NEWARK (NJ)
Worrall Community Newspapers
By: A. E. Gualtieri, Staff Writer 03/17/2005
The Episcopal Diocese of Newark is the defendant of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed on March 2 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of two female employees.
Michele Wilson, of Roselle, an administrative assistant for the diocese, filed a complaint of sexual harassment with the EEOC after the diocese did not address the harassment, the complaint filed in U.S. District Court alleges.
The suit alleges violations of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the EEOC announced.
According to the suit, a diocesan priest, the Rev. Dana Rose, a vicar of Trinity Church in Irvington, regularly made offensive sexual comments to Wilson and another co-worker, Maxine Gooden of Teaneck, during his visits to diocesan offices in Newark.
The complaint alleges that Rose stated he was going to visit Wilson's home and attempted to contact her at home.
The suit also alleges that Rose made inappropriate and offensive statements to the two women such as, "You didn't say that last night when I was at your house making your scream."