Ex-Archbishop Speaks About Catholic Church and Homosexuality
In spring 2002, as the scandal over sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests was escalating, the long career of Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee, one of the church’s most venerable voices for change, went up in flames one May morning.
Luke Travers Appointed Subprior
In the spring, Fr. Luke Travers, O.S.B., was appointed subprior by Abbot Giles. Like Abbot Giles, Fr. Luke has joined the Finance Committee of the CMSM. He was also named Vice-Chair of the Board of Regents of Portsmouth Abbey School.
Rembert G. Weakland Coverage
Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee was one of the Catholic Church’s most venerable voices for change until 2002 when he resigned amid revelations that he had used church money to pay a $450,000 settlement to a man with whom he had had a relationship years earlier.
Portsmouth Abbey School – Board of Regents
Portsmouth Abbey School is a coeducational, Catholic Benedictine boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12. Founded in 1926 by the English Benedictine community, the School is located on a 500-acre campus along the picturesque shores of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay.
Clergy Abuse Survivors Kicked Out of Church
No one knows whether James Kelly’s suicide last October in front of an NJ Transit train in Morristown, stemmed from the childhood sexual abuse he endured by a Mendham, priest or from other personal problems.
Graduation 2007
Abbot Giles Hayes, O.S.B. gave a stirring tribute to retiring headmaster Rev. Luke Travers, O.S.B. for his eight year tenure as headmaster, and awarded him a Delbarton Medal. The audience affirmed the Abbot’s tribute to Father Luke with a long, heart felt standing ovation.
Delbarton Alumnus Hasn’t Felt Welcome since Abuse Claims
Sheridan has said some people who were angry at first have since apologized. Others apparently continue to hold a grudge… Sheridan first went to Abbey officials in 1992 with allegations that a teacher named Robert Flavin exposed himself in 1981 when Sheridan, then 18, was home from college and visiting the Abbey. The deacon went […]
Lacrosse player receives medal
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Less than two weeks after sexual offense charges were dropped against him and two Duke lacrosse teammates, Reade Seligmann received a medal from the exclusive prep school where he graduated in 2004.
Eamon Drew Ordained
An avid long distance runner, Father Drew taught mathematics and coached track at Delbarton School here before beginning his theological studies. On April 15, Father Drew celebrated Mass for the first time in the Abbey Church, here with the Morris Choral Society, under the direction of Wayne Walters, singing.
Benedictine Father Giles Hayes elected St. Mary Abbey’s 10th abbot
MORRISTOWN – The Benedictine monastic chapter at St. Mary’s Abbey here elected Benedictine Father Giles P. Hayes as its 10th abbot on March 8.
Delbarton alumnus files sex abuse suit
A 45-year-old Washington State man has claimed in a lawsuit that he now has a vivid memory of being molested 28 years ago by a Benedictine monk when he was a student at the private Delbarton School in Morris Township.
The Vatican Removes 6 Priests
Patrick Quigley, who pleaded guilty in the early 1990’s to soliciting adolescent boys for sex in Rockland County, was a priest in Manhattan, Staten Island and Rockland County.
4 former Island priests defrocked by the Church
Patrick Quigley, ordained in 1981, had previously pleaded guilty in 1994 to a misdemeanor charge after admitting he had offered three young boys money for oral sex in Haverstraw Village in Rockland County.
Abusive Priests Often End up in St. Louis
The Rev. James McGreal of Seattle has admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of children between the 1960s and 1980s. The Seattle archdiocese has so far agreed to pay almost $10 million to 26 of those victims, but because of Washington’s statute of limitations, McGreal has never been convicted of a crime. Because McGreal can’t be […]
3 with Ties to Delbarton School Punished in Sex Abuse Cases
Two priests and a deacon from the religious order that runs the Delbarton School have been punished in connection with three sexual abuse cases, according to a statement from Saint Mary’s Abbey.
Abbey Report Shows 3 Clerics Guilty of Abuse
One priest, a former Delbarton teacher, has been sent to a rehabilitation center where he is expected to live out his life. A deacon will have his clerical status stripped from him. Another cleric will be allowed to function as a priest but won’t be allowed to have contact with children.
Report on claims of sexual assault by priest were delayed a year
PATERSON (NJ): A year after a special panel, deemed as credible allegations of sexual abuse against a former Delbarton School monk, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson has finally referred the complaints to the Vatican in Rome. The complaint is among six pending cases including five priests who have been accused of molesting young people. […]
Church Moves to Laicize Priests
The Catholic Church has moved to defrock one monk and has asked the Vatican for permission to try five other priests for having committed sex acts against minors while at area churches.
Family, friends, faithful salute Bishop Dominic Marconi
IN APPRECIATION— A beaming Bishop Dominic A. Marconi, who retired July 1 from active ministry, admires the new Pectoral Cross presented to him Sunday afternoon during a tribute for almost half a century in the priesthood that included 26 years as Regional Bishop for Union County.
Alum’s 2002 Letter to Abbot Confroy
Obviously, both Fr. Timothy and Br. Malachy’s sexual abuse of adolescents are well documented and are well accepted by the community. Fr. Elias has not yet been exposed in the public eye of scrutiny, but I am sure he is next.
