Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez

Assignment Record: 

DatesAssignment
1962 Ordained
1980 Appointed: Coadjutor Prelate of Marbel, Philippines
1981 Ordained Bishop: Coadjutor Prelate of Marbel, Philippines
1981 Succeeded: Prelate of Marbel, Philippines
1982 Appointed: Bishop Marbel, Philippines
1982 – 2018 Bishop Marbel, Philippines
2018 – 2019 Retired: Bishop of Marbel, Philippines
 
(St. Francis de Sales Church from at least approximately 1970 – 1971 was located in Belle Harbor, New York.)
 
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:
  • Bishop Gutierrez was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least 6 occasions from approximately 1970 until approximately 1971 when the boy was approximately 11 to 12 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Bishop Gutierrez was a visiting priest at St. Francis de Sales Church in Belle Harbor, New York.
  • The sexual abuse by Bishop Gutierrez included the following: Bishop Gutierrez fondling the boy’s genitals skin on skin, and sometimes Bishop Gutierrez fondling himself while he fondled the boy’s genitals.
  • The Diocese of Brooklyn agreed to settle the claim in the low to mid six figures 2021.
  • Bishop Gutierrez died in February 2019.