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Fr. Alfred Soave – Diocese of Rockville Centre

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December 28, 2019 | By Horowitz Law
Fr. Alfred Soave – Diocese of Rockville Centre

Father Alfred Soave

Alfred Soave Horowitz Law

Ordained: 1948

Died: 1999

Assigned as follows:

  • 1948-1969      St. Dominic's (Oyster Bay, NY)
  • 1960               Newman Clubs, C.W. Post College (Greenvale, NY)
  • 1961-1966      Newman Clubs, State University College (Oyster Bay, NY)
  • 1969-1973      St. Andrew's (Sag Harbor, NY)
  • 1974-1977      Diocesan Seminary of the Immaculate Conception (Huntington, NY)
  • 1974-1987      St. Hugh of Lincoln (Huntington Station, NY)
  • 1980-1996      Diocesan Offices
  • 1987-1990      St. Pius X Residence (Smithtown, NY)
  • 1991-1999      St. Pius X Residence (Uniondale, NY)
  • 1996               Retired

Summary of Abuse Allegations Against Father Alfred Soave:

Father Alfred Soave was ordained in the Diocese of Brooklyn before the Diocese of Rockville Centre was created in 1957. Father Soave retired in 1996 and died in March 1999. According to media reports, in 2003, Father Alfred Soave was named in a child sexual abuse lawsuit alleging that he sexually abused a teenage boy in the late 1970s.  At the time, he worked at St. Hugh of Lincoln in Huntington Station.

Father Soave is "Priest T" referred to in a Suffolk County Grand Jury report released in 2003. According to the report "Priest T" had a number of victims and was sent for therapy following multiple allegations of abuse. It was recommended he not be returned to ministry, and was given the title of "Vicar for Senior Priests."

Soave was known for taking boys from the church, individually or in groups, to Jones Beach on outings.  Dozens of men have reported that as boys they were molested by Father Soave at Jones Beach, often in the shower.

In August 2019, Father Soave was accused in a lawsuit filed under the NY Child Victims Act, of sexually abusing a 10-year-old altar boy from 1979 to 1983, while working at St. Hugh's in Huntington Station. He was accused in another lawsuit filed under the NY Child Victims Act of sexually abusing, along with Father William Burke, an 8-year-old child from 1974-1979 during school activities and rooms at St. Andrew's in Sag Harbor. In recent years, Father Soave has been identified in lawsuits as among the most prolific alleged perpetrators of abuse in the Diocese of Rockville Centre. His victims claim that Soave abused them at church, on retreats, on field trips, at a North Haven beach, Jones Beach, on a trip to Shelter Island, at a parish high school, and at his private residence in Long Island.

Father Alfred Soave is listed on the Diocese of Rockville Centre's 2021 List of Clergy Credibly Accused of Sexual Abuse of a Minor.

Horowitz Law is a law firm representing victims and survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and other clergy in the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York.  If you need a lawyer because you were sexually abused by a priest in New York, contact our office today. In October 2020, the Rockville Centre Diocese filed for federal bankruptcy protection.  The Court will resolve all claims of sexual abuse in this process but strict filing deadlines will apply and no late claims will be considered, so contact us today.  Our lawyers have decades of experience representing survivors of clergy sexual abuse in New York and nationwide. We can help.

Contact us at 888-283-9922 or adam@adamhorowitzlaw.com to discuss your options today.



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