NEW JERSEY
The New York Times
By MARC SANTORA
Published: May 25, 2013
[Archbishop Myers letter to parishioners]
One of the top officials in the Archdiocese of Newark has been forced out for failing to properly monitor the activities of a priest who had been forbidden from having contact with children, the archdiocese announced on Saturday.
The dismissal of Msgr. John E. Doran, who reported to Archbishop John J. Myers, is the latest fallout from a sexual abuse scandal that stretches back more than a decade.
In 2003, the Rev. Michael Fugee was convicted on charges that he groped a young boy. Although the verdict was later overturned over a judicial error, Father Fugee confessed to the authorities that he improperly touched the boy and agreed to undergo counseling. As part of an agreement with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, he also pledged never to minister to young children for the rest of his life.
Monsignor Doran was responsible for supervising Father Fugee, according to court documents.
However, an investigation by The Star Ledger that was published in April found that Father Fugee had been openly working with children again, hearing their confessions, attending youth retreats and even posting photos of himself with boys on his Facebook page.
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