Yonkers Franciscan Friar admits to abusing 4 boys

A Yonkers Franciscan Friar has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing four boys from the same family. Brother Leopold, whose real name is Dominic Bukolick, is a member of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

News 12 Staff

Mar 20, 2008, 9:08 PM

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Yonkers Franciscan Friar admits to abusing 4 boys
A Yonkers Franciscan Friar has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing four boys from the same family.
Brother Leopold, whose real name is Dominic Bukolick, is a member of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and a lay brother at St. Leopold Friars in Yonkers.
Bukolick admitted to molesting four brothers in Yonkers in 2006 and 2007. Police said he violated the boys in the family's house and at other locations outside of Westchester County. Bukolick was arrested last October.The religious order released a statement Thursday expressing their outrage over the crime.


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