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Newark Monsignor Loses Job for Improperly Monitoring Priest Near Children
Source: New York Times
Newark Monsignor Loses Job for Improperly Monitoring Priest Near Children
By MARC SANTORA
Published: May 25, 2013
One of the top officials in the Archdiocese of Newark has been forced out for failing to properly monitor the activities of a priest who had been forbidden from having contact with children, the archdiocese announced on Saturday.
The dismissal of Msgr. John E. Doran, who reported to Archbishop John J. Myers, is the latest fallout from a sexual abuse scandal that stretches back more than a decade.
In 2003, the Rev. Michael Fugee was convicted on charges that he groped a young boy. Although the verdict was later overturned over a judicial error, Father Fugee confessed to the authorities that he improperly touched the boy and agreed to undergo counseling. As part of an agreement with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, he also pledged never to minister to young children for the rest of his life.
Monsignor Doran was responsible for supervising Father Fugee, according to court documents.
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By MARC SANTORA
Published: May 25, 2013
One of the top officials in the Archdiocese of Newark has been forced out for failing to properly monitor the activities of a priest who had been forbidden from having contact with children, the archdiocese announced on Saturday.
The dismissal of Msgr. John E. Doran, who reported to Archbishop John J. Myers, is the latest fallout from a sexual abuse scandal that stretches back more than a decade.
In 2003, the Rev. Michael Fugee was convicted on charges that he groped a young boy. Although the verdict was later overturned over a judicial error, Father Fugee confessed to the authorities that he improperly touched the boy and agreed to undergo counseling. As part of an agreement with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, he also pledged never to minister to young children for the rest of his life.
Monsignor Doran was responsible for supervising Father Fugee, according to court documents.
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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/nyregion/newark-monsignor-loses-job-for-improperly-monitoring-priest-near-children.html