NEW JERSEY/PENNSYLVANIA
Road to Recovery
MEDIA RELEASE – MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016
Boston Attorney releases the names of 16 priests and religious brothers accused of sexually abusing minor children from as far back as the 1940s
Archdiocesan, diocesan, and religious order priests and religious brothers sexually abused minor children from east to west coasts of the United States
REV. JOSEPH BRENNAN
Rev. Joseph Brennan, a deceased priest of the Diocese of Camden, NJ, (died in 1976), was assigned to St. Maurice Parish in Brooklawn, NJ, from 1957-1959. He was accused of sexually abusing a minor child in the bathroom of St. Maurice Church and in Fr. Brennan’s bedroom in the rectory of St. Maurice Parish. A settlement between the victim/survivor and the Diocese of Camden, NJ, was reached in January, 2016.
REV. PHILIP MATHEWS
Rev. Philip Mathews, a priest of the Camden, NJ, Diocese, was assigned to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Berlin, NJ, in 1966. He was accused of sexually abusing a minor child at a hotel in Atlantic City, NJ in 1966. Fr. Mathew’s present whereabouts are unknown. A settlement between the victim/survivor and the Diocese of Camden, NJ, was reached in February, 2015.
Contacts
Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, Boston, MA – 617- 523-6250
Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., Road to Recovery, Inc. – 862-368-2800
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