Father Vincent J. Gallo – Diocese of Brooklyn

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
1960 Ordained in the Diocese of Brooklyn
1961 – 1968 Blessed Virgin Mary Help of Christians Church, Woodside, NY
1969 – 1970 St. Mary Magdalene Church, Springfield Gardens, NY
1971 – 1977 Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Brooklyn, NY
1976 – 1977 “Diocesan Priests Senate” (as “Vincent F. Gallo”)
1978 “Special Assignment”
1979 Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary & St. Stephen’s Church, Brooklyn, NY
1980 – 1981 St. Vincent Ferrer Church, Brooklyn, NY
1982 – 1990 Blessed Sacrament Church, Brooklyn, NY
1991 – 2000 St. Bernard’s Church, Brooklyn, NY
2001 – 2010 St. Pancras Church, Queens, NY
2010 – 2017 “Retired;” residing in Breezy Point, NY
2018 “Retired;” no location given
2019 Not indexed
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 Gallo is not indexed after the 2018 Official Catholic Directory.
  • Father Vincent J. Gallo was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least five occasions from approximately 1983 to 1984 when the male child was approximately 9 to 10 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Gallo was assigned to Blessed Sacrament Church in Brooklyn, New York.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Gallo included the following: Father Gallo rubbed his erect penis against the boy’s body; Father Gallo performed oral sex on the boy; and Father Gallo forced the boy to perform oral sex on Father Gallo.
  • The claim settled in 2021 in the mid-six figures.