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Ex-priest fired from New York Catholic school after abuse complaints
November 11, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: A laicized priest who was teaching religion in a Brooklyn Catholic school has been “terminated effective immediately” after complaints of sexual abuse were found credible.
Michael Melendez faces three complaints involving students at St. Francis Prep. He had left the priesthood voluntarily, and was laicized in 2008.
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