COLONIA (NJ)
The Patch
December 6, 2019
By Carly Baldwin
The man says Romano Ferraro molested him when he was 11. The priest worked at Our Lady of Mount Virgin, St. John Vianney and St. James.
A defrocked Catholic priest who is currently in prison for raping a 7-year-old boy has now been hit this week with yet a new lawsuit, by a New Jersey man accusing the priest of sexually molesting him multiple times when he was an altar boy in Middlesex borough.
The accused priest is Romano Ferraro, and the alleged abuse started in 1984, according to the lawsuit, which was obtained by Patch. At the time, Ferraro was stationed at both St. James in Woodbridge and St. John Vianney in Colonia, as well as at Our Lady of Mount Virgin in Middlesex borough.
The victim said he was 11 to 14 at the time, and was an altar boy at Our Lady of Mount Virgin.
The man who filed it is now 46 and still lives in New Jersey. He says that Ferraro started molesting him when he was about 11 years old. In the suit, he is identified only by his initials, B.D.S. He said he was raised in a devout Catholic family and he attended Our Lady of Mount Virgin School in Middlesex.
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