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NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says
NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says One pedophile traveled to Atlantic City from Oklahoma for sex with two pre-teenage girls. Another had a girl carve his initials into her legs. A third posted a social media video of her raping a youngster she was babysitting. These were among 21 people busted in a massive state pedophile roundup, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Wednesday. Opportunities for predators to contact children directly have dramatically increased with remote home learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, Grewal said. “Reports to our Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force of potential pred…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Defrocked Cardinal McCarrick Accused Of Leading Sex Ring At Jersey Shore Beach House Defrocked Cardinal McCarrick Accused Of Leading Sex Ring At Jersey Shore Beach House
Defrocked Cardinal McCarrick Accused Of Leading Sex Ring At Jersey Shore Beach House The 90-year-old defrocked former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick stands accused of running a sex ring out of his Jersey Shore beach house in Sea Girt. One victim claims in a lawsuit that he was molested by McCarrick and three other priests during overnight stays at the then-Bishop's home in Monmouth County, the New York Post reports. Last year, Pope Francis defrocked McCarrick after a church investigation found he sexually abused minors and adult seminarians.  The suit was filed Tuesday night in New Jersey Superior Court in Middlesex County against the Diocese of Metuchen, the Archdi…

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by Jon Craig
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LAWSUIT: Monks, Former Delbarton Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Five Students LAWSUIT: Monks, Former Delbarton Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Five Students
Lawsuit: Monks, Former Delbarton Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Five Students St. Mary's Abbey and the order that runs the Delbarton School in Morris Township are facing six lawsuits saying monks sexually abused students, reports say. The suits, filed Tuesday, mark the first of more than 20 complaints that will be submitted by legal representatives, Daily Record reports. Five monks of the Order of St. Benedict of New Jersey were named in the complaints, as well as a former lay teacher at Delbarton, the report says. Four of the five clerics and the former teacher have previously been named in suits that were later settled by the order. A total of 10 lawsuits alleging…

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by Valerie Musson
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Health Aide Charged With Sexually Abusing Patient, 84, At Jersey Shore Nursing Home Health Aide Charged With Sexually Abusing Patient, 84, At Jersey Shore Nursing Home
Health Aide Charged With Sexually Abusing Patient, 84, At Jersey Shore Nursing Home A health aide sexually abused an 84-year-old patient at an Ocean County long-term care facility, state authorities said. Authorities charged Michael A. Edwards, 32, of Manchester with aggravated sexual contact after officials at the Sunrise Senior Living facility in Jackson told police that another employee caught him “inappropriately touching an elderly woman in her room at the facility,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Edwards – also known as Michael Donaldson – was released pending court action and fired from the job, Grewal said. The state Division of Consumer Affairs al…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Staff At NJ Women's Prison Sexually Abused Inmates Feds: Staff At NJ Women's Prison Sexually Abused Inmates
Feds: Staff At NJ Women's Prison Sexually Abused Inmates Staff members at a New Jersey prison for women sexually abused inmates, federal prosecutors said Monday. Evidence shows that the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton "fails to protect prisoners from sexual abuse by the facility’s staff," U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Monday. This violates the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, Carpenito said. The U.S. Justice Department served notice on the Hunterdon County facility "for these alleged conditions and the minimum remedial measures necessary to address them," he said. In turn, Carpenito said, state official…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Aide From Leonia Charged With Sexually Abusing Patients In Emerson, Tenafly Nursing Homes Aide From Leonia Charged With Sexually Abusing Patients In Emerson, Tenafly Nursing Homes
Aide From Leonia Charged With Sexually Abusing Patients In Emerson, Tenafly Nursing Homes A nurse’s assistant from Leonia sexually abused helpless patients at nursing and rehab centers in Emerson and Tenafly, authorities charged. Han Sun Cho, 65, remained held Saturday in the Bergen County Jail following a first appearance the day before in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his special victims unit began investigating after Emerson police received a tip that physically helpless patient at a nursing home in town “had been sexually touched” by Cho. “During the investigation, it was learned that Cho had also sexu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: West Orange Man Busted With Child Porn Prosecutor: West Orange Man Busted With Child Porn
Prosecutor: West Orange Man Busted With Child Porn A 62-year-old West Orange man was found with sexually explicit child pornography photos and videos, authorities said. Authorities executed a search warrant at Barry Eagel's house and found the content through file-sharing services, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and West Orange Police Chief James Abbott said. Devices and digital storage media were seized from Eagel's home for forensic examination and analysis, authorities said. Eagel was charged with endangering the welfare of a child for distributing and possessing items depicting the sexual abuse and exploita…

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by Cecilia Levine
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New Lawsuits Against Newark Archdiocese Accuse Former Rutherford Priest Of Sex Assault New Lawsuits Against Newark Archdiocese Accuse Former Rutherford Priest Of Sex Assault
New Lawsuits Against Newark Archdiocese Accuse Former Rutherford Priest Of Sex Assault A pair of lawsuits filed under new state law have been filed against the Archdiocese of Newark by men saying they were sexually abused nearly four decades ago by a late Catholic priest. The men accuse the church of failing to protect them from the Rev. David Ernst, who was assigned to Saint Mary's in Rutherford and taught at Our Lady Help of Christians parochial school in East Orange. Jeff Anderson & Associates, the firm representing the two alleged victims, held a press conference Wednesday. Click here to watch. The suits were filed by Stephen Tyminski, now a 66-year-old Orthodox…

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by Valerie Musson
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Sussex County Man Who Killed Scout Leader After Alleged Rape Sues Boy Scouts Of America Sussex County Man Who Killed Scout Leader After Alleged Rape Sues Boy Scouts Of America
Sussex County Man Who Killed Scout Leader After Alleged Rape Sues Boy Scouts Of America A Sussex County man who killed the Boy Scout leader who he said raped him is now suing the organization, saying it marketed itself as wholesome and safe while concealing an "infiltration" of pedophiles. The Boy Scouts of America failed in its duties to identify pedophiles, stop them from abusing young boys, alert law enforcement, warn parents or institute a zero-tolerance policy involving charges of sex abuse, alleges a lawsuit filed by Clark Fredericks against the BSA. The organization, based in Irving, Texas, issued a statement in response (see below). Fredericks, 54, served five years i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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LAWSUIT: Former Mendham Boarding School Students Accuse Headmaster Of Sex Abuse LAWSUIT: Former Mendham Boarding School Students Accuse Headmaster Of Sex Abuse
Lawsuit: Former Mendham Boarding School Students Accuse Headmaster Of Sex Abuse Two people have filed lawsuits under new state legislation alleging the headmaster of a now-defunct Mendham boarding school for students with special needs sexually abused them in the 1980s. James Schwartz and an unnamed plaintiff say former Chartwell Manor School headmaster Terence Lynch is unfit to work with children and failed to report the abuse to law enforcement, the DailyRecord reports. The alleged victims say in the suits the abuse they suffered at the boarding school -- which closed in 1984 -- caused them to suffer from emotional pain to this day, to which they are in counseling an…

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by Cecilia Levine
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LAWSUIT: Ex-Cardinal McCarrick Abused Boy At Hackensack Church In 1990s LAWSUIT: Ex-Cardinal McCarrick Abused Boy At Hackensack Church In 1990s
Lawsuit: Ex-Cardinal McCarrick Abused Boy At Hackensack Church In 1990s A man is accusing former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of assaulting him as a teen at a Hackensack church in a lawsuit filed Monday under newly-enacted New Jersey law. John Bellocchio was a 14-year-old altar boy at the St. Francis of Assisi when the alleged incident occurred, NJTV News reports. Now 37, Bellocchio claims the church covered up his case and others. "He never would have been able to do the things he did and rise up the ranks the way he did without their complicity or consent, implied or otherwise," Bellocchio said at a news conference. A law that was passed in Ne…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Man Once Again Charged With Child Pornography Newark Man Once Again Charged With Child Pornography
Newark Man Once Again Charged With Child Pornography A Newark man who has previously been convicted of child pornography offenses was indicted Wednesday on yet more charges involving sexual images of minors.  Keith Voolgaris, 62, was in possession of at least 50 videos showing sexual abuse of minors, including prepubescent children, from July to September 2017, according to authorities. Using a chatroom and the Dropbox app, authorities say Voolgaris transmitted images to a child pornography distributor in Minnesota.  Voolgaris' email accounts also contained several videos and images, authorities also said.  Because of the prio…

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by Paul Milo