NEW JERSEY
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Wednesday, Sept. 4
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 314 566 9790, SNAPclohessy@aol.com )
Trenton’s Catholic bishop has kept silent for months about another predatory priest who has been just been publicly exposed thanks to a brave victim and a compassionate attorney.
The cleric is Fr. Vincent Inghilterra, who, according to the Associated Press, “was chaplain at Trenton State Teachers College when he allegedly abused a minor in the 1970s.”
In May, Trenton Catholic officials found the charge against Fr. Inghilterra credible and suspended him. But apparently, Bishop David M. O’Connell told no one.
Bishop O’Connell, like his brother bishops, has repeatedly promised to be “open” in clergy sex cases. But he has apparently done nothing to disclose four things:
–the accusation,
–the “credible” determination,
–the priest’s suspension, or
–the settlement with the priest’s victim(s).
That’s not openness. That’s secrecy. And that’s irresponsible. It’s what enables more abuse to happen.
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