Fr. Florencio Peneda Tumang
From the Philippines. Appears to have arrived in the Diocese of Trenton in 1979, where he was incardinated in about 1984. In a 1993 civil suit, four families alleged their daughters were abused by Tumang between 1987 and 1992. Parents of one of them allegedly told diocesan officials in 1990, but no action was taken. Tumang later assaulted the fourth girl, who was age 14. Tumang was indicted twice in 1992 but fled, likely to the Philippines. Warrants were out for his arrest. Included on the diocese’s list of credibly accused 2/13/2019. (Per the list, Tumang was ordained in 1980, but the Official Catholic Directories and other sources show his ordination as 1948.) Noted to be deceased.
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