Father Michael Amy -- Diocese of Erie

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1978: Ordained in the Diocese of Erie
1978 -- 1979: Our Lady of Peace Church, Erie, PA
1979 – 1985: Cathedral Preparatory School, Erie, PA
1983: Catholic Scouting Committee (chaplain)
1985 – 1988: Elk County Catholic High School, St. Mary’s, PA
1986: Holy Rosary Church, St. Mary’s, PA
1988 – 1990: Bradford Central Christian High School, Bradford, PA
1989 – 1991: St. Callistus Church, Kane, PA
1991 – 1994: “Sick leave;” according to the Official Catholic Directory, “Leave of
Absence”
Sources:
  • Report I of the 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, released by the Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General, dated July 27, 2018; and
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons

Father Amy is not indexed after the 1994 edition of the Official Catholic Directory. According to the Grand Jury report, the Diocese of Erie laicized Father Amy in 1993.

Summary:
  • Father Michael Amy was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least three occasions in approximately 1980 when the male child was approximately fifteen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Amy was assigned to Cathedral Preparatory School in Erie, Pennsylvania, and the male child was a student at the school. The sexual abuse took place inside the school and in Father Amy’s residence near the school.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Amy included the following: Father Amy performed oral sex on the boy and forced the boy to perform oral sex on Father Amy until Father Amy ejaculated.
  • The claim settled in March 2020 in the low six figures.