Father George Maslar, O.M.F.Conv. (Conventual Franciscans)

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1963 Ordained
1965 St. Michael’s Church in Bridgeport, CT (Diocese of Bridgeport)
1966—1978 Kolbe High School in Bridgeport, CT (Diocese of Bridgeport)
1979 – 1981 Not Indexed
1982 – 1983 St. Casimir Church in Baltimore, MD (Archdiocese of Baltimore)
1984 Not Indexed
1985 Franciscan Friars in New Britain, CT (Archdiocese of Hartford)
1986—1991 Friary of St. Joseph Cupertino, Novitiate in Ellicott City, MD (Archdiocese of Baltimore)
1992 Stanislaus Kostka's Church in Baltimore, MD (Archdiocese of Baltimore)
1993 Not Indexed
1994 Sacred Heart Church in Danbury, CT (Diocese of Bridgeport)
1995 St. Michael the Archangel Church in Bridgeport, CT (Diocese of Bridgeport)
1996 Not Indexed
1997 - 1999 Friary of St. Joseph Cupertino, Novitiate in Ellicott City, MD (Archdiocese of Baltimore)
2000 - 2001 Not indexed
2002 - 2003 St. Adalbert’s Church in Queens, NY (Diocese of Brooklyn)
2004 - 2006 Assisi House in Aston, PA (Archdiocese of Philadelphia)
2007 - 2009 Not Indexed
2010 - 2012 Bridgeport Health Care in Bridgeport, CT (Diocese of Bridgeport)
2013—2017 St. Michael the Archangel Church in Bridgeport, CT (Diocese of Bridgeport)
Bridgeport Health Care in Bridgeport, CT (Diocese of Bridgeport)
2018 St. Michael the Archangel Church in Bridgeport, CT (Diocese of Bridgeport)
2019 Not Indexed
2020  Undetermined
2021 St. Maximilian Kolbe Friary in Hamburg, NY (Diocese of Buffalo)
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 Maslar died in December 2021.
  • Father Maslar was accused of sexually abusing a female minor child on at least 2 occasions from approximately1971 to approximately 1972 when the girl was approximately 15 to 16 years old.
  • At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Maslar was assigned to Kolbe High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut while the girl attended Marian Heights Academy in Monroe, Connecticut. Father Maslar visited Marian Heights on a number of occasions to perform Mass.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Maslar involved the following: Father Maslar kissing the girl on the mouth, Father Maslar fondling the girl’s breasts and genitals, Father Maslar having the girl fondle Father Maslar’s genitals, and Father Maslar having the girl perform oral sex on Father Maslar.
  • The Conventual Franciscans agreed to settle the claim in the high five figures in 2021.