BERKELEY (NJ)
Patch
May 7, 2019
By Josh Bakan
A clergyman who served at St. Barnabas in Bayville from 1974-75 was named in a lawsuit accusing more than 300 church leaders of sexual misconduct.
John R. Butler was accused of inappropriate conduct with a minor in a Long Island parish in the late ’50s and early ’60s, the Asbury Park Press reported in 2002.
Leaders of the Catholic Church in New Jersey revealed the names of priests “credibly accused” of sexual abuse on Feb. 13. The Church did not include Butler in their announcements.
The law firms of Jeff Anderson & Associates released the report with more than 300 people accused of sexual misconduct in New Jersey. The report contains the names of more than 100 additional clergymen that New Jersey dioceses did not release in February.
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