Attorney Mitchell Garabedian announced on June 6 that 15 men and two women claimed to have been sexually abused as children by eight priests assigned to parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester between 1950 and 1978.
Three of the accused priests have been publicly identified in the past: Eugene Emo, David P. Simon, and Francis H. Vogt. Emo and Simon were removed from their ministry and Vogt has since died.
Here are the priests identified by Garabedian and their assignment history within the Diocese of Rochester:
Prof. Thomas Valenti
1976: St. Mary of the Lake, Ontario, Wayne County.
1977: Holy Apostle, Rochester.
1978-1980: Holy Sacrament, Rochester.
1981-1983: On Special Assignment,” Diocese of Rochester, Gates.
1984-1989: St. Louis Church, Pittsford (in residence).
1990-1993 Becket Hall, Rochester (residence for priesthood candidates).
1994: Diocesan Office of Campus Ministry, Rochester.
1995-1997: Diocesan Campus Ministry Office, Ithaca College Catholic Community, Rochester, Ithaca, Tompkins County.
1998-2003: Notre Dame, Archdiocese of New York.
2005-2014: St. John the Baptist Church, Yonkers.
2015-present: Blessed Trinity and St. Patrick’s Churches in Owego.
Prof. Richard J. Orlando
1951-1954: Saint Francis Xavier, Rochester.
1955: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Rochester.
1956-1958: Saint Anthony of Padua, Rochester.
1959-1963: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Rochester.
1964-1966: Saint Helena, Rochester.
1969-1993: St. Michael, Lyons, Wayne County.
1994: Retired.
2006: Died.
Prof. François H. Vogt
1951-1953: Sainte Salomé, Irondequoit.
1954-1977: Saint Bridget, Rochester.
1978-1982: Saint Anne, Palmyra.
1983: retired.
(Assigned to a life of prayer and penance).
Prof. David P. Simon
1968-1972: St. Patrick Victor Church, Ontario County.
1973-1975: Chaplain, Lycée DeSales, Geneva.
1976-1977: St. Augustine’s Church, Rochester.
1978: Sainte-Marie Church, Dansville.
1979-1983: Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Rochester.
1984-1999: St. Margaret Mary’s Church, Apalachin.
2000-2002: St. Paul’s Church, Webster.
(Assigned to a life of prayer and penance)
Prof. Stuart Hogan
1951-1961: St. James’s Church, Waverly.
1962-1965: Saint-Grégoire Church, Marion.
1966: retired.
1985: Died.
Prof. Charles J. McCarthy
No documents available before 1951
1951-1959: Saint-Bernard Seminary, Rochester.
1960-1964: St. Patrick’s Church, Marion, Wayne County.
1965-1971: St. Andrew’s Church, Rochester.
1971: Died.
Prof. Gary P. Shaw
1973: St. John’s Church, Clyde.
1974-1977: St. Margaret Mary, Rochester.
1978-1983: Not indexed.
Pr. Eugene G. Emo
1961-1963: St. Patrick’s Church, Owego.
1963-1968: Sainte-Cécile Church, Rochester.
1968-1973: St. Mary’s Church, Dansville.
1973-1974: St. Margaret Mary’s Church, Apalachin.
1974-1975: St. Michael’s Church, Newark.
1976-1982: Chaplain, St. James Mercy Hospital, Hornell.
1982: St. James Mercy Hospital; St. Mary’s Church, Geneseo; St. Francis DeSales Church, Geneva.
1983-1986: St. Francis DeSales Church.
1987: St. Francis DeSales Church; St. Rosary Church, Rochester; Church of St. January, Naples.
1988-1993 Saint-January Church. Placed on administrative leave in August.
1994: Returned from leave, in residence at Holy Trinity in Webster, appointed part-time chaplain at Mercy Health and Rehab in Auburn in October, resigned from this position in December.
1995: Holy Trinity, Webster; becomes part-time chaplain at Canandaigua Veterans Affairs Medical Center in January, full-time in June.
1996: In residence at Holy Trinity; arrested February 2 at Blessed Sacrament Church in Rochester. Accused of second degree sexual abuse. He was “removed from the clerical state” in 1996 and pleaded guilty to a first-degree felony charge of sexual abuse in 1997.
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