Father Herbert Skurski
Diocese of Ogdensburg
Ordained: 1944
Died: 1996
Assigned as Follows:
- St. Michael’s Church (Bridgeport, CT)
- St. Casimir Church (Baltimore, MD)
- Corpus Christi Church (Chambersburg, PA)
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (Baltimore, MD)
- Queen of the Most Holy Rosary (Buffalo, NY)
- St. Theresa Church (Rochester, NY)
- Holy Trinity Church (Montreal, Canada)
- St. Stanislaus Church (Chicopee, MA)
- St. Hedwig Church (New Bedford, MA)
- St. Stephen Church (Shamokin, PA)
- St. Mary Church (Nova Scotia, Canada)
- St. Joseph Friary and Church (Peabody, MA)
- St. Mary’s Nativity Church (West Leyden, NY)
- St. Mary’s Church (Constableville, NY)
- St. Louis Church (Portland, ME)
- St. Joseph Church (Mt. Carmel, PA)
- St. Hyacinth Friary (Granby, MA)
Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Herbert Skurski:
Father Herbert Skurski was ordained to the priesthood in 1944. He served in multiple parishes in multiple states throughout his career including the Diocese of Ogdensburg. Father Skurski died in January 1996.
According to media reports, in 2017, a letter was sent to Bishop Terry R. LaValley by a woman who reported that Father Herbert Skurski had sexually abused her as a child when he was assigned to the Ogdensburg Diocese. After internally investigating the claim, the Diocese of Ogdensburg decided to provide financial assistance for counseling for the victim. In December 2018, the diocese offered her $100,000 from the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program (IRCP).
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