MASSACHUSETTS
The Republican
By Anne-Gerard Flynn, The Republican
on November 07, 2013
The following information has been released by Mark Dupont, communications director of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, about a sexual abuse allegation against the Rev. Michael Kolodziej, who spent 10 years at St. Stanislaus Parish in Chicopee. Kolodziej spent a year at St. Stanislaus as pastor, and principal of its kndergarten-to-eighth-grade school, prior to his appointment as provincial of the St. Anthony of Padua Province, in 2001
Before being stationed at St. Stanislaus, Kolodziej spent three years as a pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Lawrence. He also served as a teacher and principal in eastern New York state.
He was ordained in Buffalo, N.Y.
“Because Fr. Michael Kolodziej was assigned to St. Stanislaus Basilica in Chicopee between 1991 and 2001, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, is also publishing the notice below, and urging anyone with knowledge of sexual abuse of a minor by any member of the clergy or other Church personnel to contact Patricia McManamy, license social worker and victim assistance coordinator for the Diocese of Springfield at (1-800) 842-9055.
A copy of this notification will also be distributed at all Masses this weekend at St. Stanislaus Basilica.”
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