Fr. Robert J. Morel
Charged in 7/1993 with criminal sexual contact for fondling a youth several days after Morel put his hands down the pants of the youth at a celebration in the rectory of Morel’s elevation to Monsignor. Convicted in 1994. Sentenced to six months’ probation. Accused in a 1994 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy for eight years, beginning when the boy was age 9 in 1973 and ending in about 1981. Morel lived without restrictions at St. John Vianney Residence for Retired Priests in Rutherford, NJ for several years. He died 9/20/1999. Included 2/13/2019 on the Archdiocese’s list of credibly accused.
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