Newark Archbishop John Myers must go: Editorial

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[Documents from The Star-Ledger
Read the Rev. Michael Fugee’s agreement with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office

Read the Rev. Michael Fugee’s confession to police

Read Archbishop John J. Myers’ February letter to priests about the Rev. Michael Fugee]

By Star-Ledger Editorial Board
on April 28, 2013

After all the Catholic Church has been through, it is beyond infuriating that Newark Archbishop John J. Myers can be so neglectful of his duty to protect children from sexual predators.

He should resign immediately and apologize to the families whose children he left exposed, barring some stunning new disclosure that could exonerate him in the face of the damning facts presented by The Star-Ledger’s Mark Mueller in today’s edition.

The case concerns Michael Fugee, a priest who was convicted in a sexual abuse case in 2003 after he confessed to…