Father Gerard Chasse – Diocese of Rockville Centre

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1970 Ordained in the Diocese of Rockville Centre
1971 – 1972 St. Patrick’s Church, Bay Shore, NY
1973 – 1975 St. Luke’s Church, Brentwood, NY
1976 Not indexed
1977 Mary Immaculate Church, Bellport, NY
1978 – 1980 “On Duty Outside the Diocese” – listed in the Directory as residing in Montana
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 Chasse was laicized in 1980.
  • Father Gerard Chasse was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on approximately twenty occasions from approximately 1973 to 1974 when the male child was approximately twelve to thirteen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Chasse was assigned to St. Luke’s Church in Brentwood, New York, and the male child was an altar boy at the church. The sexual abuse took place in locations including the rectory near St. Luke’s Church, a van in the parking lot near the church, and a state park.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Chasse included the following: Father Chasse repeatedly fondled the boy’s genitals and performed oral sex on the boy. Father Chasse also repeatedly forced the boy to perform oral sex on Father Chasse until Father Chasse ejaculated.
  • The claim settled in April 2020 in the low six figures.