NEW JERSEY/CONNECTICUT
New Jersey Herald

Updated: Nov 30, 2013

By JESSICA MASULLI REYES
jmasulli@njherald.com

STANHOPE — A Stanhope man, who was studying in a Connecticut seminary, claims he was sexually assaulted and “preyed upon” by his spiritual advisor and then stonewalled by the Diocese of Paterson when he tried to continue a path to priesthood.

In a civil lawsuit against the Diocese of Paterson, Joshua Cascio, 28, is alleging that his advisor, Father Addison (Tad) Hallock, at Holy Apostles College & Seminary in Cromwell, Conn., sexually assaulted him the day after Thanksgiving 2011.

The 10-count suit, filed last week in state Superior Court in Newton, details the alleged assault, as well as allegations that several top officials in the Diocese of Paterson and at the Holy Apostles College & Seminary are not allowing Cascio to return to the seminary. The lawsuit names Bishop Arthur Serratelli, who oversees the…