ROCKVILLE CENTRE (NY)
News 12
October 18, 2019
The Diocese of Rockville Centre has publicly named a priest accused of sexually abusing a child more than 35 years ago.
A woman, known only as Jane Doe, settled a lawsuit against Fr. Joseph D. Casaclang with the diocese. She claims that she was between the ages of 10-13 when she was a parishioner of St. Joseph’s Parish in Kings Park. According to the suit, Father Casaclang visited the family and sexually abuse the girl at her family’s home.
The alleged abuse occurred between 1979 and 1982.
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