Bishop Stands In For Pearl River Monsignor Being Investigated For Sex Abuse

PEARL RIVER, N.Y. – Rockland County authorities are ready to investigate John O'Keefe, the monsignor of St. Margaret of Antioch Church in Pearl River, on allegations he sexually abused a child more than 30 years ago, according to LoHud.com.

Rockland County authorities will begin an investigation into allegations Monsignor John O'Keefe sexually abused a child in the early 1980s.
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Jim Barg

12/21/2015 3:30 a.m.

The New York Archdiocese removed O'Keefe from practicing Mass on Friday, and Bishop Dominick J. Lagonegro, a personal representative of Cardinal Timothy Dolan, stood in for O'Keefe for Saturday afternoon Mass, LoHud reported.

The allegations date to the early '80s, during O'Keefe's time at Cardinal Hayes in the Bronx and on a trip to Virginia, as previously read by Daily Voice.

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