Diocese: Archdiocese of New York
Summary of Assignments:
- 1990-1993: St. Elizabeth’s; Manhattan, NY
- 1993-1995: St. John Evangelist; Beacon, NY
- 1995-1997: St. Margaret Mary; Bronx, NY
- 1998: Not listed in the 1998 Catholic Directory; News reports place Albino at St. Simon Stock, Bronx, NY
- 1999-2001: St. Patrick’s; Staten Island, NY
- 2002: Leave of Absence
Notes: Albino was one of four priests who reportedly paid a 16-year-old boy for sexual favors between 1996 and 1998. Albino was also accused of participating in group masturbation with the other priests while the boy watched. A lawsuit was filed in 2000 and settled by 2002. Albino was reportedly sent to a treatment facility and later “removed from ministry.”
Source: NY Post 06.23.01; NY Post 06.23.01; NY Post 06.24.01; NY Post 06.25.01; NY Post 06.28.01; Associated Press 09.14.02; USA Today 11.11.02; Staten Island Advance 06.22.06; http://www.bishop-accountability.org/; BA.org Assignment Record
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.