Father Francis Stinner – Archdiocese of New York

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1967 Ordained in the Archdiocese of New York
1968 – 1972 Immaculate Conception Church, Port Jervis, NY
1973 – 1980 John S. Burke Catholic High School, Goshen, NY
1981 – 1989 John F. Kennedy High School, Somers, NY
1990 Not indexed
1991 – 1997 St. Joseph’s Church, Bronxville, NY
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 Francis Stinner was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least two occasions in approximately 1972 when the male child was approximately fourteen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Stinner was assigned to John S. Burke Catholic High School in Goshen, New York, and the boy was a student at the school. The sexual abuse took place in the rectory near St. John Neumann Church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Stinner included the following: Father Stinner forced the boy to expose the boy’s penis to Father Stinner; and Father Stinner forced the boy to perform oral sex on Father Stinner.
  • The claim settled in February 2020 in the low six figures.