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MEDIA RELEASE – NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Road to Recovery
November 11, 2015

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The Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, refuses to acknowledge, validate, and settle the claims of a man who was sexually abused repeatedly as a minor child by a repeat pedophile priest, Fr. John P. Nickas, at St. Rocco’s Parish, Newark, New Jersey

The Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, has acknowledged, validated and settled at least one other public claim against Fr. John P. Nickas but is stalling and foot-dragging regarding the credible claims of a man who was sexually assaulted repeatedly as a minor child by Fr. John P. Nickas, causing the clergy sexual abuse victim to be re-victimized

What A press conference and demonstration alerting the media and general public that the Archdiocese of Newark is stalling and dragging its feet by not acting fairly and justly toward a man who was repeatedly sexually abused as a minor child by Fr. John P. Nickas, now deceased, at St. Rocco’s Catholic Church and Rectory in Newark, New Jersey

When Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 11:00 am

Where On the public sidewalk in front of the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, at 171 Clifton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07104

Who Members of Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity based in New Jersey that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families, including its Co-founder and President, Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D.

Why When “John Doe” was approximately seven years old, he attended St. Rocco’s School in Newark, New Jersey, for his elementary school education. His family attended St. Rocco’s Church in Newark and “John Doe” became an altar server at approximately age seven. Fr. John P. Nickas, a Newark Archdiocesan priest assigned to St. Rocco’s Parish, Newark, caught “John Doe” stealing communion wafers, brought him to the basement of St. Rocco’s Church, and sexually assaulted the little boy. Sometime later, Fr. John P. Nickas brought “John Doe” into the rectory of St. Rocco’s Parish and sexually assaulted him again. After that, Fr. John P. Nickas brought “John Doe” and a friend of a similar age to St. Rocco’s Rectory and made both boys simulate a sex act with each other while Fr. John P. Nickas watched.

Sometime after these events, Fr. John P. Nickas left St. Rocco’s Parish but returned when “John Doe” was approximately fourteen years of age. Fr. John P. Nickas resumed his sexual abuse of “John Doe” as a minor teenager and sexually abused him in St. Rocco’s Rectory again.

Demonstrators will call on the Archdiocese of Newark to stop its stalling and foot-dragging, acknowledge and verify the claims of “John Doe,” and help him heal so he can gain a degree of closure.

Contacts Dr. Robert M. Hoatson, Road to Recovery, Inc., Livingston, NJ – 862-368-2800 Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, Boston, MA – 617-523-6250




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