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Church Militant
by Joseph Pelletier • ChurchMilitant.com • January 22, 2016
The archdiocese of New York has suspended the faculties of Fr. Richard Gorman
NEW YORK (ChurchMilitant.com) – A longtime Bronx priest is under investigation for allegedly molesting several young boys.
According to a statement released Thursday by the archdiocese of New York, the Rev. Richard Gorman has been accused of sexually abusing several minors nearly three decades ago. Archdiocesan spokesman Joseph Zwilling reports at least two purported victims have come forward, and investigators are planning on speaking with a possible third accuser.
In light of an ongoing investigation by the Westchester County district attorney, the archdiocese has suspended Fr. Gorman’s faculties as part of the clergy. The official newspaper for the archdiocese, Catholic New York, notes that while law enforcement has “deemed the allegations to be credible,” they have “not yet been substantiated.” They confirm that Fr. Gorman is “not permitted to publicly function as a priest until the matter is resolved.”
The abuses allegedly took place in the 1980s while Fr. Gorman was pastor of St. Barnabas Church in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx, says Michael Reck, a lawyer representing one of the victims. “[The alleged victim] decided to come forward now because he was at a stage of his life where he was aware of the trauma and realized the perpetrator could still access children,” Reck said.
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