Nine new sex abuse lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Newark include allegations regarding seven clerics, including one cleric who hadn’t been accused before. The suits allege that some of these clerics were allowed to remain in their positions for years after the Archdiocese was made aware of the abuse allegations against them, including in one case involving a criminal conviction.
The Allegations Against Archdiocese of Newark Priests
The nine lawsuits include allegations against four priests and three other members of the religious order. Six of those individuals have faced allegations in the past, but one cleric had never been mentioned in an allegation of sex abuse before, according to NorthJersey.com.
The four priests facing accusations in these suits include Kenneth Martin, Gerald Sudol, Joseph Rice, and John Capparelli. Martin and Sudol have both had allegations of sex abuse against them handled by the Archdiocese of Newark in the past. The four priests were all on a list of credibly accused priests published by the New Jersey Roman Catholic dioceses.