Father Gary P. Shaw
Diocese of Rochester
Ordained: 1972
Resigned: 1977
Dispensed from the clerical state: 1978
Assigned as follows:
- 1973: St. John’s; Clyde, NY
- 1974-1977: St. Margaret Mary; Rochester, NY
Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Gary P. Shaw:
Father Gary P. Shaw was listed among eight other priests named in a 2018 civil lawsuit against the Diocese of Rochester.
Shaw had a very short tenure with the Diocese of Rochester. He was assigned to St. John the Evangelist in Clyde in 1973 briefly. He then transferred to St. Margaret Mary in Irondequoit in 1974, where the alleged abuse occurred.
Shaw resigned from the ministry in 1977 and was dispensed from the clerical state (laicized) in 1978, thus ending his career in the priesthood.
According to public records, Shaw still resides in Rochester, New York.
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