Summary:
- Father David A. Pichette was accused of sexually abusing two male minor children while he was a priest in the Diocese of Syracuse.
- Father Pichette was accused of sexually abusing a boy on at least one occasion in approximately 1979 when the boy was approximately 16 years old. During the period of sexual abuse, the boy participated in a volunteer service trip to Nazareth Farm in Doddridge County, West Virginia while Father Pichette was a priest at Nazareth Farm. The sexual abuse occurred at a barn on Nazareth Farm and the sexual abuse consisted of Father Pichette exposing his penis to the boy, and Father Pichette having the boy expose his penis to Father Pichette.
- Father Pichette was accused of sexually abusing another boy on at least two occasions in approximately 1981 when the boy was approximately 17 years old. During the period of sexual abuse, the boy participated in a volunteer service trip to Nazareth Farm in Doddridge County, West Virginia while Father Pichette was a priest at Nazareth Farm. The sexual abuse occurred on a river near Nazareth Farm and a barn in which the boy slept at Nazareth Farm. The sexual abuse consisted of Father Pichette fondling the boy’s penis skin on skin
- The two claims settled in 2025 in the mid six figures each.
