Fr. John P. Nickas
Died 10/09/2008. A $75K settlement involving claims against Nickas was announced 5/15/2013. He was accused of sexually abusing of a boy on several occasions 1970-1972, at St. Rocco’s in Newark. He was also accused of giving the boy alcohol. A second man alleged that he was molested as a child by Nickas while staying at a Newark homeless shelter founded by Nickas. The Archdiocesan Review Board deemed both allegations not credible. After the first settlement, an attorney asked that this man’s claims be re-investigated. Included 2/13/2019 on the Archdiocese’s list of credibly accused.
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