Father John Zeder
Ordained: 1954
Elevated to Monsignor: Unknown
Removed: 2003
Died: 2014
Assigned as follows:
- St. Ambrose (Endicott, NY)
- Holy Rosary (Maine, NY)
- Seton Catholic High School (Endicott, NY)
- St. Anthony's Church (Endicott, NY)
- St. Patrick (Chittenango, NY)
- St. Mary (Cortland, NY)
- St. Malachy (Sherburne, NY)
- St. Ann (Syracuse, NY)
Summary of Abuse Allegations Against Father John Zeder:
According to media reports, in March 2003, a woman filed civil lawsuit suit alleging she was abused by two priests. She said she was raped by Father John Zeder as a teenager at St. Mary Church in Cortland between 1978 and 1981, and abused by Father Thomas Keating in 1982 after she told him what Father Zeder had done. She also said that Father Zeder threatened to put her in a mental institution if she told anyone, and later stalked her when she went to college. The woman said she told Bishop Moynihan in 2002.
In July 2002, Father Zeder was removed from public ministry and permanently removed from active priesthood in June 2003.
The woman's case was dismissed in September 2006, as the statute of limitations had expired.
Father Zeder died in 2014. His name appeared publicly on the Diocese of Syracuse's list of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors, published in December 2018.
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