Catholic Priest

Herbert J. McElroy

Ordained: 1934

Father McElroy was named in a 2003 lawsuit and accused of sexually abusing a minor boy. The lawsuit alleged that McElroy abused a minor boy during the 1950s at St. Mary Magdalene Parish in Springfield Gardens.  McElroy died in 2004.

Father McElroy's Assignments

PlacementCity/StateDate(s)
St. Peter ClaverBrooklyn, NY
St. Anthony Oceanside;
St. Francis CabriniBrooklyn, NY
St. Philip NeriNorthport;
St. Mary MagdaleneSpringfield Gardens;
Immaculate Conception Brooklyn, NY
Our Lady of HopeMiddle Village, NY
St. MalachyBrooklyn, NY