NEW JERSEY
The Record

MONDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2014

BY JIM NORMAN AND JEFF GREEN
STAFF WRITERS
THE RECORD

Molinelli ‘troubled’ by friends’ comments in abuse case

Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Sunday he would continue to monitor the comments of a confessed child-abusing Roman Catholic priest for evidence that he may have violated his agreement to never again profess his innocence.

The Rev. Michael Fugee, who has a history of violating a court order that he stay away from children, and of recanting a previous confession, agreed he would not deny his guilt as part of a deal last October to avoid prosecution and a possible prison sentence.

However, on Oct. 31, the day after he signed the agreement, he told Michael and Amy Lenehan, two of his most ardent supporters, that he had not repeatedly molested a teenager over a two-year period, but had…