MORRISTOWN (NJ)
Associated Press
June 2, 2018
A Catholic order in New Jersey has settled lawsuits with five men who claim they were sexually abused by monks and a headmaster at a private school.
The Order of St. Benedict of New Jersey settled with the men who said they were abused while attending the Delbarton School in Morris Township, The Record reported Friday. Six other lawsuits are pending against the order that name faculty at Delbarton and St. Mary’s Abbey, which runs the school. Details of the settlements were not disclosed.
The abuse allegedly took place while the victims were students at Delbarton or St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Linden, which was managed by the order.
Priest Timothy Brennan was named in eight of those complaints. He was convicted of aggravated sexual contact with a 15-year-old Delbarton student three decades ago. According to court documents, Brennan admitted to abusing 50 boys.
Brennan didn’t reply to the newspaper’s requests for comment.
Former Delbarton headmaster Luke Travers also was named in a lawsuit. He has denied the allegations.
“I’m so impressed with all of my clients and the strength and courage they’ve had and that they’ve maintained in coming forward and fighting this fight,” attorney Gregory Gianforcaro, who has represented some of the plaintiffs, said Friday.
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