NEW JERSEY
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THURSDAY MAY 9, 2013, 6:53 AM
ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan is closely following the case of a New Jersey priest who defied an agreement to stay away from children.

Dolan’s spokesman tells The Record newspaper (http://bit.ly/10Idb5h ) the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has not convened an investigation.

The Rev. Michael Fugee resigned last week. The 52-year-old was convicted in 2003 of fondling a boy in Wyckoff. However, that verdict was vacated because of judicial error. Fugee entered a program to avoid retrial and agreed to never again work with children.

However, he attended youth retreats involving a church in Colts Neck.