Fr. Gennaro M. Simonetti
Ordained: 1938
Assignments:
- 1939: Unknown
- 1940-1958: St. Joseph Patron of the Universal Church, Brooklyn, NY (BRK)
- 1959-1983: Our Lady of Miracles, Brooklyn, NY (BRK)
- 1984-1987: Retired, Our Lady of Miracles, Brooklyn, NY (BRK)
- 1988-1998: Our Lady of Miracles, Brooklyn, NY (BRK)
- 1998: Died
Fr. Gennaro Simonetti was ordained in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Fr. Simonetti was accused of sexually abusing a minor boy at an after-school program at Our Lady of Miracles School in the late 1970s. Fr. Simonetti was named on the Diocese of Brooklyn’s 2019 “List of Diocesan Clergy for Whom the Diocese Received Allegations of Sexual Misconduct with a Minor,” in the subsection “Diocese of Brooklyn Clergy Who Were Deceased/Or Resigned Prior to a Finding of Credibility.”