Diocese: Diocese of Syracuse
Summary of Assignments:
- 1964-1965: St. James, Syracuse
- 1966-1967: St. Andrew, Syracuse
- 1968-1970: St. Peter, Utica
- 1971: St. Mary, Oswego
- 1973-1975: St. Paul, Oswego
- 1973-1979: Oswego Catholic High/Bishop Cunningham Catholic High School, Oswego (renamed in 1976)
- 1980-1993: St. Anne, Whitesboro
- 1980-1992: Principal of Notre Dame High School, Utica
- 1995: Our Lady of Lourdes, Utica
- 1995-2002: St. Joseph, Oneida
- Unknown: St. Bernard, Waterville
- Unknown: St. Mary, Hamilton
- Unknown: St. Patrick, Forestport
Notes: Resigned from parish 6/02 after admitting he abused a girl when she was a high school student and that they continued a relationship for 10 years. Woman complained to diocese in 1993 and Diocese paid her over $17K for counseling. Lorenz sent to St. Luke’s and then was returned to parish work in 1995. Woman filed suit 9/02. He was permanently removed from ministry per 6/03 article.
Sources: http://www.bishop-accountability.org/; Post-Standard 1.8.04; Post-Standard 9.5.02; Post-Standard (NY) 06.26.02; Post-Standard 06.18.03; Post-Standard 08.22.03; Watertown 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.