NEW JERSEY
The Record
Sunday, February 10, 2013
BY MATTHEW MCGRATH, KAREN SUDOL AND ABBOTT KOLOFF
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
Church of the Sacred Heart parishioners in Rochelle Park were told by their pastor Sunday that a priest living at the rectory, who admitted fondling a teenage boy years ago, has agreed to leave the parish.
The Rev. Robert Wolfee, the pastor of Sacred Heart, said at the end of 10 a.m. Mass that the Rev. Michael Fugee was “in the process of moving” in response to media reports about his criminal history. Wolfee didn’t say where Fugee would be moving.
Officials with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark acknowledged last week that Fugee had been living at the Terrace Avenue church, assisting the pastor with some duties, and that he is considered a priest in good standing.
Newark Archbishop John J. Myers came under fire earlier in the week after it became public that Fugee was working as an administrator in charge of raising money for missionary work and had been given an additional influential title.
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