Former Staten Island monsignor and principal named in 2 more sex-abuse lawsuits; has had numerous prior accusers
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Monsignor John Paddack, a former top administrator at two Catholic high schools on Staten Island, has been named in a pair of new sex-abuse lawsuits filed this week, bringing the number of accusers up to at least a dozen.
In an interview with the Advance/SILive.com, attorneys from Jeff Anderson & Associates slammed Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York, for his handling of sex-abuse allegations against Monsignor Paddack, who previously served as principal of Monsignor Farrell High School in Oakwood and as a dean at St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School in Huguenot.
New sex abuse and ‘grooming’ allegations target former Staten Island priest
Updated Jan 02, 2021;
Posted Jan 02, 2021
This 1987 file photo shows the front of St. Clare s R.C. Church in Great Kills, around the time plaintiffs claim they were sexually abused by former priest Ralph LaBelle. (Staten Island Advance)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Former priest Ralph LaBelle has again been accused of sexually abusing a young male parishioner on Staten Island.
According to a civil complaint filed last week in Richmond County state Supreme Court, St. George, the victim was “groomed” and sexually abused between the ages of 13 and 16-years-old.