Fr. Mark J. Dolak
In 1991 a woman received a settlement for sexual abuse by Dolak which allegedly occurred 1979-1987, beginning when she was age 13 and an Our Lady of Peace school student and parishioner in Fords, NJ., where Dolak was assigned. Dolak was also accused of sexually abusing a boy at an unspecified date. Claims against him were included in a 1/2003 settlement between the Diocese and victims of five priests. The Diocese reportedly said that three people had come forward with claims against Dolak, who went on to work as an acute care family support specialist at Monmouth Medical Center. He was no longer there in 2/2019. Included 2/13/2019 on the Diocese’s list of credibly accused. In 4/2019 the Diocese announced that Dolak had been laicized.
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