Joseph P. Friel: Substantiated Allegations of Abuse of a Minor

Joseph P. Friel

 

 

  • 1957: Ordained
  • 1958: St. Mary, Little Valley, NY (Missionary)
  • 1959: St. Joseph, North Tonawanda, NY
  • 1960-1964: St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Cheektowaga, NY
  • 1965-1966: Basilica of Our Lady of Victory, Lackawanna, NY
  • 1967-1970: Fourteen Holy Helpers, Gardenville, NY
  • 1971: St. John the Evangelist, Buffalo, NY
  • 1972: Absent on sick leave
  • 1973-1974: Blessed Sacrament, Kenmore, NY
  • 1975: St. Bernard, Buffalo, NY
  • 1976-1977: St. Bartholomew, Buffalo, NY
  • 1978-1982: St. Patrick, Randolph, NY
  • 1983-1986: St. Vincent, North Evans, NY
  • 1987: Awaiting assignment
  • 1988-1990: St. Charles, Niagara Falls, NY
  • 1991: St. Leo Church, Amherst, NY
  • 1992-1994: Absent on sick leave
  • 1995: Retired (120 Albermarle St, Spt. #10, Buffalo, NY 14207)
  • 8/19/1995: Died
  • Notes: A 1994 civil lawsuit alleged that Fr. Joseph P. Friel sexually abused a teenage boy in the late 1960s. Fr. Friel died just over a year after the lawsuit was filed.