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THESE ARE THE NAMES: Attorneys Reveal Hundreds More NJ Priests Accused Of Sexual Assault THESE ARE THE NAMES: Attorneys Reveal Hundreds More NJ Priests Accused Of Sexual Assault
These ARE THE Names: Attorneys Reveal Hundreds More NJ Priests Accused Of Sexual Assault The names of nearly 300 New Jersey clergy members accused of sexual misconduct were released Monday by attorneys. The church earlier this year released a list of 188 priests credibly accused of sexual misconduct, but Phillipsburg-based attorney Greg Gianforcaro, who represents victims of sex abuse, says many clerics were left out. Jeff Anderson & Advocates, who named boy scout leaders listed in the "Perversion Files" last month, posted the 300 names in "The Anderson Report" Monday as Gianforcaro held a press conference in Elizabeth. Dozens of priests were named from Bergen, Essex, Huds…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Priest Admits Sexually Abusing Girl, First Conviction For NJ Clergy Abuse Task Force Priest Admits Sexually Abusing Girl, First Conviction For NJ Clergy Abuse Task Force
Priest Admits Sexually Abusing Girl, First Conviction For NJ Clergy Abuse Task Force A massive investigation by New Jersey authorities into the sexual abuse of young boys by Roman Catholic priests has produced its first conviction -- by a priest who admitted abusing a young girl. Fr. Thomas P. Ganley, 63, of Phillipsburg admitted abusing the girl from 1990 through 1994, -- from when she was 14 until she was 17 -- while he was a priest at St. Cecelia Church in the Iselin section of Woodbridge. The charges were the first brought by the New Jersey Clergy Abuse Task Force, which state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal created last September to investigate allegations …

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by Jerry DeMarco