CAMDEN (NJ)
Cherry Hill Courier-Post
Dec. 18, 2019
By Jim Walsh
Six men have come forward with allegations of childhood sex abuse by Catholic clergy in South Jersey.
The accusers all say they were targeted in the 1970s and ’80s by clerics who exploited their trust and assaulted their bodies.
They are suing the dioceses of Camden and Trenton under a new state law that allows civil actions for sex-abuse claims previously barred by a statute of limitations.
At least eight priests or Catholic brothers from South Jersey parishes are named in six suits filed in state court since Dec. 1.
Two suits claim wrongdoing by separate priests at a Paulsboro parish, including one who allegedly continued his abuse after moving to a church in Cherry Hill.
In another, a former altar boy alleges he was abused by three priests in Collingswood and Magnolia.
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