GRECCO
Jim Rankin/Toronto Star
Donald Grecco, a former priest from the Diocese of St. Catharines, runs from the Hamilton courthouse in 2010.
Hamilton Spectator
14 October 2015
A disgraced former Roman Catholic priest, jailed in 2010 for sexually abusing three altar boys, now faces sex charges involving three other victims.
Ontario Provincial Police in Haldimand County have charged Donald Grecco, 75, of Peel Region, with gross indecency and indecent assault on a male after another victim came forward to report sex assaults which occurred in Niagara Region in 1975 when the victim was about 13 years old.
Grecco will face the latest charges on Tuesday, Dec. 8 in provincial court in Cayuga.
Over the past several months, police have been investigating a series of sexual assaults which had occurred between 1975 to 1982 involving young males. The assaults occurred at locations in Niagara Region, Haldimand County and the United States.
Grecco was charged Sept. 25 with four more alleged sex crime offences involving two other victims. He will appear in provincial court in Cayuga on Dec. 8 on those charges.
Police say the alleged incidents occurred while the accused was a priest at St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church, Cayuga, Haldimand County, St. Kevin’s Roman Catholic Church, Welland, and St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, Niagara Falls, Ont.
Anyone with information regarding this case can contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or at www.helpsolvecrime.com.
In 2008, Grecco was charged with a dozen counts of sexual abuse involving three altar boys and eventually pleaded guilty to three charges of gross indecency. He received a jail sentence of 18 months plus two years of probation. Grecco was released after serving just over 12 months in jail.
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Former Ont. priest charged in historic sex assault case
CP24 Toronto’s Breaking News
The Canadian Press
Published Wednesday, October 14, 2015 4:18PM EDT
HALDIMAN COUNTY, Ont. – Police have charged a former Catholic priest with a historical sexual assault investigation in southern Ontario.
Ontario Provincial police say they have been investigating an alleged sexual assault in 1975 involving a boy who was 13 years old at the time.
They say the alleged incident occurred while the accused was a priest at St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church in Cayuga, St. Kevin’s Roman Catholic Church in Welland and St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church in Niagara Falls.
Donald Grecco, 75, of Peel Region is charged with one count of gross indecency and one count of indecent assault on a male.
Grecco was also charged three weeks ago with two charges of gross indecency and two charges of indecent assault on a male in alleged incidents that occurred between 1977 and 1982 involving two boys who were 10 and 14 years old at the time.
In 2010, Grecco pleaded guilty to sexually molesting three altar boys in the 1970s and 80s.
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Police charge former priest with sexual assault
Norfolk News
Wed., Oct. 14. 2015
HALDIMAND COUNTY, Ont. – Police have charged a former Catholic priest with a historical sexual assault investigation in southern Ontario.
Ontario Provincial police say they have been investigating an alleged sexual assault in 1975 involving a boy who was 13 years old at the time.
They say the alleged incident occurred while the accused was a priest at St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church in Cayuga, St. Kevin’s Roman Catholic Church in Welland and St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church in Niagara Falls.
Donald Grecco, 75, of Peel Region is charged with one count of gross indecency and one count of indecent assault on a male.
Grecco was also charged three weeks ago with two charges of gross indecency and two charges of indecent assault on a male in alleged incidents that occurred between 1977 and 1982 involving two boys who were 10 and 14 years old at the time.
In 2010, Grecco pleaded guilty to sexually molesting three altar boys in the 1970s and 80s.
By The Canadian Press
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Former Ontario priest faces sex assault
Police charge former priest with sexual assault
Penticton Herald
Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 12:59 pm
HALDIMAN COUNTY, Ont. – Police have charged a former Catholic priest with a historical sexual assault investigation in southern Ontario.
Ontario Provincial police say they have been investigating an alleged sexual assault in 1975 involving a boy who was 13 years old at the time.
They say the alleged incident occurred while the accused was a priest at St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church in Cayuga, St. Kevin’s Roman Catholic Church in Welland and St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church in Niagara Falls.
Donald Grecco, 75, of Peel Region is charged with one count of gross indecency and one count of indecent assault on a male.
Grecco was also charged three weeks ago with two charges of gross indecency and two charges of indecent assault on a male in alleged incidents that occurred between 1977 and 1982 involving two boys who were 10 and 14 years old at the time.
In 2010, Grecco pleaded guilty to sexually molesting three altar boys in the 1970s and 80s.
Former Niagara priest facing more sex related charges
Newstalk 610 CKTB
More charges have been laid against a former Catholic priest in a historical sexual assault investigation in several southern Ontario communities.
OPP say they have been investigating an alleged sexual assault dating back to 1975 involving a boy who was 13 years old at the time.
They say the alleged incident occurred while the accused was a priest at St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church in Cayuga, St. Kevin’s Roman Catholic Church in Welland and St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church in Niagara Falls.
75 year old Donald Grecco of Peel Region is charged with one count of gross indecency and one count of indecent assault on a male.
Grecco was also charged three weeks ago with two charges of gross indecency and two charges of indecent assault on a male in alleged incidents that occurred between 1977 and 1982 involving two boys who were 10 and 14 years old at the time.
In 2010, Grecco pleaded guilty to sexually molesting three altar boys in the 1970s and 80s.
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Ex-priest facing historic sexual assault charges in southern Ontario
CTV News
The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, October 15, 2015 7:03AM EDT
HALDIMAN COUNTY, Ont. – Police have charged a former Catholic priest with a historical sexual assault investigation in southern Ontario.
Ontario Provincial police say they have been investigating an alleged sexual assault in 1975 involving a boy who was 13 years old at the time.
They say the alleged incident occurred while the accused was a priest at St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church in Cayuga, St. Kevin’s Roman Catholic Church in Welland and St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church in Niagara Falls.
Donald Grecco, 75, of Peel Region is charged with one count of gross indecency and one count of indecent assault on a male.
Grecco was also charged three weeks ago with two charges of gross indecency and two charges of indecent assault on a male in alleged incidents that occurred between 1977 and 1982 involving two boys who were 10 and 14 years old at the time.
In 2010, Grecco pleaded guilty to sexually molesting three altar boys in the 1970s and 80s.
I’ve added three more articles to the original post. The info in each article is essentially a repeat of articles already posted here so decided to pop them in after the fact 🙂
Hi Sylvia!
Even though I haven’t been in touch, I follow your site daily and hope all is well with you and your family. Re. the Greccos, Pat was a deacon during my first year at St. Augustine’s which was 1960-61 so he would have been ordained in spring or summer of 1961… a very nice fellow with a beautiful singing voice. Don was in the class ahead of me and would have been ordained in 1966…obviously not so nice a fellow at all in retrospect! Keep up the wonderful work you do even though I don’t know how you do it.
Paul
Thank you Paul. Next week I will add info on the pdf file re Pat’s date of ordination.
Mike and I will be attending Tuesday, December 8th at 2:00pm at the Cayuga Court house to show support for those that recently came forward. Take care Gina
“Stronger as a bundle then a twig.”
Great news Gina!
Todays outcome – Next court date Jan 19, 2016
Full Publication ban in place
Thanks Gina. Did they mention a time? If not, I will track it down.
Did he show up, or was it just lawyers? and, finally did his lawyer request the publication ban?
Hi Sylvia,
It is at 2 pm again, Grecco was not there and he was represented by duty council. The crown attorney asked for the ban and that was the first order of business when the case was called.
Thanks Gina. I have noted the time.