The Diocese of Rockville Centre finally broke its years of silence and commented on the Amityville case. In a May 15, 2002 letter to Ric Osuna, in response to his questions regarding the ghost stories, the assistant to the Vicar General wrote, “The Diocese maintains that the story [of the Amityville Horror] was a false report. In November of 1977, Diocesan attorneys prepared a substantial list, to be submitted to the publisher [of The Amityville Horror], of numerous inaccuracies, factually incorrect references and untrue statements regarding events, persons and occurrences that never happened.”
Father Pecoraro was eventually transferred to an entirely different diocese, where he purportedly was forbidden to practice certain Catholic rites. But this claim, alleged by the Jim and Barbara Cromarty during a press conference in 1979, has not been substantiated by the Church. Either way, the Diocese of Rockville Centre, responsible for the Amityville area, denied that any psychic events took place or affected clerical officials as reported in Jay Anson's book.
Father Pecoraro is now deceased, so we may never know his side of the story.
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