Msgr. Brian F.X. Callahan – Diocese of Brooklyn

On Behalf of | Feb 9, 2020 | Abuser Profiles, Catholic Church

Monsignor Brian F.X. Callahan

Diocese of Brooklyn

Ordained: 1965

Died: 2003

Assigned as follows:

  • 1966-1986: St. Michael Archangel and St. Edward (Brooklyn, NY) 
  • 1976-1980: St. Boniface’s (Brooklyn, NY)
  • 1981: St. Catherine of Genoa (Brooklyn, NY)  
  • 1987-2003: St. Thomas Aquinas (Brooklyn, NY) 

Summary of Abuse Allegations against Monsignor Brian FX Callahan:

Msgr. Brian FX Callahan was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1965. 

According to media reports, in 1996, he was one of three priests reported to the Diocese of Brooklyn by three nuns for allegedly sexually abusing minor boys in the mid-1970s. 

In February 2019, Callahan’s name appeared publicly on the Diocese of Brooklyn’s list of clergy credibly accused of sex abuse of minors.  

Callahan’s died in December 2003.

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