Robert Post: Identified in Sexual Abuse Claims

Robert Post

Multiple survivors have come forward alleging sexual abuse by Fr. Robert Post. At least one survivor alleged that Fr. Post sexually abused him while he was a student at Blessed Sacrament High School in New Rochelle, New York, where then-Br. Post was the principal.

Fr. Robert Post was a member of the Congregation of Christian Brothers (Irish Christian Brothers). He took his perpetual vows as a Christian Brother in 1965 and was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1982. Fr. Post worked at the following locations:

  • 1957-1985: Congregation of Christian Brothers, Canada (teacher)
  • Unknown dates: Italy (teacher)
  • Unknown dates: Bishop Gibbons High School, Schenectady, NY (Assistant Principal)
  • 1976-1979: Blessed Sacrament High School, New Rochelle, NY (Principal)
  • 1979-1982: Unknown
  • 1982-1984: St. Mary’s, Bethel, CT
  • 1982-1984: St. Gabriel’s High School, New Rochelle, NY (Spiritual Director)
  • 1984-1987: St. Thomas More, Darien, CT
  • 1984-1989: Stamford Catholic High School, Stamford, CT (Spiritual Director)
  • 1985-approx. 2008: Chapel of the Sisters, Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Stamford, CT
  • 1987-approx. 2008: Saint Susanna’s, Rome, Italy (Summer Associate with the Paulist Fathers)
  • 1988-1995: Diocesan Master of Ceremonies, Bridgeport, CT
  • 1992-1995: Trinity Catholic High School (formerly Stamford Catholic High School), Stamford, CT (Spiritual Director)
  • Unknown dates: Central Catholic High School, Norwalk, CT (Spiritual Director)
  • Unknown dates: Immaculate High School, Danbury, CT (Spiritual Director)
  • 1995-approx. 2008: Fire and Rescue Department, Stamford, Connecticut (Chaplain)
  • 1987-1999: Sacred Heart, Stamford, CT
  • 1999-2004: St. Thomas More, Darien, CT
  • 2004-2005: Unknown
  • 2006: Sacred Heart Academy, Stamford, CT (Spiritual Director)
  • 2005-2013: St. Thomas More, Darien, CT
  • 2013-2015: Unknown
  • 2015-2016: Retired, Stamford, CT

As of 2016, Fr. Post was believed to be residing at the Catherine Dennis Keefe Queen of the Clergy Retired Priests’ Residence in Stamford, Connecticut.

(Source: http://www.bishopaccountability.org/assign/Post_Robert_J.htm)