WOODBRIDGE(NJ)
Patch
September 11, 2020
By Carly Baldwin
Father Patrick Barrett is accused of sexually abusing a child at St. Anthony of Padua church in Port Reading from 1983 to 1984.
New accusations of child sex abuse have been made against a Catholic priest who worked in Woodbridge in the mid-80s, as well as against a teacher at Saint Joseph, an elite boys’ Catholic prep school in Metuchen.
The Woodbridge priest is Father Patrick Barrett, who worked at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic church in Port Reading. The St. Joe’s teacher is Brother Regis Moccia, accused of abusing a student who attended the school in the mid ’90s.
Both were named in lawsuits filed this week against the Diocese of Metuchen. This is the first time either man has been accused of such a crime.
Barrett is accused of sexually abusing a child who attended St. Anthony’s from approximately 1983 to 1984. The victim was 9 to 10 years old at the time.
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