Timothy A. McDonnell

[3] Timothy McDonnell attended parochial schools in the Bronx and was inspired by his great-uncle to pursue a vocation to the priesthood.

[2] On June 1, 1963, McDonnell was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New York by Cardinal Francis Spellman at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.

McDonnell earned a Master of Education in pastoral counseling degree from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, in 1970.

[2] From 1970 to 1977, McDonnell was assistant director of the archdiocesan Office for Christian and Family Development, while also serving as a chaplain at Cardinal McCloskey School and Home for Children in White Plains, New York.

[4] He was consecrated on December 12, 2001, by Cardinal Edward Egan, with Bishops Henry J. Mansell and Robert Brucato serving as co-consecrators, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.

Scahill had been withholding part of the parish collection to protest continued diocese support of Reverend Richard Lavigne, who had been convicted of child molestation in 1992.

On July 23, 2004, the diocese announced a $7 million settlement with 46 victims of child sexual abuse, many of whom had been molested by Levigne.