Jury spares Delbarton School from having to pay punitive damages in sex abuse case
(NBC) The New Jersey jury that made history last week by awarding $5 million in damages to a Delbarton School graduate who claimed a monk sexually assaulted him decided Thursday not to impose further penalties on the elite Catholic prep school.
Statement from Abbot Jonathan Licari and Fr. Michael Tidd
We are pleased and grateful that the jury in the punitive damages phase of this trial unanimously found that St. Mary’s Abbey and Delbarton School are not liable for punitive damages. The jury’s verdict in this phase of the trial is consistent with what they found earlier in the compensatory portion of the trial: St. […]
Jury denies punitive damages in landmark Delbarton sex abuse case
A Morris County jury on Thursday declined to impose punitive damages against the religious order that runs the Delbarton School and a former monk, sparing them from additional financial penalties in a landmark sexual abuse case dating back 50 years.
Punitive award after clergy abuse verdict ‘could put us out of business,’ Delbarton says
MORRISTOWN − Facing potentially devastating punitive damages in the wake of a landmark $5 million compensatory verdict for a former student who said he was sexually abused by a monk at the Delbarton School, the headmaster of the exclusive boys’ prep school testified that another large monetary award “could put us out of business.”
Delbarton warns huge damages could kill the school as jury weighs punishment
The same civil jury that last week awarded $5 million to a Delbarton School graduate who said he was molested by a monk in 1976 returned to Superior Court in Morristown on Tuesday to decide whether to impose punitive damages against the former monk and the Benedictine order that runs the Morris Township prep school.
Ex-student who alleged sex abuse by monk at elite N.J. Catholic school wins $5M in damages
(NBC) The first civil trial against the church in the state involved the former Delbarton School student who said he was sexually abused in the mid-1970s.
Delbarton’s Message on Verdict
This lawsuit was the first civil sex abuse case against the Catholic Church in New Jersey to go to trial under a 2019 law that revived older, previously expired civil claims, allowing alleged victims of child sex abuse to sue. As disappointed as we are in the verdict, we appreciate the hard work over the […]
Delbarton School sex abuse trial begins
This week marks a historic moment in New Jersey, with the first civil sex abuse case against the Catholic Church in the state to go to trial. At issue is a string of accusations against the Delbarton School, a prominent Catholic college-preparatory school in Morristown.
Former Delbarton School leader, Catholic bishop seeking to replace Archbishop faces scrutiny over sexual abuse scandal
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is calling for transparency about the actions of Auxiliary Bishop Elias R. Lorenzo, a potential successor to Archbishop of Newark Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, while he was a leader at Delbarton School.
Sex abuse lawsuit against elite Delbarton…
“After the initial lawsuits in 2018, more than 30 more people have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse against the school’s monks and have either filed their own lawsuits or joined existing cases.” – Greg Gianforcaro
Delbarton Responds to August 15 New York Post Article
On August 15, the New York Post shared an article on the New Jersey State Attorney General’s investigation of abuse in Catholic dioceses and institutions in New Jersey that prominently mentioned Delbarton School and a well-respected, longtime member of the St. Mary’s Abbey monastic community Bishop Elias Lorenzo, O.S.B.
COLUMN: Explanations, apologies remain for Delbarton sex abuse victims
The writer, formerly of Mendham, was a victim of clergy sexual abuse while attending Delbarton in Morris Township. He can be reached at randobill777@gmail.com
EDITORIAL: Delbarton lacks transparency on sex abuse claims
(Daily Record) Slowly but surely, the sexual abuse claims that have plagued the Delbarton School in Morris Township are dripping out for public consumption. While it is better late than never, we fear there is still much the school, which is run by St. Mary’s Abbey, is still not saying — or allowing to be […]
30 Victims Accused 13 Monks at New Jersey Abbey of Sexual Abuse
An elite all-boys Catholic preparatory school in New Jersey has admitted in an open letter to the school’s community that at least 13 monks associated with the institution have been accused of sexually abusing 30 boys over the past three decades.
30 accuse monks of sexual abuse, Delbarton says
Thirteen monks from St. Mary’s Abbey, which runs the Delbarton School in Morris Township, have been accused of sexually abusing 30 people over the past three decades, according to a letter to alumni and other members of the school community.
Delbarton acknowledges that dozens were abused
Delbarton School and St. Mary’s Abbey, for the first time, has publicly acknowledged the accusations of 30 individuals who have alleged abuse by 13 past or current priests and monks there, and one retired lay faculty member, over the course of three decades.
