17 Facts About Paul Schenck

Paul Chaim Schenck was born on 1958 and is a Catholic priest, pastoral counselor, and clinical chaplain.

Paul Schenck has two sisters and an identical twin brother with whom he was raised in Grand Island, New York.

Paul Schenck's father was born Jewish and his mother converted to Judaism from the Catholic and Anglican churches.

Paul Schenck was married in 1977 in an interfaith ceremony in Niagara Falls, New York, presided by Paul Fodor, the Hungarian Holocaust survivor and author.

At the time, Schenck was a student in the Institute of Jewish Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Paul Schenck became director of the Empire State Teen Challenge center, a faith-based residential treatment program for persons with "life-controlling problems" such as substance use and abuse, antisocial behaviors, criminal conduct, and relational conflicts.

Paul Schenck became a born-again Christian and was baptized at age 16.

Paul Schenck was active in evangelical churches until joining the Catholic Church.

Paul Schenck received a Master Certificate in executive leadership from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.

Paul Schenck earned a master's degree in Catholic health care ethics from the Bioethics Institute at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, and received a Master of Science degree in psychology from Divine Mercy University.

Paul Schenck received the Master of Jewish Professional Studies and was granted a certificate of Interfaith Leadership from Gratz College, the historic Jewish college in Philadelphia.

Paul Schenck holds a graduate degree in religious studies from the Catholic International University.

Paul Schenck entered the ministry in May, 1982 when he was ordained by the presbytery of the New York District of the Assemblies of God.

Paul Schenck had previously held the license to preach with the Elim Fellowship, a revivalist missionary group affiliated with his alma mater, Elim Bible Institute.

Paul Schenck has been a pastor, Parochial vicar and diocesan Deacon formation director.

Paul Schenck has taught at the Elim Bible College, Lima, New York; the Reformed Episcopal Seminary, Philadelphia; the Thomas More College in Manchester, New Hampshire, and The Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio.

Rev Paul Schenck is currently a senior chaplain in the US Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.