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	NJ Diocese Removes Hospital Chaplain Associated Press, carried in Philadelphia Inquirer October 16, 2009 http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/new_jersey/20091016_ap_njdioceseremoveshospitalchaplain.html NEWARK, N.J. - Officials have removed a chaplain from a Roman Catholic hospital in New Jersey after the hospital learned of his child molestation history. The Newark Archdiocese is deciding where to next assign the Rev. Michael Fugee. Diocese spokesman James Goodness says Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark was never told about Fugee's past, but the head of the chaplain's unit was informed. Fugee began working at the hospital Sept. 8. The priest was convicted in 2003 of criminal sexual contact involving a boy. The conviction was overturned by an appeals court and the priest entered a "pretrial intervention program." The case was dismissed three months ago. But Fugee is prohibited from ministering to minors or having unsupervised access to them as a priest.
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