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Br. Alan Scheneman – Archdiocese of New York

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July 28, 2020 | By Horowitz Law
Br. Alan Scheneman – Archdiocese of New York

Brother Alan Scheneman

Archdiocese of New York / Salesians of Don Bosco

Profession: 1978

Withdrew: 1982

Died: 2009

Assigned as follows:

  • Salesian Junior Seminary (Goshen, NY)
  • Don Bosco College summer camp (Newton, NJ)

Summary of Abuse Allegations against Brother Alan Scheneman:

Br. Alan Scheneman was a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco order. In December 2013, he was accused in a lawsuit of repeated sexual abuse of a 15-year-old boy at the Salesian minor seminary in Goshen, New York. The alleged abuse included masturbating the boy’s penis skin-on-skin. The Salesians confirmed that a monetary settlement was reached. Scheneman reportedly left the order in the 1980s. He is believed to have lived in Rancho Cucamonga, California until his death.

In 2021, a lawsuit was filed in federal court against the Diocese of Paterson (New Jersey) claiming that Scheneman allegedly abused a teenage boy who was attending a summer camp in the early 1980s in Newton, New Jersey. Scheneman was a counselor and taught photography at the camp, according to the lawsuit.  In December 2013, Br. Alan Scheneman was named in a lawsuit brought by a survivor of child sexual abuse alleging that Br. Scheneman repeatedly sexually abused him when he was a 15 year-old student attending Salesian minor seminary in Goshen.

He is listed on the Salesian’s 2021 List of Clergy Credibly Accused of Sexual Abuse of a Minor.

Scheneman died in 2009.

Horowitz Law is a law firm representing victims and survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and other clergy in the Archdiocese of New York. If you need a lawyer because you were sexually abused by a priest or other Catholic clergy in New York State, contact our office today. Although many years have passed, those abused by Catholic clergy in the Archdiocese of New York now have legal options, but filing deadlines will apply so do not delay in reaching out to us. 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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