Letter from Abbot Giles Hayes
Dear Parents, Alumni and Friends of St. Mary’s Abbey, This has been another strong year for Delbarton and for our students in the classroom, in community service, in the arts and in athletics. However, it has also been a difficult one for our community, as individuals have come forward with new allegations of sexual misconduct […]
Alleged Delbarton abuse victim files lawsuit, asks to be released from gag order
(Star-Ledger) He stood six feet from the microphone on the lawn of the Morris County Courthouse Friday, his wife’s hand clasped and his lips clenched as others spoke of him in the third person. And when it was time to be heard, he didn’t even read his own statement.
Delbarton Abuse Victim Seeks Gag Order Release
(Patch.com) Another person has come forward in the ongoing saga of allegations against Delbarton School and St. Mary’s Abbey involving years of alleged sexual abuse.
Delbarton sex abuse victim wants to speak freely about settlement
(Daily Record) A man who admittedly was sexually abused by a Delbarton School monk when he was a student in 1984 joined victim’s advocates Friday in calling upon leaders of the prestigious school to be “transparent and open” about misconduct by its monks and allow him to speak freely about a confidential lawsuit settlement he […]
Brennan Settlement Openly Discussed in 2002
As they had several times before, Fr. Rembert and the graduate discussed a range of topics. When the topic turned to sexual misconduct, the two eventually discussed misconduct by Fr. Timothy Brennan (who had been in the news recently). Fr. Rembert allegedly shared with the graduate at lunch that the abbey had settled the lawsuit […]
Timothy Brennan… How Many Victims?
When Father Timothy Brennan pled guilty to a charge of aggravated sexual contact on January 21, 1987, he was already participating in a six-month residential treatment program for sex offender at Saint Luke’s in Silver Spring, Maryland. In the mid-80s, monk offenders rarely went to St. Luke’s for a single incident of misconduct. Abbot Brian Clarke […]
Offending Monks’ “Club Ped”
According to a Star-Ledger article [ View ] on June 6, 2012: In 1987, Brennan pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct with another teen student and was sent to a Missouri facility for sexual offenders. Twenty-five years later, he remains in the Benedictine order, under supervision and secluded from the public, Cicatiello said.
Web Site Feedback #3
I thought Fr. Justin Capato was on restrictions. He has been seen at Salon [Di Parruchiere] in Cedar Knolls without supervision. This was last week. He has also been trying to contact people from Notre Dame of Mt. Carmel. One person was a 17 year old boy. So much for the restrictions St. Mary’s Abbey […]
Web Site Feedback #4
Not only is it offensive that Worry’s name is on the parish bulletin, but the same also applies to Capato’s name still on the Notre Dame of Mt. Carmel Bulletin. I wonder how seriously the Abbey is taking this lawsuit? It appears that Notre Dame has a teflon shield? Many, many people are extremely disgusted […]
Delbarton monk accused of sexual abuse
(The Star-Ledger) The latest in a string of accusations of sexual abuse at the Delbarton School involve a monk, the Rev. Benedict Worry, who has been serving as the pastor of St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Linden and the chaplain for the Linden Police Department.
Abbey’s Statement: More Spin
Abbot Giles Hayes is at St. Vincent’s Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania this week, leading a monastic retreat on Pauline Mysticism. As a distracted and disorganized Abbot Giles reflects on Colossians and Ephesians in poorly attended retreat sessions on Tuesday, the public relations team back at Saint Mary’s Abbey was busy spinning the latest chapter in […]
NJ Catholic boys school faces child sex abuse allegations
(Reuters) – Accusations of child sex abuse at New Jersey’s elite Delbarton School widened on Tuesday as two men joined a lawsuit claiming molestation by monks at the Roman Catholic boys academy in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
More Former Students Join Lawsuit
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Two more former students at a prominent New Jersey Catholic school have come forward to claim that they were sexually abused by clerics in the 1970s and ’80s.
Saints Mary and Elizabeth Academy (Worry)
Abbot Giles Hayes and Saint Mary’s Abbey misled the parishioners and school community in Linden, NJ. For months, staff at the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church and Saints Mary and Elizabeth Academy have been repeating to parents and children what they heard from Rev. Anthony Sergeant and others from Saint MAry’s Abbey: Rev. Benedict Worry has […]
Former Parsippany Resident Alleges Delbarton Abuse
(MorristownPatch.com) Steve Badt said he recently had a conversation with his 8-year-old son about what had happened to him as a teenager.
Sixth former student claims he was sexually abused by a Delbarton monk
(The Star-Ledger) WASHINGTON — As the head chef at Miriam’s Kitchen, Steve Badt has been turning discarded food into acclaimed meals for the homeless for 11 years. Vegetables from local farmers markets, bruised fruit from Costco and restaurant leftovers are turned into healthy dishes for the desperately hungry of Washington, D.C.
Media Advisory (re Worry and Brennan)
Two more clergy sex abuse cases to be filed against Benedictine monastery Four men allege childhood sexual abuse by priests from Delbarton School/St. Mary’s Abbey
Timeline… Rev. Benedict Worry
1952 Born March 27 in Orange, New Jersey 1966 Graduated 8th Grade from Saint Rose of Lima School (Newark, NJ)
