Fr. Paul I. Cloonan
Name included on the Rochester diocese’s 6/7/12 list of priests removed 2002-2012. Voluntarily laicized. The 1989 Official Catholic Directory shows him as “unassigned.” Died in 2015. Named in suit(s) in 2020 under the New York Child Victims Act. Reportedly named in nine separate cases.
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