NEW JERSEY
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
To the Staff at Oratory Preparatory School in Summit NJ,
To the Staff at St. Cecilia’s parish in Englewood NJ,
Newly released church records show that a credibly accused child molesting cleric, Fr. Joseph B. DiPeri, worked at your school/parish. He also worked in Jersey City, Newark, and Garfield (all in the Newark archdiocese.) He may well have also been assigned to or done substitute work in other parishes or Catholic institutions.
We in SNAP suspect you and/or your staff has known these facts – and maybe more facts – for years. If so, shame on you for your years of reckless, self-serving silence.
Regardless, we believe that you and your staff now have a duty to aggressively reach out to
–others who may have suffered DiPeri’s crimes, and
–others who may have seen or suspected or concealed DiPeri’s crimes.
New Jersey men or women may have been sexually assaulted by him. If so, those victims may still be suffering in shame, silence and self-blame. They need – and deserve – to know that they are not alone, the abuse was not their fault, and that recovery is possible. Your outreach may help achieve this.
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