What a shock," an year-old churchgoer said yesterday of the Rev. Robert S. Kaszynski of St. Stanislaus Parish, where he had been for 40 years. The year-old Kaszynski, or "Father K," as he was called, abruptly resigned Friday when he was notified of the accusation. The woman claimed he sexually abused her on one occassion in the mid '60s, church officials said. She was a minor when the alleged abuse took place," said John Kearns, a spokesman for the Fall River Diocese.
Authorities did not release details of the alleged sexual abuse, and Kearns said he did not know whether the victim was a parish member or had attended St. Stanislaus School, which is pre-kindergarten through 8th grade.
Walsh Jr. There are no charges pending against Kaszynski. On Tuesday, Bishop Sean O'Malley sent a letter to parishioners and students' parents informing them of the allegation.
I offer my profound apology and my support. We can only imagine the pain and sense of betrayal caused by clerical sexual abuse," O'Malley wrote. O'Malley asked people to pray for Kaszynski. It was with a profound sense of the dimensions of this tragedy that I accepted his resignation," O'Malley wrote. Kaszynski came to the largely Polish parish in , serving as an assistant before becoming pastor a few years later.
He was instrumental in rebuilding the church when it was torn down in the early s after a fire. Longtime parishioner Johnny Rybka said Kaszynski came from St.
