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POSTED BY DAVID CLOHESSY ON MAY 03, 2013
Now, Fr. Fugee says it’s all his fault.
We don’t believe him. If he’ll lie to protect himself, he’ll also lie to protect Archbishop Myers who has so long protected him.
Ministry and retreats and church trips are group efforts. Other priests, parishioners and church employees helped Fr. Fugee get access to kids. Fr. Fugee’s seemingly noble claim that all of this is his fault “alone” just doesn’t hold water.
Today, Archbishop Myers’ spokesman claims that after the deal with the prosecutor, “the Archdiocese did not assign Fr. Fugee to any post involving ministry with minors.” This is simply not true. Myers quietly put Fr. Fugee in a hospital chaplaincy, and informed no one at the hospital about Fr. Fugee’s past. Kids, of course, come and go and stay in hospitals.
“His assignments were supervised administrative positions located at the Archdiocesan Center,” says Myers’ spokesman. Again, not true. He deliberately ignores the hospital chaplaincy, which only ended when it was disclosed by the Newark Star Ledger.
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