NEW JERSEY
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By Justin Zaremba | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
TRENTON — The Diocese of Trenton has agreed to a six-figure settlement with a man who said he was sexually assaulted by a priest four decades ago, according to the victim’s attorney.
Boston-based attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who has represented hundreds of victims since the clergy sex abuse scandal erupted in 2002, and was portrayed in the movie “Spotlight,” said his client was abused by Father Vincent Inghilterra in 1979 when he was 16. NJ Advance Media agreed to identify the man only as John Doe.
“My client was having personal issues so he was sent to Father Ingelltera for guidance,” Garabedian said. “Instead of giving my client guidance, he sexually abused my client on two occasions. He was a pure predator who took advantage of an innocent child.”
Messages placed with representatives of the Diocese of Trenton Wednesday morning have not yet been returned. The diocese has previously settled several other claims of sexual abuse by other priests — Rev. Terence McAlinden and Rev. Ronald Becker.
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