NEW JERSEY
The Star-Ledger
By Mark Mueller/The Star-Ledger
on May 01, 2013
A coalition of groups representing victims of sexual abuse called this afternoon for an investigation of Newark Archbishop John J. Myers by the National Review Board, an advisory organization created by the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops in the wake of the clergy sex abuse crisis.
“Myers broke an agreement with prosecutors,” said Mark Crawford, New Jersey director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP. “He violated the church’s abuse policy. He endangered kids. He must be punished.”
Crawford, at an afternoon press conference across the street from the archdiocese’s headquarters, implored the review board and Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the president of the U.S. Conference on Catholic Bishops, to take action against Myers over his handling of a priest who violated a lifetime ban on ministry to children.
The Rev. Michael Fugee, 52, has attended youth retreats, heard confession from minors behind closed doors and traveled to Canada with children through his unofficial association with a Monmouth County church, St. Mary’s Parish in Colts Neck. Fugee’s activities were the subject of a lengthy story in the Sunday Star-Ledger.
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