Father Henry Marcinek
Diocese of Greensburg
Ordained: 1956
Retired: 1985
Died: 1987
Assigned as follows:
- 1956 - 1957: Holy Name (Monessen, PA)
- 1957 - 1958: SS Cyril & Methodius (Fairchance, PA)
- 1958 - 1960: Holy Trinity (Ford City, PA)
- 1960 - 1965: Holy Rosary Church (Republic, PA)
- 1965 - 1967: St. Mary Church (Uniontown, PA)
- 1967 - 1970: St. Elizabeth Church (Starford, PA); Sacred Heart (Dixonville, PA)
- 1970 - 1973: Holy Rosary Church (Republic, PA)
- 1973 - 1982: Holy Cross (Youngwood and St. Gilbert Church (Hunker, PA)
- 1982 - 1985: St. Pius X (Mt. Pleasant, PA)
Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Fr. Henry Marcinek:
Fr. Henry Marcinek was ordained a priest in 1956, who served in multiple parishes in the Diocese of Greensburg. According to media reports, in 2018, he was first named publicly as accused in the PA Grand Jury report. It revealed in 2007, a 45-year-old man reported that Father Henry Marcinek sexually assaulted him for over a decade, starting in approximately 1972. He said the abuse began at the age of 10 during the victim's time at Holy Rosary grammar school, and that it continued for more than 8 years. He was one of Marcinek's altar boys, and was often asked to "help" around the rectory so that Marinek could have time alone with him. Soon, he was accompanying Marcinek to his cabin or on other trips when the boy was forced to share a bed with the priest.
In response to the allegation, the Diocese of Greensburg paid the man $10,000.00 and gave him 90 counseling sessions.
Marcinek died in 1987 as a retired priest in good standing.
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