NEW JERSEY
MyCentralJersey.com/Bridgewater Courier News
October 1, 2020
By Nick Muscavage
https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2020/10/01/former-oratory-prep-chaplain-salvatore-distefano-charged-endangering-children/5884482002/
SUMMIT – An Oratory Prep chaplain, who was recently living in New Providence, has been charged with endangering six students at the Catholic private school.
Rev. Salvatore DiStefano, 61, who recently resided at Our Lady of Peace Parish on South Street in New Providence, was charged with five counts of second-degree use of a juvenile to commit a crime and six counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to a news release from the Union County Prosecutor’s Office.
DiStefano previously served as the chaplain of Oratory Preparatory School in Summit but was placed on leave in January pending the outcome of a criminal investigation. The investigation revealed that he allegedly engaged in a pattern of behavior that threatened the welfare of six students.
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