Father Charles G. Collins – Diocese of Rockville Centre

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1968 Ordained in the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey
1969 – 1970 St. Rose’s Church, Belmar, NJ
1971 St. Raphael’s Church, Trenton, NJ
Approx. 1971 Begins serving as a priest in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York
1972 – 1975 St. Joseph’s Church, Garden City, NY
1976 – 1977 St. Peter of Alcantara Church, Port Washington, NY
1978 – 1980 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Lindenhurst, NY
1981 – 1983 St. Paul the Apostle Church, Glen Head, NY
1984 – 1987 St. Lawrence the Martyr Church, Sayville, NY
1988 Not indexed
1989 – 1992 “On sick leave”
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 Collins died in 1992.
  • Father Charles G. Collins was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least fifteen occasions from approximately 1978 to 1979 when the male child was approximately fifteen to seventeen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Collins was assigned to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Lindenhurst, New York. The sexual abuse took place in locations including the rectory affiliated with Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church; hotels on Long Island, New York; and on a boat apparently owned by Father Collins.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Collins included the following: Father Collins performed oral sex on the child and forced the child to perform oral sex on Father Collins. Father Collins repeatedly sodomized the child.
  • The claim settled in April 2020 in the low six figures.