Br. Finian (Robert) Magee – Diocese of Rockville Centre

| Dec 17, 2019 | Abuser Profiles, Catholic Church

Brother Finian (Robert) Magee

Diocese of Rockville Centre

Ordained: N/A

Died: 1993

Assigned as follows:

  • 1955-1956      St. Leonard’s High School (Brooklyn, NY)
  • 1956-1957      Our Lady of Good Counsel (Inwood, NY)
  • 1957                St. Francis Xavier (New York, NY)
  • 1957-1963      St. Aidan (Williston Park, NY)
  • 1964-1966      Our Lady of Good Counsel (Inwood, NY)
  • 1966-1969      Notre Dame (New Hyde Park, NY)
  • 1969-1970      St. Aidan (Williston Park, NY)
  • 1970-1971      St. Brigid (New York, NY)
  • 1971-1981      St. Joseph’s (Babylon, NY)
  • 1981-1982      St. Mary Star of the Sea (New York, NY)
  • 1982-1993      St. Anthony High School (Long Island, NY)

Summary of Abuse Allegations Against Brother Finian (Robert) Magee:

Brother Finian (Robert) Magee was a member of the Franciscan order in the Diocese of Rockville Centre. According to media reports, in April 2003, he was named in a child sexual abuse lawsuit, alleging that he abused a boy in the early 1970s while working at St. Joseph’s parish school in Babylon, New York. According to the suit, he groped and rubbed against a 12-year-old boy. He was the boy’s 6th-grade homeroom teacher and allegedly molested him in the classroom and in his private school office.

Brother Magee died in August 1993. His name is listed on the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s 2021 List of Clergy Credibly Accused of Sexual Abuse of a Minor.

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