William T. Greene
In February 2004, Msgr. William T. Greene of the Archdiocese of New York was named in a lawsuit brought by survivors of child sexual abuse. Msgr. Greene worked at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, New York, when he allegedly sexually abused a survivor from approximately 1956 to 1957. In 2009, a second survivor notified the Archdiocese of New York that Msgr. Greene had also sexually abused him at St. Patrick’s from approximately 1954 to 1959.
Msgr. William T. Greene was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New York in 1929. He was elevated to monsignor in 1950. He worked at the following locations:
- Holy Cross Church, New York, NY
- New York City Transit Authority (chaplain)
- St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, NY (music director)
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ardsley, NYMsgr. Greene died on September 24, 1976.
(Sources: www.bishop-accountability.org & http://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/26/archives/msgr-william-t-greene-72-exarchdiocese-music-director.html)