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NJ Priest Gets 4 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Girl NJ Priest Gets 4 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Girl
NJ Priest Gets 4 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Girl A New Jersey priest who admitted sexually abusing a young girl was sentenced Monday to a plea-bargained four years in state prison. Fr. Thomas P. Ganley, 64, of Phillipsburg admitted abusing the girl from when she was 14 until she was 17, beginning in 1990, while he was a priest at St. Cecelia Church in the Iselin section of Woodbridge. Ganley had supervisory authority over the victim as head of the Youth Ministry for the parish, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The charges were the first ever brought by the New Jersey Clergy Abuse Task Force, which Grewal created la…

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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