NEW YORK (NY)
New York Post
August 18, 2018
By Melkorka Licea
Days after a stunning report revealed rampant sexual abuse by perv priests in Pennsylvania, another accused holy man has been identified in New York, The Post has learned.
Father John T. Meehan, 81, allegedly committed “multiple incidents of sexual misconduct” against a teen victim at Cardinal Hayes HS in the early 1980s, the victim’s lawyer said.
The accuser was given a cash settlement as part of an Archdiocese of New York program to compensate victims out of court.
Meehan was a guidance counselor at the all-boys Catholic school in The Bronx when he allegedly abused the victim, who at the time was between 14 and 16 years old, lawyer Michael J. Reck said.
The payment was among $4 million in settlements, ranging from $25,000 to $500,000, recently shelled out to 24 survivors represented by Reck. Collectively, those victims named nine priests, including Meehan, he said.
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