Letter to Editor from Luke Travers’ Attorney
I am writing this letter as the attorney for the Rev. Luke Travers. “New Delbarton allegations and a troubling e-mail,” (April 15) showed there were no new allegations, but rather a criticism of how St. Mary’s Abbey was handling matters.
Delbarton monk accused of sex abuse allegations passes 2 lie detector tests, lawyer says
Hanlon wouldn’t identify the polygraph experts employed by him or the abbey. He wasn’t sure how many of the four accusers had come forward by the time of the second polygraph.
Delbarton monk facing sexual misconduct allegations leaves local abbey
(Star-Ledger) Rev. Luke Travers, the former headmaster of Delbarton School in Morris Township and target of a string of sexual misconduct allegations over the past year, has left St. Mary’s Abbey, which has severed official ties with him, according to a terse statement released today by Abbot Giles P. Hayes.
Former Delbarton Students Still Waiting
(Star Ledger) When the first allegations of sexual misconduct against former Delbarton School headmaster Luke Travers were made public in January, the abbot at St. Mary’s Abbey, which runs the school, labeled the accusations a “minor boundary violation” in a statement. But the next day, in an e-mail recently obtained by The Star-Ledger, Abbot Giles Hayes […]
Abbot Giles’ Book Signing Postponed
[Webmaster’s Note: According to library, this presentation has been postponed.] Explore the history of these two schools, both built by St. Mary’s Abbey. Rt. Rev. Giles Hayes, the current Abbot at St. Mary’s, and Dr. Tom McCabe, a former teacher at St. Benedict’s, share their research and intimate knowledge of the two institutions. Both presenters […]
Alum: Delbarton sex abuse scandal is heartbreaking
I wore the Latin motto “Succisa Virescit” — meaning roughly, “Cut it down and it will grow back” — on the breast pocket of my green blazer for the five years I attended Delbarton School. A classmate used to go around on the last day of the school year ripping off the pocket patches. I […]
Father of men who filed sexual abuse lawsuit against Delbarton says monks betrayed his trust
(Star-Ledger) Bill Crane Sr. remembers the sweaty August day in 1964, when he drove his Pontiac onto the sprawling Delbarton School campus, hoping to land a job as a history teacher that paid $4,400 a year. Married, he had a freshly printed diploma from Upsala College in his pocket and a baby on the way.
Regarding Rev. Bruno Ugliano’s Alleged Misconduct
Information has surfaced regarding the allegations of sexual misconduct reportedly perpetrated by Rev. Bruno Ugliano. Those allegations led to Rev. Ugliano’s temporary removal from duties in 2002.
Anthony Cicatiello… Wordsmith
In an interview on March 20, 2012 with myfoxny.com, St. Mary’s Abbey spokesperson Anthony Cicatiello said that the abbey placed restrictions on Rev. Luke Travers and Rev. Justin Capato following allegations of sexual misconduct. Really? How long after the allegations were reported?
Lawsuit: Prestigious Prep School Is Center Of Sex Abuse
MORRISTOWN, NJ (PIX11)— One of the wealthiest and most prestigious schools in the Tri State is now the object of a lawsuit by two men who say there’s a culture of sexual abuse at the Delbarton School and at the abbey adjacent to the Morristown, New Jersey Catholic boys’ campus.
Abbot Giles Hayes Resigns CMSM Presidency
SILVER SPRING, MD (March 19, 2012). The Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM) announced today that the Right Rev. Giles P. Hayes, OSB, Abbot of St. Mary’s Abbey in Morristown, NJ, has resigned as the conference president for reasons of health. In accord with the statutes of the conference, the Very Rev. Thomas H. […]
Message from Alum
I’m an alum and a supporter of the school. I want Delbarton to succeed and be a great place for young men to get a great college preparatory education. But in order for that to happen, there can be no abuse and no tolerance of it. Everyone in a position of authority needs to be […]
Brothers suing Delbarton School, claiming they were abused by monks
(Daily Record) MORRISTOWN — Twin brothers filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that they were abused by monks when they were children living at the prestigious Delbarton School, where their father was a longtime teacher and an assistant headmaster.
Suit claims Delbarton monks abused teens
(Observer-Tribune) MENDHAM TWP. ‑ Two former residents who were sexually abused by a former priest at St. Joseph Church when they were youths, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday claiming they were also victimized by two monks at the Delbarton School in Morris Township in the 1970s.
2 former students sue Delbarton over alleged sexual abuse
(Star-Ledger) MORRISTOWN — Born into the Delbarton School family, Tom Crane and his twin, Bill Crane Jr. spent their floppy-haired, muddy-kneed childhoods on the sprawling pastoral campus of the elite all-boys academy, where their father worked as a teacher and administrator for 42 years.
2 sue Delbarton over alleged sex abuse
(Associated Press) MORRISTOWN — Being a child around the Delbarton School campus in the 1960s and ’70s with a father who taught there and later became an assistant headmaster was “total joy,” Bill Crane Jr. recalled. That was before he attended the school as a teen and, he says, a priest sexually abused him over […]
Elite school is sued over priest abuse allegations (Video)
MYFOXNY.COM – Bill Crane and his brother Tom say they were sexually abused by two priests at the elite Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J. “The days of family containment, secrecy, conspiracy and intimidating victims are over,” Bill Crance said.
Filed Complaint (re Capato & Travers)
A copy of the complaint filed today against St. Mary’s Abbey is available as a PDF… Here
Letter from 1989 Delbarton Grad
I am a 1989 graduate of Delbarton school and feel it is important to to make known the culture which existed at the school when I attended. There were many good people at Delbarton, and I am grateful to them for a good education. However,during my four years as a student at Delbarton, I experienced […]
Sexual abuse lawsuit planned
(Star-Ledger) Two former Mendham residents are planning to file a lawsuit Tuesday in Morris County, alleging sexual abuse by two Delbarton School monks in the 1970s, when the men were adolescents, according to the complaint, obtained by The Star-Ledger.
