St. Joseph Church in Mendham holds an unfortunate place in the history of priests who have sexually abused children.
The church was at the epicenter of the scandal that has torn apart the Catholic Church. One of its former pastors, James Hanley, was the church leader from 1972 to 1982, where he sexually abused more than a dozen boys in the church rectory. He was later defrocked but not charged because of the statute of limitations and victims who told of the abuse were instrumental in drawing the nation’s and the world’s attention to the issue.
http://www.newjerseyhills.com/observer-tribune/opinion/editorial/honor-the-victims/article_859838ea-3c43-5c62-a93b-4b2e5c8a816b.html
The church was at the epicenter of the scandal that has torn apart the Catholic Church. One of its former pastors, James Hanley, was the church leader from 1972 to 1982, where he sexually abused more than a dozen boys in the church rectory. He was later defrocked but not charged because of the statute of limitations and victims who told of the abuse were instrumental in drawing the nation’s and the world’s attention to the issue.
http://www.newjerseyhills.com/observer-tribune/opinion/editorial/honor-the-victims/article_859838ea-3c43-5c62-a93b-4b2e5c8a816b.html