Fr. John L. Flanagan

Ordained: 1941
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Newark NJ

Named publicly as accused by the archdiocese on its list 2/13/19. One alleged victim noted. Died 6/25/75. Suit filed in 12/19 claiming abuse of a boy while assigned to Holy Trinity. The abuse allegedly began when the boy was age 7 and occurred in the 1950s and ’60s. The suit claims that Flanagan also abused other children.


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