Credibly Accused Clergy
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N.B.: Two additional priests of the Diocese of Metuchen, Liam Minogue and Sebastian Muccilli, are included in the listing of the Diocese of Trenton. At the time, the locations of the abuse were in the Diocese of Trenton; today they are served by the Diocese of Metuchen.
*Theodore Edgar McCarrick is among those credibly accused based on the findings of the Archdiocese of New York that allegations of abuse of a minor against then Father McCarrick were found to be credible and substantiated. He has been permanently removed from ministry.
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Names of Clergy Credibly Accused of the Abuse of Minors
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The following individuals are those credibly accused clergy members incardinated in the Diocese of Metuchen:
John Banko
Date of Birth: 4/6/46
Year of Ordination: 1972
Status: Deceased: Guilty finding in a civil court
Number of Accusations: Multiple Accusations
Parish Assignments: St. Pius X High School, Piscataway; St. Charles Borromeo, Montgomery Twp.; St. Edward, Milford; Mary, Mother of God, Hillsborough
John Casey
Date of Birth: 1/29/58
Year of Ordination: 1984
Status: Deceased: Guilty finding in a civil court
Number of Accusations: Multiple Accusations
Parish Assignments: St. Philip and St. James, Phillipsburg; St. Peter the Apostle, New Brunswick; Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Metuchen; St. Joseph, North Plainfield
Michael Cashman
Date of Birth: 5/29/50
Year of Ordination: 1975
Status: Removed; Guilty finding in a civil court
Number of Accusations: Multiple Accusations
Parish Assignments: Immaculate Conception, Spotswood; Our Lady of Peace, North Brunswick; Sacred Heart, New Brunswick; St. James, Woodbridge
Mark Dolak
Date of Birth: 8/2/52
Year of Ordination: 1979
Status: Removed: Guity finding in a civil court
Number of Accusations: Multiple Accusations
Parish Assignments: Our Lady of Peace, Fords; Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Metuchen; St. Thomas the Apostle, Old Bridge; St. John the Evangelist, Dunellen; St. Matthias, Somerset; St. Catherine of Siena, Pittstown
Thomas Ganley
Date of Birth: 5/9/55
Year of Ordination: 1985
Status: Removed: Guilty finding in a civil court
Number of Accusations: One Accusation
Parish Assignments: St. Ann, Raritan; St. Cecilia, Monmouth Junction; St. Matthew, Edison; Immaculate Conception, Spotswood; St. Cecelia, Iselin; Our Lady of Fatima, Piscataway; Sacred Heart, South Plainfield; St. Ann, Raritan; St. Philip and St. James, PhillipsburgDiocese of Metuchen addresses sentencing of Ganley (August 26, 2019)
John Giordano
Date of Birth: 12/17/41
Year of Ordination: 1967
Status: Removed
Number of Accusations: Multiple Accusations
Parish Assignments: St. Luke, North Plainfield
Anthony Kramarz
Date of Birth: 7/19/25
Year of Ordination: 1950
Status: Deceased
Number of Accusations: Multiple Accusations
Parish Assignment: St. Stanislaus Kostka, Sayreville
Patrick Kuffner
Date of Birth: 9/7/47
Year of Ordination: 2002
Status: Removed
Number of Accusations: Multiple Accusations
Parish Assignment: Queenship of Mary, Plainsboro; St. Bartholomew, East Brunswick; Our Lady of Mount Virgin, Middlesex
*Abuse occurred prior to priesthood when he was a layman and teacher in Staten Island
Gregory Littleton
Date of Birth: 5/16/61
Year of Ordination: 1990
Status: Removed: Guilty finding in a civil court
Number of Accusations: Multiple Accusations
Parish Assignments: St. Philip and St. James, Phillipsburg; Our Lady of Victories, Sayreville; Our Lady of Mount Virgin, Middlesex; St. Elizabeth-St. Brigid, Far Hills-Peapack
* Removed by Diocese of Charlotte after review of allegations received by Diocese of Metuchen were deemed credible
Michael Santillo
Date of Birth: 6/24/49
Year of Ordination: 1975
Status: Deceased
Number of Accusations: Multiple Accusations
Parish Assignments: St. Joseph, Bound Brook; Our Lady of Lourdes, Whitehouse Station; St. John Vianney, Colonia; St. Jude, Blairstown; St. Mary, Perth Amboy; St. Joseph, Washington
Dann Rossi (Deacon)
Date of Birth: 4/9/47
Year of Ordination: Ordained to the Diaconate 1982
Status: Deceased
Number of Accusations: One Accusation
Parish Assignment: St. Luke, North Plainfield
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Date of Birth: 4/21/29
The following individuals were members of religious communities or other dioceses, that temporarily served in the Diocese of Metuchen. Subsequently, the Diocese of Metuchen has learned that these individuals were determined by their communities or dioceses to be credibly accused and published them on their own lists of credibly accused clergy.
John R. Butler
Year of Ordination: 1957, Ordained in the Dioceese of Richmond, Virginia
Status: Deceased; Guilty finding in a civil court
Number of Accusations: Multiple Accusations
Parish Assignments: Ss. Philip and James, Phillipsburg; St. Thomas the Apostle, Old Bridge; Our Lady of Fatima, Piscataway; St. John Vianney, Colonia; Our Lady of Peace, Fords; St. Mary Chuurch, South Amboy
* Appears on the Diocese of Richmond's list of credibly accused priests
Romano J. Ferraro
Date of Birth: 4/22/34
Year of Ordination: 1960, Ordained in the Diocese of Brooklyn
Status: Deceased; Guilty finding in a civil court
Number of Accusations: Multiple Accusations
Parish Assignments: St. James, Woodbridge; Our Lady of Mount Virgin, Middlesex; St. John Vianney, Colonia
* Appears on the Diocese of Brooklyn's list of credibly accused priest
Tomasz A. Zielinski, CSsR
Date of Birth 12/20/76
Year of Ordination: 2003, Ordained in Warsaw, Poland
Status: Removed; Guilty finding in a civil court.
Number of Accusations: One Accusation
Parish Assignments: Christ the King, Manville
* This individual, a Redemptorist priest, was convicted of abusive sexual contact with a minor on an airplane, while temporarily serving as a priest in the Diocese of Metuchen.
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