Child sex abuse ‘as important as any other act of terrorism,’ crowd told at Mendham church

MENDHAM (NJ)
NJ.com

By Brendan Kuty/NJ.com

on April 29, 2013

MENDHAM — The next person who tries destroying a memorial at St. Joseph’s Church honoring victims of clergy child sex abuse will be in for a big surprise, according to The Rev. Joseph Angiolini.

“They’re going to get scared out of their wits,” he said.

Security cameras now overlook the 400-pound millstone statue that was vandalized in early March — the second time it was attacked in two years — Angiolini said. He also said a motion-activated light will flip on when someone approaches the memorial at night.

Angiolini’s remarks came at a rededication of the memorial Sunday afternoon. About 75 people attended the ceremony, which featured speeches from Assistant District Attorney of New York Jill Starishevsky and Angel Rose, founder of nonprofit Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment, or PAVE.

Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.