Delbarton jury starts deliberations on punitive damages in sex assault trial
(Morristown Daily Record) — Jurors resumed deliberations Wednesday to consider punitive damages against the Delbarton School, a week after awarding $5 million to a former student who said he was sexually abused by a priest in 1976.
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.
Late Delbarton leader said he kept mum on abuse to protect victim, school’s reputation
MORRISTOWN — The former spiritual head of the Delbarton School told lawyers investigating the elite prep school that he destroyed a letter accusing a teacher of sexual assault to protect the privacy of the alleged victim.
Delbarton abuse ‘follows me around like a dark cloud,’ alleged victim testifies at trial
MORRISTOWN — Nearly half a century after he says he was sexually assaulted at age 15 by a monk at the Delbarton School, a former student at the all-boys prep school testified on Sept. 22 that the trauma from that night “follows me around like a dark cloud.”
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
Timothy Brennan… How Many Victims?
When Father Timothy Brennan pled guilty to a charge of aggravated sexual contact on January 21, 1987, he was already participating in a six-month residential treatment program for sex offender at Saint Luke’s in Silver Spring, Maryland. In the mid-80s, monk offenders rarely went to St. Luke’s for a single incident of misconduct. Abbot Brian Clarke […]
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I realized that [St. Mary’s/Delbarton] was not a place of God, but rather a place of secrets, lies and abuse. – Former Monk at St. Mary’s Abbey
Delbarton Hit By Charge Of Sex Abuse By Monk
At 6-feet-tall, the boyish-looking, strapping 39-year-old Sheridan was a star lacrosse player, named one of only 46 members of Delbarton’s Hall of Honor and was its outstanding alumnus for 2001.
