NEW JERSEY
God Discussion
BY AL STEFANELLI
ON MAY 22, 2013
The Rev. Michael Fugee, a fifty-two year old Priest, stood before a judge on 21 May 2013 to face charges for violating a court-ordered lifetime ban on working with children.
Bergen County investigators discovered that Fugee has heard confessions at youth retreats from minors on two occasions in 2010, and once again in 2012.
He was charged with seven counts of contempt of a judicial order, a 4th degree crime that carries a maximum prison sentence of eighteen 18 months.
Bergen County, NJ, Assistant Prosecutor Demetra Maurice who had authored the agreement in 2007, read seven counts that were levied against Fugee.
The agreement that Maurice made included an immediate and permanent cease and desist for Fugee to work with children as long as he remained in the priesthood.
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