PARSIPPANY (NJ)
Daily Record
By Peggy Wright
September 5, 2017
[Note: See the entry about Rev. Marcin Nurek in the BishopAccountability.org database.]
Morristown – A recently-ordained Catholic priest who is accused of fondling a 13-year-old girl’s buttocks under her skirt in Boonton rejected a plea offer of Pretrial Intervention, a special supervision program under which criminal charges are dismissed if all conditions are successfully met, the defense lawyer said Tuesday.
The Rev. Marcin A. Nurek – who was barred by the Diocese of Paterson from acting as a priest after he was arrested on Aug. 3 – appeared Tuesday with defense lawyer William Ware for a brief, pre-indictment conference before Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor in Morristown.
Morris County Assistant Prosecutor Meg Rodriguez said the charges against Nurek – criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child – have been marked for presentation to a Morris County grand jury for possible indictment, the precursor to a criminal trial.
Asked by the judge when the presentation might occur, Rodriguez replied: “Soon. Likely sooner than later.”
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