NEW JERSEY
Nutley Sun
WEDNESDAY MAY 22, 2013
BY HASIME KUKAJ
STAFF WRITER
NUTLEY SUN
The seven-count complaint, against former Wyckoff priest Michael Fugee, is not tied to his involvement with Holy Family Church in Nutley. He is accused of disobeying a judicial order that apparently banned work with children
In a previous media interview, Holy Family Monsignor Paul Bochicchio said that Fugee had given talks to the parish’s youth and had accompanied them on trips to Canada. Bochicchio has said that Fugee was supervised at all times, and that his involvement with Holy Family did not violate the agreement.
Fugee allegedly heard confessions from dozens of children on seven occasions from 2010 to December of last year, including twice at the Rochelle Park church where he was allowed to live and once in Paramus. The priest, who was arrested Monday at a Newark church where he had been living, was released from the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday after posting $25,000 bail, according to court records.
Fugee did not enter a plea, and the case will be sent to a grand jury, Bergen County authorities said.
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