Father Eugene Kwapisz, O.F.M. Conv. - Order of Minors Friar Conventual, St. Anthony of Padua Province - Diocese of Trenton

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1964 Ordained
1965 – 1967 Not indexed
1968 – 1978 Immaculate Heart of Mary Friary, Baltimore, MD (Archdiocese of Baltimore)
1979 Not indexed
1980 – 1983 St. Joseph’s Church, Mt. Carmel, PA (Diocese of Harrisburg)
1984 – 1985 St. Casimir Church, Riverside, NJ (Diocese of Trenton)
1986 – 1987 All Saints Church, Dunwoody, GA (Archdiocese of Atlanta)
1988 Not indexed
Source:
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons

(The years listed above are the publication years of the Official Catholic Directory. According to the Directory, the assignments provided for a given year are effective as of January 1 of that year. This means that a priest listed in the Directory for a given year at a parish or school was likely at the same assignment for at least part of the previous year as well.)

Summary:
  • Father Kwapisz died in January 1988.
  • Father Eugene Kwapisz, O.F.M. Conv., was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least twenty occasions from approximately 1983 to 1985 when the boy was approximately 13 to 16 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Kwapisz was assigned to St. Casimir Church in Riverside, New Jersey, and the boy was an altar server at the church. The sexual abuse by Father Kwapisz occurred in multiple locations including the rectory affiliated with St. Casimir Church and hotel rooms during trips.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Kwapisz included the following: Father Kwapisz fondled the boy’s genitals and made the boy fondle Father Kwapisz’s genitals; Father Kwapisz performed oral sex on the boy and made the boy perform oral sex on Father Kwapisz; and Father Kwapisz sodomized the boy.
  • The claim settled in 2021 in the low six figures.