NEW JERSEY
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
POSTED BY DAVID CLOHESSY ON OCTOBER 02, 2013
I’m not talking about the outrageous Fr. Michael Fugee case in Newark. I’m talking about these recent cases, all of which have surfaced in less than one month:
— Fr. Matthew Riedlinger, who was exposed Sunday as having sent 1,200 inappropriate sexual text messages to what he thought was a teenaged boy and had sexually harassed at least five teenagers and young men, some of whom were seminarians. (For months, Trenton Bishop David O’Connell has kept this hidden.)
— Fr. Kevin Keelan, who said in a church bulletin that “blabbing” was a sin and that they were not entitled to more information about Fr. Riedlinger.
[NJ.com]
— Fr. Vincent Inghilterra, against whom at least one child sex abuse case has settled. (For at least three months, Trenton Bishop O’Connell has kept silent about these accusations).
— Fr. Victor Phelan, whose status as a credibly accused child molesting cleric was hidden for months. (Newark’s Archbishop Myers has said nothing about them, even though a settlement was paid to at least one victim.)
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