	New York
1962	1985	Holy Name	Otisville	New York
1962	1985	Holy Cross	S. Centreville	New York
1962	1985	Our Lacy of the Scapular	Unionville	New York
1962	1971	New York City Reformatory (’62-’71)	New Hampton	New York
1962	1980	Middletown State Hospital (’62-’80)	Middletown	New York
1962	1974	Otisville Training School (’62-’74)	Otisville	New York
1974	1976	Otisville Drug Rehabilitation Center (’74-’76)	Otisville	New York
1985	Present	Does not appear in the Official Catholic Directories, Sent to Holland in 1985 to “retire.” Died there in 1990.

Notes:

According to bishop-accountability.org, in 1973, a 7-year-old boy told his father that Boxelaar forced his hand down the boy’s pants during confession at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish school. The boy’s father reportedly confronted Boxelaar, who denied misconduct. The boy’s mother contacted a lawyer and mothers of other boys at the school. The mothers said Boxelaar had also molested their boys, but they wanted to keep it quiet. The boy’s family decided not to press charges so that their son would not have to testify. Another mother complained to the church about Boxelaar in 1981, and again in 1985. Boxelaar threatened her with excommunication if she ‘created scandal.’ Along with other parents of boys allegedly molested by Boxelaar, the mother went to the state police. When the parents were told their sons would have to testify, they decided not to press charges. Boxelaar was quietly sent to Holland to “retire” in 1985. He reportedly died there in April 1990.

These reports of abuse were confirmed in 2002, by Carmelite Provincial, Rev. Michael Driscoll, who admitted that the Carmelites’ records show they received six complaints about Boxelaar, five in the ’80s and one in the ’70s.

In 2002, after news reports of Boxelaar’s abuse, at least 25 more men came forward to say that they, too, were sexually abused as boys by Boxelaar in the 1970s.

Sources: Times Herald-Record 04.21.02; Times Herald-Record 05.19.02; Times Herald-Record 06.13.02; Times Herald-Record 02.28.04; Hudson Valley News Network 11.11.16; Times Herald-Record 03.28.18; BA.org Assignment Record; http://bishop-accountability.org/member/psearch.jsp

Note: Years listed indicate editions of the Official Catholic Directory. Because of the publication schedule of the Directory, a priest listed at a parish in a given year was also likely at that parish for part of the previous year.