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Fr. Gabriel Massaro – Diocese of Rockville Centre

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January 7, 2020 | By Horowitz Law
Fr. Gabriel Massaro – Diocese of Rockville Centre

Father Gabriel Massaro (Capuchin Friar)

Ordained: 1966

Removed: 2002

Assigned as follows:

  • 1966-1974       Mary Immaculate Friary (Garrison, NY)
  • 1974-1976       St. Lawrence Friary (Milton, MA)
  • 1976-1988       Mary Immaculate Friary (Garrison, NY)
  • 1988-1997       St. Francis Friary (Garrison, NY)
  • 1997-1999       Pius X (Middletown, CT)
  • 1999-2005       Blessed Sacrament (Manchester, NH)

Summary of Abuse Allegations Against Father Gabriel Massaro:

Father Gabriel Massaro was the founder and longtime head of the Capuchin's Northeast Youth Ministry program and "Day by Day Agape," a retreat program for teens. He also led youth training sessions at churches on Long Island, including St. Margaret of Scotland in the Diocese of Rockville Centre.

According to media reports, in 2002, Father Massaro was accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy from St. Margaret of Scotland during weekend retreats in 1979 in Garrison. He was removed from Blessed Sacrament in Manchester, and placed on leave after the Capuchins received an allegation that he had abused a Queens boy at the Glenclyffe, Garrison retreat facility in 1986. He reportedly also abused several other boys during weekend trips to Garrison. 

He remained a priest without privileges and moved to St. Lawrence friary in Beacon, New York.  After leaving the Friary in approximately 2015, Massaro was transfer to Sacred Heart Monastery in Yonkers, which is in close proximity to an elementary school and high school.

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. 

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