Fr. Robert W. Guiry: Diocesan Clergy Accused of Sexual Misconduct With a Minor

Fr. Robert W. Guiry

Ordained: 1960
Assignments:
  • Unknown: Queen of All Saints, Brooklyn, NY (BRK)
  • 1960-1978:  St. Raphael, Long Island City, NY (BRK)
  • 1979-1981:  St. Thomas Apostle, Woodhaven, NY (BRK)
  • 1982-1993: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Queens, NY (BRK)
  • 1994-2008: Unknown
  • 2009-2018: On Leave/Unassigned (BRK)
  • 2019: Unknown

Fr. Robert Guiry was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Fr. Guiry reportedly worked at St John’s University as a professor. Fr. Guiry reportedly left the priesthood in 1991 and was laicized in 2006. Fr. Guiry is included 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 “Clergy Members of the Diocese of Brooklyn With Credible Allegations: Credibility Deemed by Diocesan Review Board Determination and/or Admission on Behalf of the Cleric.” The details of the sexual abuse allegations, including when and where the abuse occurred, are unknown. Fr. Guiry’s current whereabouts and whether he has access to children are unknown.