Credibly Accused of Sex Abuse Former Rochester Priest Lives in Tampa Bay

The Catholic Diocese of Rochester has found credible allegations made against a retired priest who had served in the Diocese of Rochester since 1955. Rev.Conrad Sundholm, according to the news article in the Syracuse Post-Standard, now lives within the confines of the Diocese of St. Petersburg. A SNAP press release noted that Sundholm lives in St. Petersburg but that’s not entirely clear from the Post-Standard story upon which the press release is based. The Diocese of St. Petersburg encompasses five counties on the west coast of Florida: Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough, and Pinellas Counties. It is also unclear from the press release or the Post-Standard story if the accused priest ever worked in the Diocese of St. Petersburg after retiring in 1999.
The release from the Diocese of Rochester states that, “An allegation concerning sexual abuse of a minor dating back to the mid-1970s against Rev. Conrad Sundholm, a retired priest now living in Florida, has been determined to be credible.”
I’ve previously written in this blog about the NY-Florida connection of priests accused of the sexual abuse of children. There are quite a number of former NY Catholic priests who moved to Florida after having abused minors in NY. In some cases, the priests abused again when stationed in Florida.
Presently, the NY State Legislature is considering legislation, “The Child Victim Act” which would provide a window in which NY survivors of sexual abuse could pursue their sexual abusers in civil court.