Another NJ Predator Priest " Outed" - SNAP Responds

By David Clohessy
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
September 4, 2013

http://www.snapnetwork.org/another_nj_predator_priest_outed_snap_responds

Trenton’s Catholic bishop has kept silent for months about another predatory priest who has been just been publicly exposed thanks to a brave victim and a compassionate attorney.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/119d00fc180b4ea79c7630a48258abad/MA--Church-Abuse

The cleric is Fr. Vincent Inghilterra, who, according to the Associated Press, “was chaplain at Trenton State Teachers College when he allegedly abused a minor in the 1970s.”

In May, Trenton Catholic officials found the charge against Fr. Inghilterra credible and suspended him. But apparently, Bishop David M. O'Connell told no one.

Bishop O’Connell, like his brother bishops, has repeatedly promised to be “open” in clergy sex cases. But he has apparently done nothing to disclose four things:

--the accusation,

--the “credible” determination,

--the priest’s suspension, or

--the settlement with the priest’s victim(s).

That’s not openness. That’s secrecy. And that’s irresponsible. It’s what enables more abuse to happen.

The victim who reported being abused by him is represented by Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian (garabedianlaw@msn.com) who has handled hundreds of child sex abuse and cover up lawsuits.

Shame on Bishop O’Connell and every one of his church staff and church members who knew about this child molesting cleric and kept quiet, as Catholic church employees and parishioners have done for centuries.
Contact: SNAPclohessy@aol.com