NEW JERSEY
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By Noah Cohen and Justin Zaremba | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on September 15, 2015
CLIFTON — A woman who alleged that a former Passaic Catholic high school vice principal repeatedly sexually abused nearly 40 years ago when she was a student there has received a “six-figure” settlement from the Paterson Roman Catholic Diocese, her attorney said on Tuesday.
The woman’s attorney, Mitchell Garabedian, said his client reached settlement with the diocese over her claims against Monsignor Ronald Tully. The woman alleged that Tully fondled her 20 times when she was a 16-year-old student at Pope Pius XII Regional High School in 1977, Garabedian said.
At least nine others have received about $2.1 million in settlements over claims of sexual abuse by Tully, The Record reported. Tully has denied the allegations against him.
According to the report, church officials removed Tully from his post at a Dover church in 2004 after they received word of criminal charges alleging he abused two Pope Pius students at his vacation home in 1979 in New York.
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