NEW JERSEY
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By Jessica Mazzola | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
NEWARK — Two more sex abuse lawsuits were filed this month accusing a New Jersey priest of sexually abusing children when they attended a Catholic school in the 1980s.
That brings the total lawsuits lodged against the Archdiocese of Newark and the Rev. Mitch Walters to three.
And more may be coming, according to Mitchell Garabedian, a Boston-area attorney who was portrayed by Stanley Tucci in the 2015 film “Spotlight.”
Garabedian said he is representing six clients who say they were abused by Walters.
The latest two lawsuits were filed separately in Essex County Superior Court on Oct. 5 by Danielle Polemeni and David Ohlmuller. Both attended St. Cassian’s Parish and the church’s associated school in Upper Montclair when they were children while Walters was a priest and deacon.
Jim Goodness, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Newark, declined to comment on the lawsuits. Goodness said earlier this year that Walters denies the allegations against him. Walters was removed from the ministry in January after the allegations arose.
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