More Catholic clergy named in latest lawsuit as alleged child molesters
Former Delbarton School monk Timothy Brennan pleaded guilty in 1987 to sexually abusing young men and was described by a national expert on sexual abuse in the Catholic church as the “most severe example” of sexual perversion that he had ever seen.
Another Victim Steps Forward
On August 21, 2012, the existing complaint regarding sexual misconduct was amended to include one more individual, a victim of Timothy Brennan. The amended complaint now includes as defendants: Delbarton School Saint Mary’s Abbey The Order of Saint Benedict Saint Elizabeth School Saint Elizabeth Church Archdiocese of Newark Father Justin Capato Father Luke Travers Father […]
Archbishop Myers and Abbot Giles Mislead Parish
The following statement from Abbot Giles Hayes is featured on the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary parish web site: “The Archdiocese and St. Mary’s Abbey are grateful to Father Benedict Worry, O.S.B., for his years of laboring for the faithful of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. Archbishop Myers, with the advice of Abbot Giles of St. Mary’s […]
Excerpts from Recent Statement
The following excerpts were taken from a four-page statement notarized and forwarded to this web site on August 30, 2012. Anyone with information regarding misconduct at Delbarton is asked to come forward…
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 […]
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.
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.
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)
The Quigley Affair
Rev. Patrick Quigley, ordained in 1981, associate pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Stony Point, pleaded guilty in December 1994 to a misdemeanor charge after admitting he had offered to pay several boys for sex in Haverstraw village.
Benedict Worry: Police Chaplain
According to the City of Linden’s Web Site (screen shot below), Rev. Benedict Worry is the department’s chaplain.
Rev. Benedict Worry: Whistleblower Designate
According to the Whistleblower Policy at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Linden, New Jersey, Rev. Benedict Worry is “the person designated to receive whistleblower complaints.”
Benedict Worry Story (via Fr. John Detisch)
I have got to tell you a great story about my classmate from New Jersey … Fr. Benedict Worry, who did a few parish missions for us a couple of years ago. He knows nothing about cars, or how to find a good one, and things like that.
Benedict Worry (Bishop Manogue High School)
When he was known as Brother Michael, he taught at Bishop Manogue during the period 1974-1978. Father George Wolf was the Principal, and a student named Chuck Durante, now Father Chuck Durante, matriculated as a student. Brother Michael taught Religion and Journalism at Bishop Manogue. He also worked at the Reno Diocese, directing the CYO […]
Brother Michael Worry, FSR
When he was known as Brother Michael, he taught at Bishop Manogue during the period 1974-1978. Father George Wolf was the Principal, and a student named Chuck Durante, now Father Chuck Durante, matriculated as a student. Brother Michael taught Religion and Journalism at Bishop Manogue. He also worked at the Reno Diocese, directing the CYO […]
