Father Henry Reel
Diocese of Rockville Centre
Ordained: 1934
Died: 1991
Assignment History:
- 1934-1939: St. Thomas Aquinas (Brooklyn, NY)
- 1939-1957: Immaculate Conception Seminary (Huntington, NY)
- 1957-1959: Our Lady of the Magnificat (Ocean Beach, Fire Island, NY)
- 1959-1961: Comm. for Sacred Liturgy
- 1961-1984: St. Aloysius (Great Neck, NY)
- 1962: Domestic Prelate
- 1963-Unknown: Pro-Synodal Judge
- 1963: Delegate Our Lady of Assumption Deanery; Chairman Diocesan Comm. for Sacred Liturgy
- 1964: Diocesan Comm. for the Sacred Liturgy, Music & Art
- 1965: Diocesan Consultor
- 1968-1982: Pro-Synodal Examiner
- 1970-Unknown: Chairman Diocesan Task Force
- 1971-1979: Our Lady of the Assumption Deanery
- 1980-Unknown: Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary
- 1981-1985: Priests Senate
- 1984: Pastor Emeritus with residence in Great Neck, NY
Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Father Henry Reel:
Father Henry Reel is listed on the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s 2021 List of Clergy Credibly Accused of Sexual Abuse of a Minor. The list states that the alleged sexual abuse occurred while Reel worked at St. Aloysius in Great Neck, NY, sometime between 1961-1984. The list also says that Reel abused his victim(s) at Jones Beach, a boy’s summer camp, in his own car, and at Immaculate Conception Seminary. The details of the sexual abuse allegations, including the victim’s age/gender, are unknown. It is believed that Fr. Reel died in 1991.
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