Delbarton alumnus files sex abuse suit
A 45-year-old Washington State man has claimed in a lawsuit that he now has a vivid memory of being molested 28 years ago by a Benedictine monk when he was a student at the private Delbarton School in Morris Township.
The Vatican Removes 6 Priests
Patrick Quigley, who pleaded guilty in the early 1990’s to soliciting adolescent boys for sex in Rockland County, was a priest in Manhattan, Staten Island and Rockland County.
4 former Island priests defrocked by the Church
Patrick Quigley, ordained in 1981, had previously pleaded guilty in 1994 to a misdemeanor charge after admitting he had offered three young boys money for oral sex in Haverstraw Village in Rockland County.
Abusive Priests Often End up in St. Louis
The Rev. James McGreal of Seattle has admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of children between the 1960s and 1980s. The Seattle archdiocese has so far agreed to pay almost $10 million to 26 of those victims, but because of Washington’s statute of limitations, McGreal has never been convicted of a crime. Because McGreal can’t be […]
3 with Ties to Delbarton School Punished in Sex Abuse Cases
Two priests and a deacon from the religious order that runs the Delbarton School have been punished in connection with three sexual abuse cases, according to a statement from Saint Mary’s Abbey.
Abbey Report Shows 3 Clerics Guilty of Abuse
One priest, a former Delbarton teacher, has been sent to a rehabilitation center where he is expected to live out his life. A deacon will have his clerical status stripped from him. Another cleric will be allowed to function as a priest but won’t be allowed to have contact with children.
Report on claims of sexual assault by priest were delayed a year
PATERSON (NJ): A year after a special panel, deemed as credible allegations of sexual abuse against a former Delbarton School monk, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson has finally referred the complaints to the Vatican in Rome. The complaint is among six pending cases including five priests who have been accused of molesting young people. […]
Church Moves to Laicize Priests
The Catholic Church has moved to defrock one monk and has asked the Vatican for permission to try five other priests for having committed sex acts against minors while at area churches.
Clergy in Delbarton Case to Be Removed
Catholic Church officials are seeking to remove a former Benedictine monk and deacon from the clergy because they have deemed credible an accusation that he assaulted an 18-year-old Delbarton School alumnus on campus in 1981.
Family, friends, faithful salute Bishop Dominic Marconi
IN APPRECIATION— A beaming Bishop Dominic A. Marconi, who retired July 1 from active ministry, admires the new Pectoral Cross presented to him Sunday afternoon during a tribute for almost half a century in the priesthood that included 26 years as Regional Bishop for Union County.
Alum’s 2002 Letter to Abbot Confroy
Obviously, both Fr. Timothy and Br. Malachy’s sexual abuse of adolescents are well documented and are well accepted by the community. Fr. Elias has not yet been exposed in the public eye of scrutiny, but I am sure he is next.
Delbarton Hit By Charge Of Sex Abuse By Monk
At 6-feet-tall, the boyish-looking, strapping 39-year-old Sheridan was a star lacrosse player, named one of only 46 members of Delbarton’s Hall of Honor and was its outstanding alumnus for 2001.
Ex-Delbarton monk accused of sex abuse
By all appearances, Bob Sheridan had everything going for him. He was a former lacrosse and soccer star at the Delbarton School and worked part time as coach of the varsity indoor lacrosse team. He had a good job as a salesman for a large insurance company. He was active raising money for his alma […]
Handling of Abuse Complaint Disillusions a Catholic
He broke his silence a decade ago. But when Bob Sheridan told officials at the venerable Delbarton School here that he had been sexually abused by a monk as a teenager, he said, they did not investigate the allegations or report them to church officials.
Cleared priest describes ordeal
Cleared of allegations he molested a 14-year-old girl two decades ago, a Roman Catholic priest says the two months he was suspended from his job as a Rider University chaplain – and presumed guilty by many – was a “living hell.”
Prosecutor drops probe of chaplain
The Union County Prosecutor’s Office has concluded that a woman’s sexual abuse allegations against a former Roman Catholic chaplain at Rider University were not credible.
Pedaling furiously from the past
CLACKAMAS, Ore. — Bill Crane Jr. powers his mountain bike up a steep trail littered with logs and rocks, hiw sinewy legs pumping like pistons. He stops at a clearing created by a mudslide. The view is heavenly: A blue sky hovers over shimmering treetops split by the mighty Columbia River. “God created this,” Crane […]
2002 Confroy Letter re Brennan, Ugliano
While it is painful for us to see old wounds reopened and to confront new allegations, we are resolved to see the process through with openness, candor and fairness to all concerned. I begin with a summary of the cases of Father Timothy Brennan and Father Bruno Ugliano. … [Brennan] was relieved of all priestly […]
Prosecutor Drops Cases of 20 Priests
The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office announced yesterday that it will not pursue charges in 26 cases of alleged sexual abuse involving 20 priests whose names were forwarded by the Diocese of Paterson last month.
School chaplain accused of sex abuse
TRENTON – A Rider University chaplain has been removed from his job while prosecutors investigate claims that he and two other priests sexually abused a teenage girl more than 20 years ago.
