Fr. John Lugowski

Diocese:  Diocese of Syracuse

Summary of Assignments:

  • 1981-1984:  St. Joseph, Endicott

Notes:  Pleaded guilty in 1987 to felony counts of sexual abuse of 10 yr old boy and was sentenced to one year in county jail. He served 8 months. He admitted to sexual contact with total of five boys between 1981-1987 and left priesthood in 1989. He claimed he met all of his victims through the YMCA and not his parish. Also worked in NJ.

Sources:  http://www.bishop-accountability.org/Press & Sun-Bulletin 5.5.07Post-Standard 04.11.02Post-Standard 04.14.02Watertown Daily Times 03.14.18

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.