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MEDIA RELEASE – MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016

Boston Attorney releases the names of 16 priests and religious brothers accused of sexually abusing minor children from as far back as the 1940s

Archdiocesan, diocesan, and religious order priests and religious brothers sexually abused minor children from east to west coasts of the United States

REV. JOSEPH BRENNAN

Rev. Joseph Brennan, a deceased priest of the Diocese of Camden, NJ, (died in 1976), was assigned to St. Maurice Parish in Brooklawn, NJ, from 1957-1959. He was accused of sexually abusing a minor child in the bathroom of St. Maurice Church and in Fr. Brennan’s bedroom in the rectory of St. Maurice Parish. A settlement between the victim/survivor and the Diocese of Camden, NJ, was reached in January, 2016.

REV. PHILIP MATHEWS

Rev. Philip Mathews, a priest of the Camden, NJ, Diocese, was assigned to Our Lady…