NEW JERSEY
The Record

OCTOBER 7, 2014

BY LINH TAT
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

TRENTON – A man suing a Catholic parish in Rutherford and the Archdiocese of Newark alleging that he was sexually abused by a priest identified himself publicly Tuesday, saying he decided to come forward to pressure lawmakers into ending the statute of limitations on civil cases stemming from such assaults.

Stephen Marlowe, 48, of Hoboken, said he was 12 and an altar boy at St. Mary’s Church in Rutherford when he was abused by the Rev. David A. Ernst and struggled for years with the decision to come forward with his accusations.

Ernst, who died in 1988, had also served in parishes in Wyckoff and Ridgefield Park and was among nine priests accused of sexually abusing children who were included in a $1 million settlement by the Archdiocese in 2004.

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