Crime & Safety
Bronxville Priest Back In Court Accused Of Inappropriate Touching
This wasn't the first brush with law for the priest.
BRONXVILLE, NY — A Bronxville priest, who previously worked in Yorktown and Garnerville, appeared in court Wednesday on accusations he had inappropriately touched a young girl. Rev. Thomas Kreiser had been suspended from assignment at St. Joseph's Church because of the allegations.
He is next scheduled to appear in court Feb. 6, the Journal News.
Kreiser served as a priest at St. Gregory Barbarigo Church in Garnerville from 2008 to 2011 during which he accused of stealing $26,000 from the parish, which was mostly to pay for online gambling.
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He pleaded guilty to a felony in 2011 and was sentenced to five years probation and made restitution.
Kreiser served at St. Patrick's Church in Yorktown from 2011 to 2017.
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